Некоторые клинико-лабораторные особенности первичных оториноларингологических проявлений новой коронавирусной инфекции

Abstract

The beginning of the 21st century was marked by the emergence of a new viral infection that has become a pandemic. Humanity has long been familiar with the coronavirus family. Their pathogenicity concerns mammals, including humans, amphibians, and birds causing diseases of various parts of the respiratory and digestive tracts. In nature, coronaviruses have a strict species identity, not spreading between macroorganisms of different species. However, under the necessary conditions, thanks to the reassortment of genetic material, they – like influenza viruses – are able to mutate and spread between different species. In the process of development, the virus acquired new properties, changing the nature of the course of the disease, giving it a wavelike appearance. These waves differed from each other both in the subjective sensations of patients and in clinical and laboratory manifestations and indicators. The world community and the healthcare systems of many states were not ready for such a test. The main task for dealing with the new coronavirus threat during the first wave of the so-called Wuhan strain since the beginning of 2020 has been the deployment of new hospitalization places as soon as possible and the fight against the terminal stages of the disease. In this regard, in most of the materials currently presented, there is extremely insufficient information about the manifestations of coronavirus infection from the upper respiratory tract. Attempts to understand this problem in more depth reveal a variety of clinical manifestations, a retrospective study of which will contribute to the early detection of the onset of this disease. On the basis of the clinic of otorhinolaryngology, the Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University analyzed the manifestations of a new coronavirus infection from the ENT organs during the pandemic from October 2021 to March 2022.