Some patients will develop symptoms several days into or even after the initial infection has cleared. However, not all patients with COVID-19 and GI symptoms have symptoms at initial presentation, according to Shapiro. Gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19 can include loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain. We now know that subset is about one-third of COVID-19 patients.” “It became clear after the first few months that there is a subset of COVID-19 patients with non-respiratory symptoms. Jordan Shapiro, assistant professor of medicine – gastroenterology at Baylor. “Early on, the CDC list of COVID-19 symptoms did not include gastrointestinal symptoms,” said Dr.
However, many COVID-19 patients suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in addition to (or instead of) respiratory symptoms. When you think about COVID-19 symptoms, cough, fever or shortness of breath might come to mind.
