Abstract
Background: the coronavirus leads to upper respiratory tract-associated manifestations like nasal congestion, sore throat, and smell disorder
 Objectives: To reveal the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on otolaryngology symptoms using our daily medical practice.
 Subject and Methods: A cross-sectional study that was carried on in the isolation wards at Al-Kindy and Al-Nu’man Teaching Hospitals during three months from the 1st of Jun. till the end of Aug. 2020. It included 1270 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection seen in the ENT consultation clinic and admitted to the isolation wards.
 Results: Otolaryngological manifestations were shown as 15.7% complained of sore throat, the headache was presented in 11%. Non-otolaryngological manifestations were more common than otolaryngological manifestations as fever presented in 63% of cases and cough in 56.1%.
 Conclusion: Otolaryngological symptoms are not uncommon but less than fever or cough. Otolaryngological manifestation with a history of contact with COVID-19 patients should be considered in the diagnosis.
Highlights
The third zoonotic human coronavirus (CoV) of the century emerged in December 2019, with a cluster of patients with connections to Huanan South China Seafood Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China [1].Coronavirus was secluded and identified as a novel one, in the beginning, it was labeled as 2019-nCoV [2]
Otolaryngological manifestations were shown as 15.7% complained of sore throat, the headache was presented in 11%
Non-otolaryngological manifestations were more common than otolaryngological manifestations as fever presented in 63% of cases and cough in 56.1%
Summary
Coronavirus was secluded and identified as a novel one, in the beginning, it was labeled as 2019-nCoV [2]. It was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020 due to the rapidity and scale of the progression of the disease [3]. The maximum regularly reported manifestations of patients who were admitted to the hospital encompass fever (77–98%), cough (46–82%), myalgia or fatigue (11–52%), and shortness of breath (3– 31%) at the beginning of the illness [5,6,7]. Diarrhea, hemoptysis, and shortness of breath were the less common signs at the time of hospital admission [8]
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