Chest pain, diarrhoea more common in new COVID-19 patients: Doctors

New Delhi: Amid rising daily COVID-19 cases, patients are presenting more non-specific symptoms like diarrhoea and chest pain leading to heart attacks, experts said here on Tuesday.
India on Tuesday reported 8,813 fresh COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. The national capital had reported 1,227 new infections and eight deaths on Monday.
While patients commonly complain of headache, fever, cough, cold, throat irritation and body ache, they are also presenting newer symptoms now.
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“A lot of patients with comorbidities like chronic kidney disease, stroke, hypertension are also contracting Covid and their pre-existing condition is worsening after getting infected with COVID-19,” he added.
According to Rajesh Chawla, senior consultant, respiratory medicine and pulmonology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, COVID-19 patients are also presenting “giddiness, extreme weakness and temporary loss of smell and taste”.