This COVID-19 symptom could be a sign your kid has the omicron variant

The omicron variant remains to be spreading all through the nation and your youngster may be contaminated.

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The omicron variant remains to be spreading all through the USA, infecting youngsters and adults alike. Not too long ago, an knowledgeable highlighted one symptom that would sign an omicron variant an infection in youngsters.

The symptom: Dr. Andrew Pavia, a pediatric infectious illnesses specialist at Major Kids’s Hospital in Utah, advised The Solar that the omicron variant acts in a different way in youngsters.

• “We're seeing the shift in the direction of extra illness in youthful youngsters; that in all probability has to do with modifications within the virus.”
• The omicron variant “assaults the (higher) airways greater than the lungs, and youthful youngsters have smaller airways.”
• A particular cough — one which sounds croup-like — is commonly an identifier that the kid might need the omicron variant, based on The Solar.

Extra signs: Emma Duncan, a medical professor at King’s Faculty London, not too long ago advised Insider that there are a selection of COVID-19 signs that youngsters may expertise greater than adults.

The highest omicron variant signs for youngsters — primarily based on the ZOE COVID-19 research — embody:

1. Fatigue.
2. Headache.
3. Sore throat.
4. Runny nostril.
5. Sneezing.
6. Fever.
7. Cough.

Duncan stated that the COVID-19 vaccine may weaken the frequency and size of those omicron variant signs, however the information on that's nonetheless unclear.