A coronavirus skilled has highlighted two regarding Covid signs as Omicron continues to mutate.
Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist, King's Faculty London professor and co-founder of the ZOE Covid Examine app, issued an replace on two new Omicron sub-variants referred to as BA.4 and BA.5.
In his newest YouTube video, the Covid skilled warned of two Covid signs - lack of scent and tinnitus - with the latter being an indication 'we have not heard a lot about'.
The alert comes after Prof Spector and his staff carried out a survey to evaluate the prevalence of tinnitus in individuals contaminated with Covid, stories the Specific.
Prof Spector mentioned the UK shouldn't be but seeing "worrying ranges" of the variants, however he warned: "We're maintaining a tally of this as a result of South Africa - the place Omicron was first picked up - is seeing BA.4 and BA.5 rising fairly quick."
Tinnitus is when individuals expertise ringing or different noises in a single or each of their ears.
He mentioned lack of scent and tinnitus are signs to take "actually significantly", though the previous was extra related to earlier strains.
"It suggests one other a part of the physique is being affected, one thing inside, extra near the mind," he mentioned.
Regardless of being "one thing we have not heard a lot about, it seems that 19% or one in 5 of you probably did have ear issues due to Covid", he mentioned.
In response to the ZOE lead, of the 14,500 individuals who took half within the survey, 5,000 examined constructive for Covid and ear ringing.
Individuals mentioned the symptom "comes and goes and may be gentle to average for weeks or months".
Prof Spector admitted he did get it but it surely "disappeared shortly in me".
Persons are suggested to contact their GP if they've tinnitus often or always.
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