Is Persistent Thick Copious Mucus a Long-Term Symptom of COVID-19?
  • Patrick Manckoundia
    Department of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France; UMR Inserm/U1093 Cognition, Action, Sensorimotor Plasticity, University of Burgundy and Franche Comté, Dijon, France
  • Evelyne Franon
    Medical Office, 9, rue Jean Sans Peur, Dijon, France

Keywords

COVID-19, tracheal hypersecretion, long-term symptom

Abstract

Introduction: The typical clinical picture of COVID-19 is gradually becoming clearer, both in the acute phase and in the long-term. However, new symptoms are gradually being identified. We describe a long-term symptom that has not yet been reported.

Case description: A 49-year-old man consulted for persistent asthenia. The general practitioner found a fever (39.2°C), and COVID-19 was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction test. Further symptoms appeared, notably thick, white, painless tracheal hypersecretion for 3 months before diminishing, without disappearing.

Conclusion: Non-inflammatory tracheal hypersecretion, not yet reported in COVID-19, may be an additional long-term symptom. The hyperstimulation of tracheal goblet cells secreting mucus is 1 pathophysiological hypothesis.

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    Published: 2020-12-29
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 12 (view)

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    Manckoundia P, Franon E. Is Persistent Thick Copious Mucus a Long-Term Symptom of COVID-19?. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_002145.