MOSCOW, 16 Feb - PRIME. Bad breath is considered a hygiene problem, but sometimes it is a signal of COVID-19 infection. Writes about this ridus.ru with reference to the comment of the doctor of the highest category, otolaryngologist Vladimir Zaitsev.
According to Laura, bad breath is very often a consequence of diseases of the bronchopulmonary system, this becomes an especially frequent symptom of coronavirus infection against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Bad breath can be the result of problems from the tracheobronchial tree. If a person has tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, pneumonia, no matter what course, then there is an increased amount of pulmonary microflora exceeding the norm. It is its decomposition that provokes an unpleasant odor," explained Zaitsev …
If you feel bad breath when you exhale, then this can be a symptom of a new type of coronavirus infection. The doctor estimates this likelihood as particularly high, especially if coughing or other alarming symptoms of COVID-19 are added to this.
Lore added that "besides weakness and a" semi-influenza "state - lethargy, weakness, exhaustion and heaviness in the head, bad breath can certainly become a symptom of coronavirus infection. Provided that COVID-19 hit the bronchopulmonary system, but so, in fact, it happens to everyone."