Rajasthan: No dry cough this time in Covid patients unlike first and second wave | Jaipur News

Patients are complaining of coughing with phlegm, cold and low-grade fever in the current Covid surge. (Representational Image)

RAJASTHAN: Unlike the first and second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Covid paitients are not complaining of dry cough this time.
Instead, the patients are complaining of coughing with phlegm, cold and low-grade fever in the current Covid surge.
“We have seen that most of the Covid-19 patients have not lost their sense of smell and taste. But, the main difference is that in first two waves, the patients had reported dry cough. However during the current surge, more patients are reporting couging with phlegm and cold,” said Dr Sudhir Bhadari, principal of Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur.
Besides, respiratory distress is quite rare in recent cases, while in second wave, it was severe even without co-morbidities and high oxygen was required. In the first wave, it was seen in patients only with cormorbid condition.