Table 2.
Summary of gastrointestinal symptoms encountered in patients with coronavirus disease 2019
|
Part of the digestive system
|
Symptoms
|
| General symptoms | Anorexia (22.3%), early satiety |
| Oral cavity | Dysgeusia (early symptom 71% to 88.8%) |
| Esophagus | Heartburn, belching, chest pain, regurgitation, vomiting |
| Gastroduodenal tract | Epigastric burn, nausea, vomiting, peptic ulcer, bleeding |
| Pancreas | Elevated lipase, acute pancreatitis |
| Liver & biliary tract | Elevated liver enzymes, jaundice, acute cholecystitis |
| Lower gastrointestinal tract | Diarrhea (most common, 3% to 96%), abdominal pain (6.2%), bloating, irregular bowel movements, bleeding, ischemic colitis, constipation, intussusception |