New Delhi While aft pain has been a common symptom of viral conditions, croakers are witnessing an increase in the case of severe reverse pain among Omicron cases, indeed after recovery.
The four most common symptoms of the Omicron variant are cough, fatigue, traffic and watery nose, according to US CDC analysis. Lately, the UK- grounded Zoe Covid app study added new symptoms similar as nausea and loss of appetite.
“ Back pain, though common in utmost viral complications, but compared to Delta, Omicron cases tend to have further reverse pain and lower loss of smell and taste,” Dr Ann Mary, Adviser, General Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi, told IANS.
“ A significant number of these cases are having back breaking pain in the lower reverse and severe myalgia which is adding to the case’s straits,” Mary added.
Omicron is a variant of global concern due to its high transmissibility. Arising exploration has revealed that the Omicron variant causes lower damage to the lungs and less severe complaint when compared to other variants.
“ It’s a well known fact that myalgias are generally seen in viral infections. Covid isn’t an exception but we’re seeing further cases of reverse pain with Omicron indeed after recovery which cases label as weakness,”Dr. Arun Chowdary Kotaru, Adviser, Respiratory/ Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Artemis Hospital, told IANS.
Still, since data on Omicron is limited and gene sequencing is expensive, the reason is “ delicate to explain”, Kotaru said.
First detected in South Africa and Botswana in late November, Omicron has been discovered in further than 100 countries and across all seven mainlands, as per the open access data participating platform GISAID.
India on Wednesday registered Omicron cases from 27 countries. Of these, have been discharged from hospitals.
Meanwhile, scientists at Department of Biotechnology’s Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in India said that the largely transmittable Omicron with threesub-variants – BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3 – is likely replacing the preliminarily dominant Delta strain in India, pushing the diurnal census of Covid cases in the country.
Among the threesub-lineages, the scientists have noted the significant presence of both BA.1 and BA.2 in genone tests conducted in the country. BA.1, in particular, has beenco-circulating with Delta and also replacing it in Maharashtra and several other countries. BA.3 has not been detected so far in the country, media reports said.
“ The velocity with which the infection is spreading, it looks like the Omicron is replacing the other variants in India, like the Delta variant. So we can say that it’ll be the predominant variant,” Dr Rahul Pandit Director-Critical Care, Fortis Hospitals Mumbai, told IANS.
“ Still, the Delta variant is still there and contributes to some quantum of infection,” added Pandit, who’s also Member of National and Maharashtra’s Covid-19 Taskforce. He said that Omicron is also causing the reinfection because we can see that utmost of the cases still remain asymptomatic.
First detected in South Africa and Botswana in late November, Omicron has been discovered in further than 100 countries and across all seven mainlands, as per the open access data participating platform GISAID.
India on Wednesday registered Omicron cases from 27 countries. Of these, have been discharged from hospitals.
Meanwhile, scientists at Department of Biotechnology’s Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in India said that the largely transmittable Omicron with threesub-variants – BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3 – is likely replacing the preliminarily dominant Delta strain in India, pushing the diurnal census of Covid cases in the country.
Among the threesub-lineages, the scientists have noted the significant presence of both BA.1 and BA.2 in genone tests conducted in the country. BA.1, in particular, has beenco-circulating with Delta and also replacing it in Maharashtra and several other countries. BA.3 has not been detected so far in the country, media reports said.
“ The velocity with which the infection is spreading, it looks like the Omicron is replacing the other variants in India, like the Delta variant. So we can say that it’ll be the predominant variant,” Dr Rahul Pandit Director-Critical Care, Fortis Hospitals Mumbai, told IANS.
“ Still, the Delta variant is still there and contributes to some quantum of infection,” added Pandit, who’s also Member of National and Maharashtra’s Covid-19 Taskforce. He said that Omicron is also causing the reinfection because we can see that utmost of the cases still remain asymptomatic.