Tribunnews.com Reporter, Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA– Symptoms of Covid-19 the Omicron variant does almost look similar to a regular fever.
This is actually a question for parents.
When do parents think their child has Covid-19?
According to a member of the Covid-19 Task Force and IDAI Respirology UKK, DR dr Nastiti Kaswandani SpA (K), this question is most often asked by parents.
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Basically, cough and have a cold is a symptom that indicates that the respiratory tract is undergoing an inflammatory process.
This can be caused by a bacterial or viral infection.
All of these infections can cause fever complaints such as: have a cold, cough and shortness of breath.
Covid-19 is also counted as a virus. So that the symptoms of Covid-19 can be said to be similar to ARI or other bacteria and viruses.
“So when asked how to tell the difference, it was a PCR swab examination that this was not Covid-19. Because now Covid has a varied spectrum of symptoms,” he said on IDAI’s live Instagram, quoted by Tribunnews, Monday (28/2/2022).
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Starting from asymptomatic, there is only fever, there is a sore throat, and of course in the hospital symptoms of acute pneumonia, shortness of breath.
Indeed, there are studies that state that Omicron rarely experiences shortness of breath, but it also causes diarrhea. In addition, there is also Omicron which leads to symptoms of pneumonia.
So it is difficult to distinguish cough Among have a cold or Covid-19. To find out is to check the PCR swab.
“If someone is positive for Covid-19, then the child has symptoms cough have a cold, most likely covid. Until PCR shows otherwise,” he concluded.
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