When Covid was first detected in 2019, we had absolutely no idea of how dangerous this infection was. Gradually we understood how the disease spread and started recognizing its symptoms. During the initial phase, the symptoms we identified as ‘classic’ were loss of smell and taste, fever, breathlessness, etc. But, over time, as the virus began to mutate and vaccination coverage increased, the symptoms associated with the infection began to change. , Patients started complaining of sore throat, cough, intestinal problems and soon, these were considered to be the main symptoms of COVID. And now, experts are of the opinion that the symptoms of Covid are changing again. Here’s everything you need to know:
David Strain, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School is of the opinion that the respiratory disease is making a comeback with either of the 2 Omicron variants – BA.4 and BA.5. “We’re starting to see Covid pneumonia again, although it’s nowhere near as severe as it was the first time around,” he said.
Here are some of the symptoms we may see in the future:
A lung infection will not be serious:
“I don’t think anybody is expecting it to go back into the lungs,” Strain said. From an evolutionary perspective, the jump in airways has made it far more transmissible because you can start spreading it sooner. You need a lower concentration of it to become inhaled because you’re right in the upper airways instead of deep in the lungs. Just breathing and talking is spreading.”
Blood clots are more likely to develop in:
However, he pointed out that doesn’t mean it won’t be more severe in different ways. “The big fear is that the disease is moving toward a more thrombogenic approach,” he says. [indicating] Massive clot risk.”
What other symptoms might we see in the future?
The last variant has been seen to present more Covid patients with heart attack or stroke 12 months later, and an increased risk of type 1 diabetes and possibly dementia. Only time will tell if this was a feature of earlier variants and whether it will remain with Omicron
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