Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS is a respiratory viral infection caused by the SARS-Cov cornavirus. It is a potentially deadly illness that quickly spread around the world in 2003; it causes flu-like symptoms.[1]

Symptoms[edit | edit source]

Symptoms are similar to the flu.[1]

  • A fever over 100.4 F (38 C)
  • Chills
  • Muscle aches[1]

About 1 in 5 people with SARS may also get diarrhea.[1]

Symptoms Can Worsen Fast

A dry cough can develop 2 to 7 days into the illness. This cough can keep the body from getting enough oxygen. 1 in 10 people with SARS will need a machine to help them breathe.[1]

Can Lead to Other Health Problems

  • pneumonia
  • heart failure
  • liver failure[1]

People who are over age 60 and have chronic illness like diabetes or hepatitis are most likely to have these problems.[1]

ME/CFS[edit | edit source]

A study of over 300 people survivors of SARS found that 40% reported chronic fatigue, and 27% of them and met the CDC's criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome one year after recovery from SARS.[2] Moldofsky et al. (2011) assessed 21 survivors of SARS from Toronto, Canada, who remained too ill to return to work, stating that chronic post-SARS was similar to fibromyalgia.[3]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2004, Pulmonary function and exercise capacity in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Full text)

Learn more[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): Symptoms, Causes, Treatment". WebMD. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. Lam, Marco Ho-Bun; Wing, Yun-Kwok; Yu, Mandy Wai-Man; Leung, Chi-Ming; Ma, Ronald C. W.; Kong, Alice P. S.; So, W. Y.; Fong, Samson Yat-Yuk; Lam, Siu-Ping (December 14, 2009). "Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Survivors: Long-term Follow-up". Archives of Internal Medicine. 169 (22): 2142–2147. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.384. ISSN 0003-9926.
  3. Moldofsky, Harvey; Patcai, John (March 24, 2011). "Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, depression and disordered sleep in chronic post-SARS syndrome; a case-controlled study". BMC Neurology. 11 (1): 37. doi:10.1186/1471-2377-11-37. ISSN 1471-2377. PMC 3071317. PMID 21435231.