High blood pressure symptoms: Do your ankles look like this? Warning sign of hypertension

High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. Hypertension occurs when your blood pressure rises and stays above normal over a long period of time. Hypertension is often related to atherosclerosis, which is the build-up of plaque in blood vessels, often associated with an increase in a person’s “bad” cholesterol. This condition can also lead […]

COVID in care homes: Many are asymptomatic or have ‘atypical’ symptoms

Many care home residents who have COVID-19 infection are either asymptomatic or experience “atypical” symptoms—according to a new study from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and North Norfolk Primary Care, supported by UEA Health and Social Care Partners. Due to the rapid-response nature of this evaluation, it has not yet been peer reviewed. In […]

Coronavirus symptoms update: Have your eyes turned this colour? Warning sign

COVID-19 – the disease that has spawned from SARS-CoV-2, a new strain of coronavirus – has highlighted the world’s complacency about pandemics. SARS coronavirus, its predecessor that broke out in 2003, was largely confined to Southeast Asia, so the threat seemed negligible. COVID-19, however, has proven that coronaviruses do not discriminate by territory or populations. […]

COVID-19 survivors' lingering symptoms could cost US $50BILLION

Health care costs for recovering COVID-19 patients with lingering symptoms could cost the US $50BILLION within a year Many coronavirus patients are reporting that their symptoms – like shortness of breath, fatigue and fever – linger for weeks or months after testing negative  CUNY scientists estimate that their complications could cost the US $50 billion […]

Here’s what we know so far about the long-term symptoms of COVID-19

We’re now all too familiar with the common symptoms of COVID-19: a fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Some people also experience aches and pains, a sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. Sufferers with mild illness might expect to get better after a few weeks. But there’s mounting evidence this isn’t the case, and […]