Poll of the Day > Is throwing up a first sign of COVID?

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My parents suddenly caught something I guess, but they've just been throwing up with a light cough. I told them it's probably just a stomach bug since they're not running a fever or any other major symptoms. They're worried it is COVID.

Vomiting is not a common COVID-19 symptom, but coughing is. If it's the cough specifically that's causing the vomiting, there may be a problem.

Is it a dry cough (non-productive) or a wet cough? Dry = COVID-19 symptom, ftr.

That said, you can have more than one illness at once which can complicate attempts at diagnosing via symptoms. I suggest looking up a list of symptoms online; it's readily available.

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/latest-evidence/clinical
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928a2.htm

Seems like it can be a symptom of COVID-19 but it's rare.

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Could be but one of my relatives who had it said it started with her a burning sensation in her chest. I think some people get different symptoms. Fever, chills, coughing, fatigue are just some of the symptoms some people have reported.

Any number of ailments can have those very same symptoms.

Stay safe people and please protect yourselves.

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Throwing up may not be common but it is a symptom. I have been vomiting and so have others I know that have covid.

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