28 people died last week from Corona. About 500 are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, some of them in a serious and critical condition. As of today (Tuesday) there are approximately 10,000 active corona patients in Israel, and the numbers continue to climb. Here at Mako Health, we also published that the new strain of the korunaXBB 1.5 He is “the most infectious yet”.Although there is no evidence that this strain is more dangerous than its predecessors, corona patients report a particularly severe and turbulent illness. “Two weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night with a burning sensation in my throat and a crazy chill – a feeling I’ve never felt before,” Sherry Shane describes. “Within a short time, the fever rose and great weakness began. I could hardly move. On the third day, a stressful cough began that nothing could stop. It made me literally suffocate. It was really scary. Following the coughing, I also started having back pain, which caused total dysfunction “.
“In the new variety, we mainly see very strong sore throats, burning sensations in the throat, runny nose and muscle pains.
Prof. Nadav Davidovich, epidemiologist and director of the School of Public Health at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, warns that the symptoms of the new subspecies are completely different from Omicron. According to him, they are more serious and their effect lasts longer. “The corona has undergone a change and so have the symptoms. The whole matter of taste and smell has almost disappeared in the new subspecies, and new and severe symptoms have arrived. In the new subspecies, the symptoms are mainly related to the upper respiratory tract, in contrast to Eumicron, which mainly affected the lower respiratory tract. My recommendation is unequivocal to do tests, enter For isolation so as not to infect others, this virus is very contagious, its infection rate is very high and it is definitely advisable to wear a mask in crowded places.”
In this strain we mainly see very strong sore throats, burning sensations in the throat, runny nose and muscle pains that are very characteristic of this sub-species, and usually continue even after the end of the disease. It should be noted that they require continued close monitoring.
According to him, the change that is being reported in the USA, where the strain is responsible for 40% of infections, is a symptom of very strong and dramatic muscle pains. “Muscle pains that are very characteristic of this sub-strain, and usually continue after the end of the disease, require continued close monitoring.” “Long Covid of this sub-strain has even more long-term effects than the previous strains. The effect is on the heart and blood vessels and the nervous system, and the symptoms continue for a long time even after the end of the disease more than cases of the previous strains,” adds Prof. Davidovich.
“It took me almost two weeks to get out of it”
Idan Yosef Yamin, 34 years old, was also hit hard by the corona virus: “About two weeks ago I started feeling weak, it went up to 40, loss of sense of smell and taste and very strong headaches. I’m two weeks later and still carrying the fatigue. In addition, I experienced shortness of breath – It’s something that hasn’t happened to me yet, even now when I’m talking to you and I’m walking I have to stop, it’s hard for me. I also had chills, muscle aches and severe headaches.”
Yifat Graf, 43 years old, had to stop everything and go into complete isolation so as not to infect her three daughters with the severe corona she contracted. “I had a fever for four days. Crazy pains all over my body, muscle aches, lack of appetite, weakness. At some point a cold and a cough started and I lost my taste and smell completely. There is no symptom that I missed. I am usually a very energetic person – I was completely exhausted.”
Michal Brunner, 45 years old from Tel Aviv, who fell ill with Corona about two weeks ago, had to stop her life due to very severe symptoms: “I didn’t have a high fever, but I had a strong sore throat, very weak and very tired. Even after I recovered, the fatigue was even worse. It took me almost two weeks to get out of it. In the days of the corona virus, I was disabled, I couldn’t function at all. I used to suffer from a type of vertigo that returned to me with the corona virus. The physical therapist I go to explained to me that viral diseases like the corona virus can bring it back because it affects the ear system.”
“Burning in the throat and crazy chills.” Sherry Shane | Photo: Self
Prof. Davidovich, what is the recommendation in view of the serious illness?
Prof. Doron Menachemi, director of the internal medicine department at Wolfson Hospital, reinforces this and supports the recommendation to wear masks: “The symptoms of this strain are very similar to Leumicron. These are respiratory symptoms: shortness of breath, cough that causes suffocation, fatigue, weakness, headaches, fever, weakness, Fatigue, annoying cough, palpitations and a feeling of suffocation. We have about 20 corona patients hospitalized at the Wolfson Hospital in all kinds of conditions and ages. I definitely think we should go back to wearing masks, certainly in crowded places. This is what my family and I make sure to do.”