COVID Symptoms Usually Appear In This Order | Eat This Not That - Eat This, Not That

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One of the issues with identifying a COVID-19 infection, is that many of its symptoms mirror other illnesses, including the cold and flu.

This is why some researchers felt the need to study the symptom set of the virus, in hopes that identifying the order in which they generally appear could help people know whether their symptoms were likely COVID or something else.

According to their finding, published in Frontier of Public Health, this is the order that COVID-19 symptoms generally appear.

The first symptom and one of the most common symptoms of COVID is generally a spike in temperature.

Myalgia, defined as muscle aches or pains, rounds out the trifecta of symptoms in this group, and researchers note that "all three are likely to occur next before proceeding. 

For some, the symptoms may only last one day, while others may experience them longer. 

Seek medical care if you experience any of these symptoms, and follow the public health fundamentals and help end this surge, no matter where you live—wear a face mask, social distance, avoid large crowds, don't go indoors with people you're not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when it becomes available to you, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don't visit any of these 35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID