Corona virus rates have increased in some countries around the world, and with danger corona The risk of catching colds and influenza is increasedRespiratory syncytial virusIn this report, we learn regarding the classic symptoms of each viral infection, according to the “Times of India” website.
The common cold is mostly an infection of the upper respiratory tract. Learn regarding the symptoms:
The common cold spreads during the winter and is a viral infection that affects the nose and throat.
Most of the symptoms that appear during the common cold are similar to those that appear in Corona.
The classic symptoms of the common cold are coughing, runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing and sore throat.
People may also experience difficulty breathing, fever, headache, muscle aches, body aches, vomiting, and diarrhea. During a cold, wheezing appears in children.
Children show the highest rates of influenza and here are the symptoms:
Influenza is caused by the influenza virus types A and B. These viruses cause severe respiratory illnesses.
The risk of influenza increases among children between the ages of 5-9 years.
Children are effective carriers of influenza viruses, and those between the ages of 5 and 9 typically show the highest rates of infection and disease.
However, severe hospitalizations and deaths are more common among the elderly and in specific high-risk groups, the World Health Organization said.
Symptoms of influenza are cough, fatigue, fever, headache, muscle aches, and body aches. People with influenza also have a runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, and diarrhea. Sometimes symptoms such as difficulty breathing and wheezing appear in people with the flu. Respiratory syncytial virus disease leads to increased hospitalizations among Elderly.
Syncytial virus disease is a threat to young infants and among immunocompromised and weakened individuals.
In children including infants, the first infection may cause acute bronchiolitis which can sometimes be fatal.
In older children and adults without comorbidities, recurrent upper respiratory tract infections are common and range from subclinical infection to symptomatic upper respiratory tract disease.
Common symptoms of RSV infection are coughing, runny and stuffy nose, and wheezing:
People with syncytial virus also experience sneezing, fever, and headache.
Loss of the sense of taste and smell in cases of viral infection
People with a viral infection often lose their sense of taste and smell. Even during the first phase of Corona, people suffered from losing their sense of taste and smell for a longer period.
Experts say that a stuffy nose reduces the human body’s ability to taste or smell something. This is temporary in nature and a person can get a sense of taste and smell following a while.
These are the symptoms that appear in all types of viral infections:
While each infection has its own symptoms, there are some symptoms that are commonly seen in all infections.
Signs such as fatigue, fever, headache, muscle aches, body aches, runny nose, stuffy nose, and sore throat are commonly seen in all of these viral infections.
Hence the only way to distinguish each one from the rest is through blood tests.
