Deputy Director for Clinical Work, Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after V.I. G.N. Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Tatyana Ruzhentsova in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta toldhow to distinguish influenza, SARS and omicron-strain of coronavirus.
Ruzhentsova named a way to distinguish between influenza, SARS and the omicron strain of COVID-19 and said that this could not be done without special tests. According to her. All three diseases manifest with the same symptoms.
“Influenza often gives a rapid increase in body temperature, headaches, from the second day – pain or sore throat. But the same symptoms can be caused by omicron. For seasonal respiratory infections, a runny nose and a slight increase in body temperature are more typical. But the same can be observed in some patients with both coronavirus infection and influenza, ”the epidemiologist explained.
Previously, Ruzhentsova compared the post-covid syndrome of the delta and omicron. According to her, the first is more easily tolerated than the second.
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