Abstract
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It was demonstrated in the last quarter of 2019 in China at first.
In the clinical picture by symptomatic patients dominate fever, cough, shortness of breath, total weakness and tiredness. Acute respiratory failure on the basis of viral pneumonia can develop in patients with more severe course and the condition can progress up to ARDS (Acute respiratory distress syndrome).
Risk groups include the elderly and patients with diabetes and hypertension. Obesity or the presence of immunodeficiency is also a serious factor.
There are many other symptoms in patients outside the respiratory tract, as shown by our presented čase reports. It is possible to encounter gastrointestinal problems, variously localized pains or even an exanthema.
It is even more complicated for doctors to diagnose COVID-19 disease just according to clinical picture.