Category: Saliva

More bad news for Covid-19 sufferers: Almost HALF of patients experience painful swollen salivary glands after infection, study warns

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Authors:  JOE PINKSTONE PUBLISHED: 2021  Daily Mail From a high fever to a loss of sense of smell, Covid-19 is associated with a range of unpleasant symptoms.  Now, a new study has warned that infection with the coronavirus can also lead to swollen salivary glands in the mouth. Researchers studied 122 Covid-19 patients in Italy who caught the virus and […]

COVID-19 Found to Infect Salivary Glands

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Authors: Killian Meara March 26, 2021 Contagion Live People who experienced COVID-19 symptoms and had the virus in their saliva were more likely to report loss of taste and smell, suggesting that oral infection might underlie oral symptoms. A recent study conducted by investigators from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the National Institutes of Health, […]

Saliva Could Hold Clues To How Sick You Will Get From COVID-19

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Authors: Robert Service Science January 14, 2022 Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. To the known risk factors for developing severe COVID-19—age, male sex, or any of a series of underlying conditions—a new study adds one more: high levels of the virus in your saliva. Standard COVID-19 tests […]

Study reveals mouth as primary source of COVID-19 infection

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While most COVID-19 research has focused on the nose and lungs, this is the first study to identify the mouth as a primary site for coronavirus infection and underscores the importance of wearing a face covering and physical distancing. By University Communications, Thursday, October 29th, 2020 A team of researchers led by the University of North […]