Omicron: This symptom could indicate an infection with the new variant
Created: 12/21/2021, 05:47 AM
By: Markus Hofstetter
The symptoms of a corona infection differ between the variants.
There may be a new indicator of disease with the omicron variant.
Munich - The list of possible symptoms of a disease with the original coronavirus is long, there is no typical course of the disease.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, infection in Germany is caused by coughing, fever, runny nose and a disorder of the sense of smell and taste.
But the symptoms change with the virus variants.
This can also be seen in the Omikron variant, which is causing increasing corona numbers in Europe.
Initial reports on this variant come from doctors in South Africa, where it originated, and in Great Britain.
The South African doctor Angelique Coetzee reported as early as the end of November that an omicron infection might only result in mild symptoms and a mild course of the disease.
Symptoms for Omicron Infection: Extreme tiredness observed with a mild course
The infected people mainly suffered from "extreme fatigue", said the chairwoman of the South African medical association of the AFP news agency.
In addition, some infected people have a scratchy throat and dry cough.
Few of them would have had a fever.
Everyone has recovered without having to go to the hospital.
Coetzee confirmed her observations on the British radio station
LBC
on December 12th.
She speaks of Omikron as a variant with a mild course of the disease.
"Yes, there can be millions of cases of infection, there can be even more, but the course is mild."
Symptoms of corona infection with the omicron variant: sweats at night
According to
T-Online, the
South African doctor Unnamed Pillay
now
reports
other possible symptoms, one of which stands out in particular.
In addition to fever and pain in the body, sweats at night have also been observed in infected people.
Sweating at night can be a symptom of an infection with the omicron variant of the coronavirus © blickwinkel / imago
British doctor Dr.
Amir Khan
confirmed on
ITV
television
that this symptom is very severe.
“It's the kind of sweat that you get up in the middle of the night and change your clothes.” This is an important insight.
Therefore this symptom should be placed on the official NHS health service list.
Symptoms of corona infection with the omicron variant: rash observed in children
A study by Wolfgang Preiser among seven infected participants in a German travel group in South Africa seems to confirm that night sweats can be a symptom of the Omikron variant.
According to the
Tagesspiegel
, the virologist at Stellenbosch University near Cape Town observed profuse sweating in one of the infected.
According to
RTL.de
, a family doctor in London has found another symptom in children.
Dr.
Lloyd has observed that around 15 percent of children who were affected by early omicron cases had an unusual rash.
But there were also symptoms such as tiredness, headache and loss of appetite.
