Acute abdominal diseases associated with COVID-19

The virus enters the body not only through the respiratory tract, but also through the cells of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, on the surface of which receptors (or entrance gates) for the virus are also found. Therefore, a feature of COVID-19 is the high frequency of symptoms from the digestive organs. Approximately 15% of patients carrying COVID-19 experience nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, relaxation of stool, abdominal pain. Sometimes these symptoms turn out to be the first manifestations of the disease, that is, they precede symptoms from the respiratory system, fever, etc. That is why experts in the world have concluded that all patients with gastrointestinal complaints that have appeared for the first time should be tested for COVID-19.