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Symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, fatigue and shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
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Sara G. Miller, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Human symptoms of bird flu include eye redness, fever, coughing, sore throat, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
People who may have been in contact with infected animals should be monitored for symptoms including eye redness, fever, cough, sore throat, congestion, muscle aches, fatigue, and shortness of breath.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
Those with unresolved persistent symptoms — such as fatigue and shortness of breath — had a six-point loss in IQ, while people who had been admitted to the intensive care unit for COVID had a nine-point decrease.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Difficulty breathing: In severe cases, rattlesnake envenomation can cause respiratory distress, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
Many of those people suffer chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The long-term manifestations of the illness tend to come in the form of lingering respiratory problems, like lung fibrosis or shortness of breath.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2024
Symptoms other than coughing include wheezing, shortness of breath, and tightness in the chest.6
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—Claire Gillespie, Health, 17 Mar. 2024
Sara G. Miller, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Human symptoms of bird flu include eye redness, fever, coughing, sore throat, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
People who may have been in contact with infected animals should be monitored for symptoms including eye redness, fever, cough, sore throat, congestion, muscle aches, fatigue, and shortness of breath.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
Those with unresolved persistent symptoms — such as fatigue and shortness of breath — had a six-point loss in IQ, while people who had been admitted to the intensive care unit for COVID had a nine-point decrease.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Difficulty breathing: In severe cases, rattlesnake envenomation can cause respiratory distress, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
Many of those people suffer chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The long-term manifestations of the illness tend to come in the form of lingering respiratory problems, like lung fibrosis or shortness of breath.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2024
Symptoms other than coughing include wheezing, shortness of breath, and tightness in the chest.6
3.
—Claire Gillespie, Health, 17 Mar. 2024
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shortness of breath
noun
: difficulty in drawing sufficient breath : labored breathing
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