Frequent symptoms and most common sequelae of Covid-19 disease in Covid-19 disease in university students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción

Authors

  • Liz Camila Flores Ramírez Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Daniel Hernán Franco Robledo Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Cecilia Belén Gámez Vallejos Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Iván Garrigoza Garcete Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Ivanna Yamila González Aguiar Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Luis Nicolás González Cárdenas Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Arturo Iván González Domínguez Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Emilio Daniel González López Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • María Antonella González Pineda Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • David González Ruiz Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Mauricio Javier Guerrero Ocampo Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay
  • Katja Victoria Heinichen Mansfeld Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Cátedra de Biofísica. Paraguay

Keywords:

COVID-19, symptoms, sequels

Abstract

COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The World Health Organization presented lab reports indicating that infected individuals spread the disease even if symptoms are not present. Frequency and presence of symptoms and secuels caused by COVID-19 were determined in students from National University of Asuncion that are involved in careers related to health, these participants contracted COVID-19 between May of two thousand and twenty and June of two thousand and twenty one. A descriptive, observational study was performed. Graphics presented show which symptoms and sequels were the most predominant. Anosmia and fatigue were, respectively, the most predominant symptom and sequel. A considerable number of young adults presented symptoms. Lastly, most of these cases were reported in the current year, this data matches the actual national situation.

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2021-12-30

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Flores Ramírez, L. C. ., Franco Robledo, D. H. ., Gámez Vallejos, C. B. ., Garrigoza Garcete, I., González Aguiar, I. Y. ., González Cárdenas, L. N. ., … Heinichen Mansfeld, K. V. . (2021). Frequent symptoms and most common sequelae of Covid-19 disease in Covid-19 disease in university students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción. Revista Paraguaya De Biofísica, 1(2), 70–74. Retrieved from https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/rpb/article/view/2432

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Copyright (c) 2021 Liz Camila Flores Ramírez, Daniel Hernán Franco Robledo, Cecilia Belén Gámez Vallejos, Iván Garrigoza Garcete, Ivanna Yamila González Aguiar, Luis Nicolás González Cárdenas, Arturo Iván González Domínguez, Emilio Daniel González López, María Antonella González Pineda, David González Ruiz, Mauricio Javier Guerrero Ocampo, Katja Victoria Heinichen Mansfeld

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