A nose that feels itchy until it is blocked and causes a runny nose can also be experienced by patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
4. Dry cough and hoarseness
You have to be vigilant, even though it's trivial. Experiencing symptoms such as a dry cough with increasing intensity of coughing at night seems to be one of the symptoms commonly experienced by COVID-19 patients.
Then, as a result of a sore throat accompanied by a dry cough, the patient usually experiences a change in his voice, which tends to sound hoarse and heavy.
5. Headaches
Even though it sounds common, COVID-19 patients often experience headaches, which usually appear along with flu symptoms such as a runny nose, stones, and a sore throat.
6. Muscle pain and weakness
Those who become infected with the XBB 1.5 variant may feel weak or experience joint or muscle pain.
Even though this new variant of COVID-19 continues to emerge and trigger an increase in cases in several countries, such as what happened in the United States,
An epidemiologist from Griffith University, Australia, Dicky Budiman, also warned of the possibility of this virus subvariant entering Indonesia, where mobility has increased as before the pandemic.
Dicky also said that there is a high possibility that the Omicron XBB 1.5 subvariant has entered Indonesia, especially in provinces or cities that have international flight routes.
"Most likely it has been detected (in Indonesia), especially in provinces or cities that have international flight routes," said Dicky.
In addition, according to Dicky, this Omicron subvariant might not trigger severe symptoms, but patients who are infected may be at high risk of experiencing long-term Covid-19.
As for the impact, Dicky said that the Omicron Kraken can cause damage to organs with medium- and long-term impacts.
This is possible because the virus's ability to exist in human body cells is much stronger and longer. This means that the Omicron XBB 1.5 infection has a higher potential.
"The ability to exist in the cells of the human body is much stronger and longer." "This means that the XBB 1.5 infection has a greater potential to cause long COVID," he explained.