Corona virus Symptoms, Causes, Prevention, Treatments, Types

HISTORY OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)

Corona virus is an RNA virus. It is not a single virus but a group of different virus. Mainly it has following types:

• 2295 and OC43 discovered in 1906.
• SARS CoV discovered in 2003.
• HCoV NL63 discovered in 2008.
• HKU-1 discovered in 2005.
• MERS CoV discovered in 2012.
• 2019-nCoV discovered lately in 2019.

This is not the first time when corona virus has showed its dangerous effects to the world. For the very first time it showed its adverse effects in the form of SARS and then in the form of MERS.

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SARS

SARS is severe acute respiratory syndrome. It was transmitted from bats to humans. It was first discovered in Wuhan a city of China. SARS is a deadly virus. Its symptoms were flu-like, fever, cough, and fatigue. People with SARS must be isolated as it can spread from one person to other. In 2003 774 people died due to it.

MERS

MERS is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. MERS mainly was transmitted from camels to humans and so is also called camel virus. It was first discovered in Middle East in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. Then in 2014 it spread to America. In 2015 it was seen in Korea in its most lethal form.

2019-nCoV

2019-n-CoV has recently been discovered in Wuhan, China. Now it is spreading all over the world. In its pandemic outbreak it has killed 946 people till now. Pakistan wasn’t infected by it but now a man who lives in Multan, traveled from China to Dubai and now is back to Pakistan along with the virus. He is admitted in Nishtar hospital Multan. That means it is likely to spread in Pakistan so you should completely know how to protect yourself from this deadly virus.

Where Coronavirus comes from?

According to some research corona virus originated in snakes like Chinese cobra and many banded krait. As the Chinese who had first this virus had just visited the fish market so that means it is transmitted to humans from animals. Usually the viruses that cause infection in animals do not cause any harm in humans but this is one of the kinds of viruses that can also cause an infection in humans.

coronavirus symtoms

Most of the symptoms which were present in SARS and MERS are absent in this new kind of virus. Main symptoms are

• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Runny nose
• Mild fever

Other symptoms like upper respiratory tract infection and GI tract infection are absent. That’s why it is difficult to diagnose.

Precautions of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How to prevent yourself from  coronavirus you should do the following measures:

• Wear a mask whenever you go outside of your house.
• Maintain proper respiratory hygiene of yourself.
• Avoid any contact with any sick person.
• Take a lot of vitamin C.
• Drink water for every 15-20 minutes. Don't let your throat dried up.

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

There are no specific treatments for corona virus infection. As it is a virus so antibiotics are not effective. Most people recover on their own. So treatment mainly involves rest and medication for cough and fever.