Commissioner of the Public Health Department Chicago Ellison Arvadi called the most common symptom of the Omicron-strain of coronavirus. This is reported by NBC Chicago.
According to the doctor, the infection of Omicron-strain before receiving a positive test on COVID-19 may indicate the pain in the throat.
A specialist called on people who have any symptoms of influenza or colds, proceed from the fact that they have coronavirus, “until the opposite will be proven.”
“Fog in the head” and other symptoms
Therapist Yaroslav Ashchenin in a conversation with “ribbon.ru” stated that Oomikron had no specific symptoms to distinguish it from other strains. He noted that for him, as in whole for coronavirus infection, a decrease in smell, a change in sentenness, as well as the situation, when smells and tastes disappear.
Specialist also noticed that grafted people can face just with a short-term increase in temperature and chills, which can last a few hours or a day. According to him, the next day a person can feel that completely healthy, but to highlight virus particles that can infect others.
The doctor allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok indicated that the oomikron strain was characterized by respiratory symptoms, including severe sore throat, nasal congestion and dry cough. In addition, patients have an increase in temperature, severe weakness and headache.
At the same time, the physicians reported that the “traditional” symptoms, such as cough, fever and loss or a change in taste and smell, may not appear. At the same time, patients can be observed a “brain fog” – sluggish, vague and fuzzy thinking. This suggests that the Omicron strain can affect the brain.
How to treat Omicron?
As noted by the virologist of the Gamalei Center Anatoly Altestein in a conversation with “ribbon.ru”, a fundamentally treatment of ohomicron and influenza does not differ if the coronavirus flows in a slight form. In the heavy form of COVID-19 causes a cytokine storm. Also, with disease, antoslude therapy is prescribed with coronavirus. You can distinguish COVID-19 from influenza using PCR test.
The main otorhinolaryngologist (ENT) of Moscow Andrei Kryukov advised at the first signs of infection of the omicron-strain coronavirus to take drugs that remove the symptoms of the disease. According to him, to remove inflammation in the throat, it is better to use antiseptic solutions – they need to rinse the throat four to five times a day. To reduce pain, it is recommended to take tablets or use anesthetics spray.