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 social platforms, netizens drew blade strains, Xuanfan strains, learning strains, 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.
I want to choose a "mild strain" to be infected. Is it reliable?
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,
does not recommend "seeking yang to get yang". If you can reduce the infection once, you will be infected once less, and if you can get the infection as late as possible, you should get the infection 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.
Comprehensive: Hangzhou Daily, The Paper
Source: Hangzhou Voice
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