Bizarre COVID symptoms people experienced

imperative to know the classic COVID symptoms in order to detect the infection early and get tested for it.

The common signs of COVID, as listed by ZOE Health Study which tracked COVID symptoms since the beginning of the pandemic, are: sore throat, runny nose, blocked nose, sneezing, cough without phlegm, headache, cough with phlegm, hoarse voice, muscle aches and pains, and an altered sense of smell. Apart from the classic signs of COVID which are similar to the symptoms shown by many of the upper respiratory tract infections, there were certain other symptoms of the infection experienced by people which were remotely related to the respiratory infection. Symptoms like loose motion, abdominal discomfort, fatigue, rashes, dry mouth and back pain were seen in people during the second wave of COVID infection which was led by the Delta variant of the coronavirus; this wave is said to be the devastating wave of COVID and had originated in India. Changes in skin color and texture seen in few COVID patients raised several questions around the nature of the virus. COVID toes, as they are popularly referred to, was seen in kids and young people mostly. It is discoloration of the toes and fingers along with itchiness, blisters and rough skin. The impact of COVID on the brain health of an individual is not unknown now. Brain fog is a very common long COVID symptom and many people who had COVID have experienced it for weeks and months. The occurrence of brain fog or confusion does not depend on the severity of the infection which means even those who had a mild COVID infection can be at a risk of it. With the dominance of XBB.1.16 variant a new symptom, pink eye or conjunctivitis, is being seen in kids this time. Conjunctivitis is remotely connected to COVID; though it is one of the many symptoms of COVID, the rate of incidence of this sign was not common in earlier waves of COVID.