A man with a handkerchief. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30A runny nose is a common symptom of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus. Why is it not as harmless as it might seem, Vladimir Zaitsev, candidate of medical sciences, ENT doctor of the highest category, explained in an interview with Sputnik radio. Many Russians do not take this ailment seriously enough, the doctor said. Meanwhile, with a runny nose, the process of saturating the brain with oxygen is disrupted, since breathing through the nose is of paramount importance for it. «Nasal breathing ventilates our brain by 70 percent. If nasal breathing is either muffled or completely absent, then the brain is very much deprived of oxygen, » Zaitsev explained. According to him, a prolonged runny nose can lead to unpleasant consequences.The doctor called a dangerous mistake during the “omicron” wave “It will give some echoes at first, and then it can become a problem when the head is “cast iron” due to hypoxia or will constantly split from pain,” the doctor warned. He advises seek medical help if full breathing through the nose cannot be restored within seven days. «If a person sees that the runny nose goes away on its own and breathing returns to normal, then everything is fine. If after a week the symptoms increase and do not want to go anywhere, then this is one hundred percent a reason to go to the doctor,» says Zaitsev. If a prolonged runny nose is complicated by other symptoms indicating infection with the omicron strain, then it is better to invite the doctor to the house. «If at the same time the person feels weakness, fever, headache, then this the real signs of «omicron». Then you don't need to go to the doctor's clinic anymore, because you will infect everyone there. You need to call the doctor at home,» Zaitsev concluded.
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