Several variants of COVID-19, such as Xibalba, ‘Hellhound’ or XBB.1.5, known as ‘Kraken’, have generated a increase in infections of the disease in recent weeks, in Mexico and around the world.
Some of the new variants have caused concern among health experts because they are capable of doing so evade immunity generated by vaccines against COVID-19, so it is important to know what the symptoms are in order not to confuse the infection with a cold or seasonal illnesses such as the flu.
What are the symptoms of ‘Xibalba’?
Dr Rodrigo García López, of the Biotechnology Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), announced the Mexican variant of COVID-19, Xibalba, which appeared in the Yucatán Peninsula, in December 2022.
Los symptom they have similarities between each other variants and subvariants of COVID, but this time highlights the hoarseness in the throat or even hoarseness.
These are the symptoms described in the UNAM study:
- Temperature
- Aphonia.
- Hoarseness in the voice
- Tos
- cut body
- Sore throat
- Fatigue
- Rhinorrhea
- Diarrhea
- Muscle aches
- Loss of smell and taste
- loss of appetite
What are the symptoms of “Hound of Hell”?
Given the increase in COVID cases caused by the omicron subvariant BQ.1, Social media users have decided to call him “Hell Dog”, alluding to the dog Hades Cerberusa three-headed monster whose job was to guard the gates of the underworld from Greek mythology.
In Mexico, the Institute for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE) detailed that the “Hellhound” has been detected in CDMX, Edomex, Nuevo León, Chiapas, Campeche, Baja California and Yucatán.
Symptoms are as follows:
- Tos.
- Sore throat.
- Tiredness and general malaise.
- Diarrhea.
- Congestion and runny nose.
- Headache.
- Temperature.
- Feeling of lack of air.
- Loss of smell or taste.
What are the symptoms of the “Kraken”?
The XBB.1.5 subvariant of omicron has raised concern among health experts because it is the most transmissible to date, admitted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on the Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus.
Kraken symptoms are no different from previous variants, although flu-like symptoms are less common in vaccinated people.
Among the more common conditions produced by this variant are the following:
- Tos.
- Sore throat.
- Tiredness and general malaise.
- Diarrhea.
- Congestion and runny nose.
- Headache.
- Temperature.
- Loss of smell or taste.
