How Does Covid-19 Affect Your Respiratory System?
There are many types of coronaviruses. Some give you the common cold. The new coronavirus behind the 2019-2020 pandemic causes an illness called COVID-19.
COVID-19 symptoms range from mild to severe. It takes 2-14 days after exposure for symptoms to develop. Symptoms may include:
Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath
Those with weakened immune systems may develop more serious symptoms, like pneumonia or bronchitis.
You may never develop symptoms after being exposed to COVID-19. So far, most confirmed cases are in adults, but some children have been infected.
A virus infects your body by entering healthy cells. Then it makes copies of itself and multiplies throughout your body.
The new coronavirus attaches its spiky surface proteins to receptors on healthy cells, especially those in your lungs.
The viral proteins penetrate the cells. Once inside, the coronavirus hijacks healthy cells and takes command. Eventually, it kills some of the healthy cells.
That gives the virus a passage to the mucous membranes in your throat. Within 14 days, your immune system may respond with early symptoms like a sore throat, a fever, or a dry cough.
The virus moves down your respiratory tract.
Your lungs might become inflamed, making it difficult for you to breathe. This can lead to pneumonia.
If your doctor does a CT scan of your chest, they’ll probably see shadows or patchy areas called “ground-glass opacity.”
For most people, the symptoms end with a cough and a fever. More than 8 in 10 cases are mild. But for some, the infection gets more severe. About 5 to 8 days after symptoms begin, they have shortness of breath (known as dyspnea). Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) begins a few days later.
ARDS can cause rapid breathing, a fast heart rate, dizziness, and sweating. It damages the tissues and blood vessels in your alveoli, causing debris to collect inside them. This makes it harder or even impossible for you to breathe.
Many people who get ARDS need help breathing from a machine called a ventilator.
As fluid collects in your lungs, they carry less oxygen to your blood. That means your blood may not supply your organs with enough oxygen to survive. This can cause your kidneys, lungs, and liver to shut down and stop working.
So now you know how Covid-19 affects your respiratory system.
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