experts eventually reviewed her case and found she had hantavirus, which is a rare and often fatal disease.
“Because it’s so rare, I was actually kind of blown away. I actually got this disease and didn’t die,” she told Fox affiliate KDVR.
Coronavirus Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may appear two to 14 days after exposure. This time after exposure and before having symptoms is called the incubation period. Common signs and symptoms can include:
Fever
Cough
Tiredness
Early symptoms of COVID-19 may include a loss of taste or smell.
Other symptoms can include:
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Muscle aches
Chills
Sore throat
Runny nose
Headache
Chest pain
Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
This list is not all inclusive. Other less common coronavirus symptoms have been reported, such as rash, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Children have similar symptoms to adults and generally have mild illness.
The severity of COVID-19 symptoms can range from very mild to severe. Some people may have only a few symptoms, and some people may have no symptoms at all.
Some people may experience worsened symptoms, such as worsened shortness of breath and pneumonia, about a week after symptoms start.
Fears over the hantavirus rose during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic after the hantavirus killed a man in China, as has been reported in a number of U.S. publications.
Each hantavirus serotype has a specific rodent host species and is spread to people via an aerosolized virus that is shed in urine, feces, and saliva, and less frequently by a bite from an infected host.
The most important hantavirus in the United States that can cause HPS is the Sin Nombre virus, spread by the deer mouse.