Omikron: Study shows new symptom - and delivers another surprise

Created: 12/26/2021, 1:33 PM

By: Julia Volkenand

Sweating at night can be a symptom of an infection with the omicron variant of the coronavirus © blickwinkel / imago

Omikron differs from other Corona variants in several factors.

A study is now said to have identified a new symptom.

• Omikron (B.1.1.529) * spreads at a breathtaking speed.

• A study has identified a new symptom of the variant.

• Omikron could soon become the predominant virus variant in southwest Germany.

London - According to current knowledge, the Corona variant Omikron is probably much more contagious than the Delta variant.

In addition, some findings suggest that Omikron disease is often milder in younger patients.

But there is still a lot of research going on.

Another finding: the symptoms also differ in some cases from those of other corona variants.

Omikron patients are said to often suffer from night sweats.

According to the British portal

, the ZOE corona symptom study has now discovered another symptom.

Accordingly, people who have been infected with the variant often suffer from great loss of appetite.

Corona: Study shows new omicron symptom

For the study, the researchers compared data from patients who contracted the Omicron variant in the UK with data from October, when Delta was the dominant mutation.

The loss of appetite is new to Omikron, it does not appear at Delta, it says in the report.

The study does not reveal how high the proportion of patients affected is.

Symptom research should, among other things, help identify and diagnose the virus and thus enable faster intervention in the event of a disease.

Omicron symptoms similar to Delta

Other symptoms of Omicron, according to the ZOE, are:

runny nose

Headache

exhaustion

Sneeze

Sore throat

It is also surprising to many that ZOE largely found that many symptoms of Omicron and Delta are similar.

In addition, only 50 percent of the affected patients suffer from classic symptoms such as fever, cough or a loss of taste.

The number of infections with the new Corona virus variant Omikron is increasing rapidly and could already be responsible for the majority of infections in southwest Germany at the beginning of January.

According to the head of the department for health protection and epidemiology at the Baden-Württemberg state health office, Stefan Brockmann, the increase in infections also depends on the measures and vaccination rates taken up to that point.

Overall, a further decline in reported cases is expected between Christmas and New Year, but this cannot be relied on.

There is a greater delay in reporting over the holidays.

The occupancy rate of the hospitals and especially the intensive care units will initially fall, but is expected to rise again in January.

According to Brockmann, there will not be a wave of recovery like in previous waves this time.

The vaccination rate, which must be increased, is decisive for further development.