A sore throat due to COVID-19 is different from the common cold.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Sore throat is a symptom that can appear in both cases Covid-19 nor colds. Although similar, the symptoms sore throat COVID-19 and the common cold have recognizable differences.
According to the ZOE Covid Symptom Study in the UK, sore throat is one of the Covid-19 symptoms the most frequently reported. According to the data collected, almost half of Covid-19 patients have a sore throat.
This sore throat can be found in individuals who have been vaccinated or have not been vaccinated. Lead researcher Team Spector has created a YouTube video in which he asks viewers to report what a sore throat feels like when they catch Covid-19.
Spector requested that the report provided be more specific. Residents are invited to inform the exact location of the pain or describe the sore throat that appears.
“We’re getting messages saying that the sore throats that people with Covid-19 are experiencing are a bit unusual, unlike what they’ve had before,” Spector said. The Sun, Friday.
Among the thousands of incoming reports, some Covid-19 survivors said the complaints they felt felt more like a dry throat than a sore throat. They also feel a rough and scratchy feeling in the throat.
Others complain of a sore throat accompanied by enlarged and reddened tonsils. There are also those who complain that the pain they feel is worse than a regular sore throat from a cold.
“I’ve had a sore throat before, but this sore throat (due to Covid-19) is the worst I’ve ever had,” said one respondent who survived Covid-19.
The respondent said the pain that appeared to make him wake up from sleep. The respondent said he didn’t mean to be dramatic, but the pain made him think he was going to die.
According to studies, sore throats tend to appear in the first week of the onset of Covid-19. These symptoms often only last up to five days. The pain gets worse on the first day of infection and then gets better with time.
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