If you have been experiencing symptoms such as coughing, fever or loss of smell and taste, things have changed. More recently, experts warn, the symptoms of Covid-19 are altered, especially in young people.
Thus, the “classic” symptoms are no longer frequently present, which causes undiagnosed people not to be tested and thus contribute to the spread of the virus. In people under the age of 40, the common symptoms are headache, sore throat and runny nose, according to the latest data presented by Newsweek.
In contrast, in people over 40, the alarming symptoms are headache, stuffy nose and sneezing.
Prof. Tim Spector, coordinator of the ZOE Covid Symptom study, points out that the Delta variant, ie the Indian one, works differently. However, the change in symptoms may be due to the fact that there is currently a Covid epidemic in young people and it is known that the symptoms vary depending on the age group.
“Number one is headache, followed by sore throat, runny nose and fever. All of these are not the old classic symptoms. Number five is cough, so it’s rarer and we don’t even see the loss of the smell that enters the top 10. This variant seems to work slightly differently “, said Spector referring to the Indian version.
The most common symptom is now a headache. It affects about 66% of people under 40 and 53% of those over 40. Also, people over 40 now have fewer symptoms, and their peak symptoms are very mild due to vaccines.
Good news for those with coronavirus problems: the long-term effects of Covid-19 can be cured
But good news is coming. Researchers have recently begun to understand long-term consequences of Covid-19 infection. Now, it seems that they have made progress in remedying those effects, starting with the reduction of lung capacity.
Although much work remains to be done to remedy those long-term effects suffered by patients who have been cured of coronavirus, progress in this regard is important. Researchers at La Trobe University in Melbourne have for the first time been able to accurately describe how COVID-19 attacks lung tissue – an important step in preventing long-term lung capacity recovery.
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