No loss of taste, smell. Know the 'classic' symptom differences between the common cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19

 

• The Union Health Ministry in India warned in December 2022 that the coming 40 days would be critical for the residents of India

The BF.7 variant is causing a surge in Covid-19 cases in China. While East Asian countries are registering at least 9000 cases in a day. This sudden increase in cases came last month after years of tight containment restrictions. The National Health Commission has stopped publishing daily nationwide infection and death figures in the country.

The Union health ministry in India warned after Christmas last year that the coming 40 days would be crucial for residents of India, even as it tightened its grip on Covid testing of travelers arriving from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea doing. , Thailand and Japan.

However, it is to be noted that the alarm by the Ministry of Health was also in keeping with the fact that the winter season also gives rise to several respiratory diseases which are not necessarily COVID-19.

Winters in India also increase the risk of common cold, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. It is important to note the significant difference in symptoms of the various infections that distinguishes them from COVID-19.

Loss of taste and smell is considered a common symptom during respiratory illness.

People who get a viral infection often lose their ability to taste and smell. This remained a quintessential feature of testing for COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic.

However, experts have pointed out that a stuffy nose reduces the ability of the human body to taste or smell anything.