She has been sick for three weeks and she hopes whatever it is, she gets over it soon. Skip to content. In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston Area. Download our local news and weather app for iOS or Android — and choose the alerts you want. New Hampshire Dec 7, Doctors studying Omicron's spread around the world have found new clues to the pattern of symptoms caused by the highly-mutated COVID variant, which a growing number of reports suggest might show up differently and faster compared to the Delta variant it is now displacing.
Early evidence suggests that in many patients, Omicron is leading to a new trend of milder symptoms that mostly affect the upper respiratory system — the nose, mouth and throat. That may help explain why it appears to pose a smaller individual risk of hospitalization or severe disease than earlier strains of the virus, which often invaded the lungs.
Whelan's employer, South Africa's largest health insurer, released an early report last month on the Omicron wave there. Their analysis found that a sore throat ranked among the most common early Omicron symptoms, as well as congestion, a dry cough and lower back pain.
The incubation period — the time from infection to symptoms appearing — was as short as three days. That's several days faster than previous strains of the virus.
Most mild Omicron cases over the course of the wave in South Africa had presented with a headache, chest pain or backache, a "slight scratchy throat or dry cough and a tiredness," Coetzee recounted. South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases warned residents late last month to watch for those kinds of upper respiratory symptoms, and noted that one distinctive symptom seen in cases of earlier COVID variants — loss of taste and smell — "seems to be uncommon" with Omicron.
One analysis of data compiled from reports of positive cases in London , where Omicron cases surged last month, tallied the top five symptoms as runny nose, headache, fatigue, sneezing, and sore throat.
Symptoms include decreased appetite, runny nose, coughing, sore throat, headache, fatigue, sneezing, fever and wheezing. There is no treatment for RSV, but doctors can help treat the associated symptoms. Skip to content. Watch Live.
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Alabama Weather Guide. So there you have it. Our immune systems are all weak from months of social distancing and as a result, they're not as prepared for cold and flu season as they usually would be. Remember - if you are experiencing COVID symptoms, you should get a test even if you think you've got the worst cold ever.
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