Recently, various theories have been circulating on various social platforms, Moments, and WeChat groups: blade strain, dazzling rice strain, learning strain, fart strain, extreme thinning strain, tasteless strain, dizziness strain, sore strain, crying strain, etc. These are the strains according to people infected with the new coronavirus. I use my own personal experience to define the different feelings that the virus brings to me. Some people cry out in pain, some feel general weakness, chest tightness, and diarrhea. Some people have a huge appetite and eat barbecue, elbows, and various fruits!
On the social platform "Little Red Book", netizens drew the Blade Strain, Xuanfan Strain, Xuexue Strain, etc. Internet screenshot
Regarding this, Wang Changhui, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, and Xie Shuanshuan, attending physician, both said that most of these weird names were jokingly named by netizens based on the symptoms after being infected with the new coronavirus. These so-called "different strains" actually have no scientific basis. They are just different clinical manifestations in different patients.
Wang Changhui pointed out that judging from the current epidemic strains in my country, the main ones are different mutant strains of , Omicron, and . The overall pattern of symptoms of Omicron infection is: fever may occur for 1 to 2 days in the early stage of infection, followed by respiratory and upper respiratory tract symptoms, which will be basically relieved in 3 to 5 days. Based on domestic and foreign data reports, the overall severity rate of the Omicron variant has been significantly reduced compared to the previous original strain and Delta strain. Therefore, the overall impact on the human body is not very different depending on which variant of Omicron is infected.
Some people may also ask: Is it feasible to choose a "mild strain" to produce antibodies? In this regard, Wang Changhui pointed out that in fact, even the same strain will behave differently among different people based on each person's resistance and basic physical conditions. Just because a person has mild symptoms after infection, we cannot assume that the strain this person is infected with is milder. Whether there are more "mild" strains still needs to be supported by more evidence-based medicine .
Xie Shuanshuan also said that judging from the current situation, even if you are infected, no matter which variant it is, since the overall severity rate of the Omicron strain has dropped to a very low level, everyone does not need to panic or be too nervous. If the symptoms are relatively mild and the person has been fully vaccinated, the infected person can be quarantined at home and monitored for health. When the elderly are infected, assist them in health monitoring, observe whether there are severe warning symptoms, and be hospitalized for observation and treatment if necessary.
The above two experts pointed out that for different strains, there is the possibility of repeated infections. However, generally speaking, in the short term after being infected with one of the strains, because there are still high neutralizing antibodies in the body, the possibility of being infected with again in the short term is relatively low. But after a period of time, if other types of strains appear, secondary infection is still possible. Of course, it is not recommended to "seek yang and get yang". If you can reduce the infection once, you should be infected once less. If you can get the infection as late as possible, be infected as late as possible. The core principle is that we should do everything we can to delay the infection of the elderly and minimize the number of elderly infected at the peak of the first wave of the epidemic.
There is currently a saying on the Internet that a new strain of virus "Cerberus" is also spreading. Is this virus really there?
Both experts said: This is not an official name. It was originally a virus nickname given by some German virologists on Twitter to remember and distinguish the names and characteristics of virus strains. However, the German Society of Immunology also believes that the term "cerberus" is inappropriate and will mislead the public into thinking that the symptoms are more serious, so now everyone uses BQ.1 and rarely mentions hellhound.
Wang Changhui said that BQ.1 is the sixth-generation sub-branch of Omicron BA.5 produced through the mutation and changes of the virus during the epidemic spread among the population. Although BQ.1 has attracted global attention, there have been no reports of increased virulence in patients infected with BQ.1 and its subclades in any country.As early as the end of October 2021, the World Health Organization had already assessed that the BQ.1 substrain of the new coronavirus Omicron strain is highly contagious, but the disease severity and fatality rate are the same as other Omicron strains, not higher, so BQ.1 has not been named with a new Greek letter. Moreover, judging from the BQ.1 epidemic process in Europe and the United States for more than two months, there is no increase in its fatality rate compared with other strains.
Xie Shuanshuan said that currently, 49 cases of BQ.1 and its sub-branches have been detected among local cases in 9 provinces in my country, but they have not yet become widespread, resulting in a small number of cases, and no increase in clinical severity compared with other mutant strains after infection with BQ.1 has been observed. The currently prevalent strains are still mostly sub-branch BA.5, BA.5.2 and BF.7. After healthy people are infected with the Omicron series mutant strains, the vast majority have asymptomatic and mild symptoms.
Both experts called on: At present, the public must insist on personal protection, maintain healthy and civilized living habits, and actively get vaccinated.
The Paper Chief Reporter Chen Sisi
Source: Morning News
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