3rd July 2020: Being asymptomatic means that you have an illness but are not showing any symptoms of it. Asymptomatic illnesses usually include chronic diseases like high blood pressure, and may also include infections like the flu. However, being asymptomatic does not mean that person is not a threat to others, as that person is capable of spreading a contagious illness nonetheless. When you are sick, you often notice various symptoms like coughing, sneezing, headache, fever, etc. However, at times, you can be sick without knowing it and this type of illness is called asymptomatic- they are present without symptoms. Know your Risk Areas during COVID-19 Examples of Asymptomatic Illnesses Epidemiologist Aaron E. Glatt, MD, chairman of medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau share that there are various long-term medical conditions and short-term illnesses that have no symptoms. Millions of people around the globe have what is called silent, or latent, infections, says Glatt. They are called latent because some bacteria and viruses transmit infections for which there may be no symptoms at all. Glatt shared, ‘People can go through their whole lives having an asymptomatic illness such as tuberculosis, which we call latent tuberculosis.’ COVID-19 patients found to have … Continue reading Asymptomatic or symptomatic, you are still a threat