By Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan, Head, Wellness and Wellbeing at Columbia Pacific Communities
Features | Cold | Flu | COVID-19 |
Presenting Symptoms Most common
Less common | Running nose, sneezing
Fever, sore throat | Headache, running nose, fever
Sore throat | Sore throat, fever, body ache, loss of smell,taste and have diarrhoa |
H/o Contact tracing with COVIDpositive individual either as primary or secondary contact |
Not present |
Not present |
Sometimes present |
Onset of symptoms with exposure to symptomatic individuals (Cold, sore throat, cough, fever) |
1-3 days |
1-4 days |
2-14 days |
Symptoms appearing 6 weeks post the second dose of vaccination against COVID |
Possible |
Possible |
Unlikely |
Even though the symptoms are similar,the colonisation of the causative organism makes a difference.In COVID-19 there is a strong colonisation in the nasopharynx,hence bringing in the symptom ofloss of smell and taste.
Symptomatic treatment includes
Precautions
As we see the mutation in the SARS CoV2,the virulence of this omicron is less even though it is highly infectious.A booster dose may reduce the chances of getting infected.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
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