Medics urged not to ignore the symptoms.
American scientists have identified a new symptom variant «Omicron» — pain in the ears. Often this may be the only sign of the disease, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to TSN.
According to an expert on infectious diseases at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, ear pain is due to the fact that the virus mainly affects the respiratory tract, located close to the mouth, nose and ears and often gets into these places.
Infection with «Omicron» can indeed cause painful symptoms in the inner ear, which people do not always perceive as a sign of coronavirus.
Doctor Konstantina Stankovic recommended that those who have noticed hearing loss, dizziness or ringing in the ears not ignore these symptoms, but get tested for COVID-19.
«In some of our patients, we have seen that hearing loss is the only sign of infection with COVID-19», said doctor Stankovic.