Some coronavirus sufferers have reported another three mild symptoms in addition to those well documented.
It is now more than two months since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK).
Since the virus first began edging its way towards the UK public health officials have warned that new, persistent coughs and fevers are tell-tale signs of the disease.
Other, milder symptoms have also become hallmarks of the disease in recent weeks.
These include physical and mental fatigue, loss of sense of smell and a lack of appetite.
As more and more people have been struck down by Covid-19 and understanding of the disease has grown, an even fuller list of symptoms has emerged.
A buzzing sensation
One of the more curious ones is a buzzing sensation that runs through the body.
While it has not been listed as an official symptom to watch out for, many people have posted online about experiencing a ‘fizzing’ sensation.
Tarana Burke, recognised as the founder of the #MeToo movement, said that her partner had the illness and the sensation that his ‘skin felt like it was burning’.
Twitter user @Miafia described having “an electric feeling on my skin.”
Dr Daniel Griffin, chief of infectious disease at ProHealth Care Associates in the US, has suggested the feeling may be part of an auto-immune response to a patients’ nervous system.
“Clearly it’s been identified, but we’re just not sure yet how widespread it is,” he told the New York Post.
Dr Vipul Shah, Clinical Director at telehealth service Pack Health, suggested it may simply be people experiencing a fever for the first time.
Needing the toilet
Another mild symptom of coronavirus that is being reported with increased regularity is the need to go to the toilet more often.
Dr Diana Gall explained to the Express : “Digestion problems and changes in bowel habits – particularly looser stools and making more frequent trips to the toilet – are sometimes the first signs that you’re coming down with something, not just with this coronavirus.
“However, diarrhoea has been reported as an early symptom in patients who have later tested positive for Covid-19.”
A new study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, analysed data 204 patients with Covid-19 in China’s Hubei province and found nearly 50 per cent had diarrhoea, vomiting or abdominal pain.
Isla Haslam, 29, from Balham, South West London, experienced stomach problems while suffering with the coronavirus.
She realised that what she first thought was the consequences of a lentil heavy dinner was in fact coronavirus when she began to feel feverish.
Testicular pain
The third, slightly less common symptom of the coronavirus, is testicular pain.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School filed a case report about a 42-year-old man who tested positive for the virus, after going to hospital with a ‘stabbing pain’ in his testicles.
While doctors could find nothing wrong with his testicles, and CT scan showed damage in his lungs.
Two days later, the man was diagnosed with Covid-19.
Unfortunately, because the man had atypical symptoms, several other patients and doctors may have unknowingly been exposed to the virus.
While it remains unclear whether or not his testicular pain was linked to the virus, other viruses have been known to affect the testicles.
Speaking to MailOnline, Dr Viney, a surgeon in Birmingham, said: “There are certain viruses that can affect the testicles, such as mumps.
“Only time will tell if COVID-19 also affects the testicles but it isn’t a symptom many of the patients I’ve dealt with have complained about.
“For most of them, their testicles are the least of their worries.”
In addition to these three symptoms, there are a number of other warning signs that you have the coronavirus.
Loss of sense and smell, physical and mental fatigue, lack of appetite and sore eyes are all reported symptoms of Covid-19.