by The presence of respiratory viruses on a daily basis it has seen a slight rebound this winter. The weather conditions, the absolute relaxation of measures after vaccination and immunologization after the pandemic and the natural acceptance of diseases that are no longer as serious as before have caused covid, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to coexist and have put health services to the test again. Like any other winter.
In the case of Covid, there is still a certain fear. What happened between 2020 and 2021 is still very present, which has led to the increase in incidence being looked at in a much more specific way. the symptoms suffered.
And it is relatively easy to confuse the three types of viruses, so it is advisable to take into account the sensations and signs that Covid has to ensure that this is the ailment and not any of the others.
Covid symptoms in December 2023
It is not necessary to have all of them at the same time, but the presence of one or more of them can give clues that the affected person has covid.
The multiple variants that have emerged from those known as Alpha and Delta have made the symptoms also slightly different with the latest branches they have taken. Specifically, right now the CDC is looking at the variants XBB.1.5 similar to +F456L present in 42.59% of the detected cases, and BA.2.86, which is in almost 44%.
Whatever the variant or subvariant, the symptoms detected and suffered are usually the same.
In some cases, increasingly less frequent, you can also suffer a loss of smell and taste, something that was the clear sign of covid at the beginning of the pandemic. With the primacy of omicron and its lineages, these symptoms have been declining.
Leaving aside the type of variant one suffers from, which is possibly nothing more than a piece of information that for the patient is not really very relevant beyond the curiosity itself, the symptoms can be confused with a common cold. Therefore, continue it being relevant to get tested and, if you have any symptoms (whether covid or not), wear a mask and the hygiene methods already well known to everyone.
In pharmacies you can buy tests that measure three types of viruses, covid, flu A and flu B, which makes it even easier to detect which disease you are suffering from, if it is one of these three, or rule it out to Whether it is a simple common cold or any other.
