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Aug 17, 2023 · If you have Omicron or any variant of COVID-19, you will likely have symptoms for a couple of weeks. You're contagious from 1-2 days before your symptoms start until 2-3 days after they're...
Apr 5, 2024 · Carefully watch yourself or the person you're caring for to see if COVID-19 symptoms are getting worse. Get emergency help right away for any of these symptoms: Breathing problems or not being able to catch your breath. Skin, lips or nail beds that are gray or blue. New confusion. Trouble staying awake or waking up.
- Omicron symptoms mimic other SARS-CoV-2 variant symptoms. They include: Cough. Shortness of breath. Stuffy nose/nasal congestion. Runny nose. Sore throat. Headache.
- Standout omicron symptoms are primarily respiratory. Johnson and Campbell note that there have been some reports of higher rates of upper respiratory tract symptoms with omicron, including sore throat and nasal congestion.
- Immunity can account for some milder symptoms. Our bodies and their immune system response are adapting to mutations of the new omicron variant, Campbell and Johnson said.
- Basic medicine cabinet essentials can help. For those without any underlying health issues, treating omicron is primarily supportive, similar to previous variants.
Dec 6, 2021 · Do the current antiviral drugs still work on omicron? Some antiviral drugs work by limiting a virus’ ability to make copies of itself (replicate) in the body. Remdesivir is the only such antiviral drug currently authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat COVID-19.
Aug 9, 2022 · Aug. 9, 2022. Leer en español. While a sore throat has always been a symptom of Covid, experts said that it is becoming more common, and sometimes more severe, with the BA.5 subvariant of...
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Jan 7, 2022 · Some symptoms of Omicron infection include fever, dry cough, runny nose, aches and pains, nausea and diarrhea. You may not lose your sense of taste or smell with this variant,...
Jan 6, 2022 · When you get sick with omicron, what are the symptoms? What those hospital numbers don't tell us is what a typical case looks like. As with previous variants, the vast majority of people infected...
