Covid tongue may be another coronavirus symptom, researcher suggests
A. Pawlowski
January 28, 2021, 3:19 PM
There may be another addition to the growing list of strange possible symptoms of the new coronavirus: “Covid tongue.”
A British researcher who is helping to track Covid-19 warning signs is reporting more cases of infected people complaining of tongue discoloration, enlargement and other mouth problems.
“Seeing increasing numbers of Covid tongues and strange mouth ulcers. If you have a strange symptom or even just headache and fatigue stay at home!” Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, tweeted this month.
He believes more than a third of COVID-19 patients, 35 percent, have non-classic symptoms of the disease in the first three days, so it’s important to draw attention to skin rashes, Covid toes and other warning signs that “go ignored,” he wrote.
'COVID Tongue' is new Coronavirus symptom - check here to know more - The latest development in the symptoms of COVID-19 can cause an acute infection inside the mouth and form thick patches all over the tongue.
What has also emerged amid the current wave is a slew of uncommon symptoms.
The NHS highlights three main symptoms of COVID-19 - a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.
However, the latest data shows a number of symptoms that fall outside of the official list are becoming highly prevalent.
Professor Tom Spector, epidemiologist at King s College London and lead scientist on the Zoe coronavirus Symptom Study UK Infection Survey, said one in five patients are now presenting with uncommon symptoms.
Coronavirus symptoms update: One five now experiencing uncommon symptoms, such as covid tongue (Image: Getty Images)
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