![]() ![]() During activities that produce droplets, the virus is released into the air. The virus is spread by coughing, sneezing, singing, talking and so on. The disease can cause respiratory symptoms and fever, and in severe cases it leads to breathing problems. "Some people say they feel better in a day, some people say they still have lingering symptoms after three weeks," Welbel said.COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. How long they last, however, can depend on the person, the severity of their infection and whether or not they end up with long COVID. In general, symptoms will typically appear 2-to-14 days after exposure to the virus, according to the CDC. The CDC says that the median time for the appearance of symptoms in a patient with the different lineages of omicron could be just three days. So, I think that there's no way to protect it to predict it." "It depends on age, it depends on comorbid illness, it depends on vaccine status, if one has been infected before potentially their you know, immune system is revved up more. "I think it's really variable depending from person to person," Welbel said. "I find with omicron we do know that still the most common is fever, cough - not so much shortness of breath anymore."Įxperts do caution patients that the severity, or even the type, of initial symptoms can vary widely from person to person. Sharon Welbel, the director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control for Cook County Health. "In terms of symptoms and what people have it's been so incredibly heterogeneous," said Dr. Still, some symptoms, such as shortness of breath, have become less prevalent as the virus continues to mutate. They have been known to develop at the beginning of an infection, with respiratory symptoms possibly following a day later, according to an article from Emerson Health. Unlike other respiratory illnesses such as MERS and SARS, COVID patients will likely develop nausea and vomiting before diarrhea, the researchers found.ĭigestive symptoms, in some instances, may be the first sign someone has contracted COVID. Then, those infected will likely experience nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. You can be feeling totally better, and you're still going to have some irritation."Īccording to Johns Hopkins Medicine, early symptoms of COVID typically include fatigue, headache, sore throat or a fever.Ī study by researchers at the University of Southern California found fever may be first, as well as a cough and muscle pain. That's true whenever you have any viral infection. "A cough tends to be the most lingering effect. "That's the thing that's going to last the longest, almost always," according to Arwady. "As it continues to present like a cold, or like a flu, there is no no way to know if it is COVID or something else, unless you get a test."Īs for the symptoms that often stick around the longest? A cough. "We're seeing less of losing taste and smell than we were early on, but we still see some of it," Arwady said. Arwady also stressed that while headache and rash can be symptoms of COVID, neither of them are the "one of the top ones."Īnd though Arwady said the Chicago Department of Health isn't necessarily seeing new symptoms reported, there are COVID symptoms that were associated with earlier variants that seem to be circulating less. "We're seeing a lot of more sore throats, fatigue, still seem some fever, and runny nose," Arwady said. And that means that the immune system is better at as being able to protect against against that severe illness."ĬOVID Rebound FAQ's: Information About What it is, its Causes and More First of all, the biggest one is that people are so much less likely to get seriously ill. "In the more recent cases of COVID - which, again, are these newer variants - there's a few things that I noticed. "We're continuing to track this," Arwady said in the update. ![]() Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health said in a Facebook Live update Tuesday that the BA.5 variant "is the most contagious version" of COVID yet.Īs more cases occur, many are curious about what symptoms typically appear with COVID, and if there are specific symptoms, like rashes or headaches, related to different variants - particularly BA.5. According to the latest COVID update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.5 lineage of the omicron variant is now the most prevalent strain of the virus in the U.S., accounting for more than 88% of recent cases.Īnd while Chicago has shifted down from a "high" level of community COVID transmission to "medium," COVID cases are still prevalent across the city and state. ![]()
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