A senior nurse holding a test tube after blood samplingMOSCOW, 31 Jan. After the transferred «omicron», the patient may develop the so-called «aberrant hypercoagulable response», as a result of which the blood begins to thicken. This was stated in an interview with Ura.ru by the chief prophylactologist of the Ural Federal District, scientific director of the Society of Preventive Medicine Specialists Sergey Tokarev. inflammation,» he said. However, doctors, according to Tokarev, are in no hurry to say that such a development of events awaits every patient who has been ill. The issue is under study. Doctors do not know how much the risk of blood clotting with «omicron» depends on the patient's gender, age, and concomitant diseases. The prophylactologist added that similar effects were observed in patients who underwent a delta strain. The state of hypercoagulability is a tendency to thrombosis due to a violation of the coagulation system. Inflammatory reactions and a number of chronic diseases can lead to even more thickening of the blood. Earlier, allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok said that severe weakness could be one of the consequences of the transferred COVID-19 omicron strain. The specialist noted that it is too early to give clear characteristics of the post-COVID syndrome after Omicron, since too little time has passed. at «omicron» The Omicron strain, or B.1.1.529, was found in Botswana and South Africa in November. According to experts, those who have been ill and vaccinated can become infected with it. The new variant has already been identified in 110 countries, including Russia. It spreads faster than the previous delta strain and becomes dominant. Vaccination remains the most effective protection against all known strains of coronavirus. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko stressed that the majority of COVID-19 patients admitted to Russian hospitals have not been vaccinated.
