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Symptoms of Omicron are different from other Covid-19 variants. Omicron is more like a cold and spreads more quickly than previous manifestations of the coronavirus. Photo/The Japan Times
Reporting from Healthline, Monday (28/2/2022) the symptoms of Omicron include cough, fever, stuffy nose, runny nose, headache, sore throat and muscle aches.
Chief impact officer and Covid-19 Task Force chair at Envision Healthcare, Dr. N. Adam Brown says that in vaccinated and booster individuals, Omicron is less likely to cause a dry or itchy throat, sneezing, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and runny nose.
“A dry cough and fever can also accompany Omicron but are less common than the earlier variants. Most people who become infected begin with a dry sore throat, body aches and headaches,” says Brown.
These symptoms develop over several days. Meanwhile, loss of taste and smell is less common with Omicron. Severe lung problems are also less common.
“In our recent (patient) interviews, we have heard fewer reports of loss of taste or smell, and more reports of sore throats, runny noses, headaches, sneezing, and fatigue,” explains the director of the Covid-19 Response Team. and director of the Masters Program and Public Health Practice at the University of California Irvine, David Souleles, MPH.
People who are vaccinated are more likely to experience Omicron like the common cold. However, unvaccinated people and those with weakened immune systems have a higher chance of developing serious illness from Covid-19, even with the usually milder Omicron.
“Unvaccinated people tend to have longer and worse symptoms, starting as cold-like symptoms but progressing to severe respiratory symptoms, coughing, debilitating body aches, and headaches, difficulty breathing,” Brown said.
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“And in severe cases, pneumonia, respiratory failure and even death.”
Omicron is the most contagious variant of Covid-19 so far. However, it is not as deadly as previous variants such as the Delta. Researchers say that’s because Omicron tends to stay in the upper respiratory system, rather than settling in the lungs where it can cause more damage.
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