As the Omicron strain spreads, doctors are confident that they know how to recognize a new strain only by its symptoms. And special attention should be paid to one of them. Its hallmark is that the symptom only appears at night, said Amir Khan, a therapist and senior lecturer at Leeds Medical School at the University of Bradford in the UK.
The rapid spread of the new mutation has made not only Ukrainians but the rest of the world nervous as the New Year holidays approach. And not in vain. The situation is particularly worrying in the United Kingdom, where daily cases of omicron have tripled in the last 24 hours. Thus, 10,059 new cases of infection were registered in the European country.
Now doctors in South Africa, where omicron first appeared, have explained that those suffering from the new strain report a specific symptom that only occurs at night. It’s about profuse night sweats. In this case, night clothes and bed linen get soaked through, even if it is cool where the person sleeps.
Typical symptoms of Covid now include persistent dry cough, fever and loss of taste or smell. But experts are now urging the NHS to change its official list of symptoms, as reports continue to appear of symptoms that differ from those seen in previously circulating strains.
Speaking to Lorraine of ITV, Amir Khan explained that updating the symptoms would allow the National Health Service to track new cases and make it easier to detect infections. “Symptoms that patients with omicron treat with surfactants have concluded that there are five main symptoms that are common to omicron.
“Sore throat, similar to itching, mild muscle pain, extreme fatigue, dry cough and night sweats. And this is the kind of sweat when you have to get up at night to change clothes, “said the doctor.
“It’s important that we monitor these symptoms, because if we’re going to track omicron here and around the world, we need to be able to test people with these symptoms. If they go to the NHS website and say I have night sweats and muscle aches, they will not be able to sign up for the PCR test, so we need changes to the NHS website to monitor these symptoms, ”he added.
Surfactant data have also shown that low back pain may be another symptom of an omicron strain. These new symptoms may mean that many people do not have an infection, because a sore throat can be part of a cold, and many may mistakenly take back pain for the usual pain associated with other illnesses.
South African doctors, who have so far observed most cases of the disease, said that new cases of the omicron variant lead mainly to mild symptoms, with patients suffering from influenza-like illness. Only last week, a study showed that revaccination can protect people from quarantine. According to experts, any two doses plus revaccination provide up to 75% protection against covid.
Earlier, the DIP wrote that “A doctor from South Africa named three main symptoms of Omicron.”