COVID symptoms: Headache, runny nose, sneezing are now among the top 5 reported due to increasing variants an - MassLive.com

As more variants of COVID-19 emerge, the most common symptoms change.

An ongoing study based out of the United Kingdom has set out to help people determine what the most common symtoms are depending on if they are unvaccinated, partially or fully vaccinated. The study allows people to submit their COVID symptoms on an app which the scientists collect to determine which are being most highly reported.

The Zoe Covid Symptom study has noticed new symptoms recently due to variants the vaccines, according to a CNBC report. All information in the study is based on the public’s reporting of their symptoms in the app alone. This does not consider which variant the virus is nor does it use demographic information.

Below are the top five symptoms being reported by individuals who are fully-vaccinated, have had one dose of a vaccine or are unvaccinated.

Fully-vaccinated Symptoms:

• Headache
• Runny nose
• Sneezing
• Sore throat
• Loss of smell

Covid symptoms such as anosmia (loss of smell), fever and shortness of breath ranked were farther down the list, at five, 12 and 29.

“A persistent cough now ranks at number 8 if you’ve had two vaccine doses, so is no longer the top indicator of having Covid,” the study said according to CNBC.

One vaccine dose symptoms:

• Headache
• Runny nose
• Sore throat
• Sneezing
• Persistent cough

One of the original indicators, a persistent cough, has made the top five symptoms with one vaccine dose.

Unvaccinated symptoms:

• Headache
• Sore throat
• Runny nose
• Fever
• Persistent cough

“Loss of smell comes in at number 9 and shortness of breath comes far down the list at number 30, indicating the symptoms as recorded previously are changing with the evolving variants of the virus,” the study said according to CNBC.

The delta variant now accounts for more than half of COVID cases in the United States.

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2021-07-08 17:19:45Z