The BA.5 variant emerged approximately two and a half years after the onset of the pandemic.
After the more contagious but less lethal Omicron variant, the BA.5 variant began to take effect. Symptoms of coronavirus omicron sub-variant BA.5 itself
evaluated by experts. So what is the coronavirus BA.5 variant? What are the symptoms of BA.5? Here are the details!
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS BA.5 VARIANT?
Symptoms such as cough, fever, runny nose, and fatigue in the coronavirus BA.5 variant are among the symptoms of the new variant.
It was learned that the BA.5 variant spreads faster and is more resistant to vaccines.
Experts say that people infected with BA.4 or BA.5 are less likely to lose their sense of taste and smell or experience shortness of breath compared to those infected with Delta or other variants of the coronavirus.
According to the news in the New York Times, the five main symptoms of this variant are;
-Cough
-Runny nose
-Throat ache
-Tiredness
-Headache and muscle aches
BA.5 VARIANT DAY DAY SYMPTOMS
DAY 0
Infection begins after close contact with someone infected with the coronavirus. When a person speaks, sings, coughs or sneezes, droplets of saliva carrying Covid particles are released. The amount of virus varies according to the situation.
1st, 2nd and 3rd DAY: Incubation
After Sars-CoV-2 succeeds in invading our body’s first cells, the next step is to expand its scope.
As each infested cell releases thousands of copies, the virus advances further in the organism. This period of silent evolution, in which the presence of the virus cannot be detected, is known as incubation.
“We noticed that the incubation time of the new variants was reduced,” says Virologist Anderson F. Brito, a scientific researcher at the Todos pela Saude Institute in Brazil.
DAY 4 AND 14: ONCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SYMPTOMS
As the virus travels through the upper respiratory tract, namely the nose, mouth, and throat, it encounters the immune system, which eventually launches an attack against it.
The first line of defense includes neutrophils, monocytes, and cells called “natural killers”, as detailed in a 2021 paper by two researchers at Zhejiang University Hospital in China.
Over time, other immune units come into play, such as T lymphocytes, which respond in a more organized fashion to viral invasion, and B lymphocytes, which release antibodies.
DAY 15 AND AFTER: FINISH
About two weeks after first contact with the coronavirus, the immune system usually “wins the battle.” Vaccines help with this because they allow the body’s defenses to be “trained” to fight the pathogen even before it comes into contact with it.
In some cases, the virus manages to reach vital organs such as the lungs, causing serious inflammatory conditions. These conditions often require immediate intervention and increase the risk of death. However, there is a long-term risk of Covid, where symptoms persist for months or even years, even for patients who recover.
While this is still unclear, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 13.3 percent of people with coronavirus have symptoms that persist for a month or more.
Also, according to the CDC, more than 30 percent of Covid patients who need to go to the hospital still experience a range of ailments six months later, from fatigue and breathing problems to anxiety and joint pain.