Abstract

The presence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with COVID-19 was related to an additional severe course of health problem and bigger probability of mortality, in an exceedingly prospective study of a population with very little exposure to medicine with adverse GI effects. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 is more and more recognized to cause GI symptoms additionally to the internal and external respiratory symptoms. The prevalence of GI symptoms rumoured in our study could also be a real reflection of the frequency (with COVID-19) as a result of most of those patients weren't hospitalized and weren't on medicine which may be related to GI symptoms.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal symptoms, COVID19, Angiotensin, Serotonin