New Delhi: A study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has now shown that fever was never a major symptom of the disease caused by the coronavirus. The study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) shows that only 17% of the patients had fever in the early days of Pandemic.
From March 23 to April 15, 144 patients admitted to the hospital were studied in AIIMS, Delhi. Dr. Randeep Guleria, along with 28 others, wrote a research paper titled “Clinico-demographic profile and hospital results of Covid-19 patients admitted to tertiary care centers in North India” is.
About 56% of Covid-19 patients did not have fever at the time of confirmation.
This research paper showed, “Fever was present in only 17% of patients with fever, much lower than other reports worldwide, including the Chinese cohort, with 44% having a fever at the time of exposure and 88% had developed fever during their stay in the hospital. “
This indicates that 56% of the patients did not have symptoms at the time of appearing as a patient. A large number of patients with no symptoms were seen as both good news and bad news. While it shows that many patients are developing immunity to infection, it also shows that there were many silent spreaders in early March-April.
In the early stages, thermal screening was adopted as the main test.
Both public and commercial establishments, including airports, hospitals, and shopping centers, relied heavily on thermal body scans and handheld thermometers to control the movement of people in the early days of the epidemic. In such a situation, the efficacy of this step has come under the scanner since this question was revealed, because there was not an effective symptom.
