Can anyone remember hearing anecdotal stories from individuals who reported experiencing tingling in arms or feet prior to developing the virus? I ask not for myself but for a family member who just returned from overseas 10 days ago and has no other symptoms.
I have read the occasional post of people reporting that, but they are few and far between and I don’t recall when or where I saw it.
Try pursuing it somewhere because i KNOW it’s not the first time I’ve heard of it.
Yup. One of the ladies who recovered, IIRC in the UK, mentioned it.
Yes, the tingling has been described as a symptom. The COVID-19 patient also had a high fever at the time.
Don’t want to panic him/her for nothing, but you might want to strongly encourage him/her to call their doctor especially if the tingling has become progressive. It could be just stress or something else relatively minor.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864560/
Tingling should always be checked out anyways.
It’s an unusual symptom and IIRC not ever a good one.
Tingling can occur at the beginning of influenza infection as well. This isn’t an indication it is cv specifically.
here’s another source - a blog but with cited sources - scroll down about 2/3rds to the paragraph that starts with:
Li et al (2016; Intervirology, 2016; 59: 163-169) published a study of coronavirus infections in the CNS and Respiratory Tract in hospitalized children in China.