This is tinnitus, the new symptom of the omicron variant that affects the ear

Despite the fact that the decrease in cases due to coronavirus, and with it due to omicron (dominant strain in Spain at the moment), has been increasing in recent times, investigations in this regard reveal new information every day that give greater knowledge of the illness. The last one, the tinnitus: a new symptom related to your contagion that can seriously affect the ear.

Cough, runny nose, fatigue, muscle pain, headache… are some of the most common symptoms that the omicron variant has been causing since it began to spread throughout Europe in December. Some signals very similar to those of covid-19 in general, but which are usually characterized by being less harmful over time although they occur more frequently.

All pains that usually pass within a few days, usually are detected around the fourth day of contagion and are diluted a week, to which a new symptom has now joined or is close to joining. And it is that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet recognized tinnitus as a direct symptom of omicron although it has been reported in many cases.

What is tinnitus?

A disturbance in the ear, also known as tinnitus, which leaves the feeling of ringing or buzzing inside the hearing organ. Suffered by many people in modern society due to different hearing problems, in several cases it could be related to the coronavirus.

This has been reviewed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), evidencing its direct relationship with SARS-CoV-2 since its presence would infect the inner cells of the ear. Since the mucous membranes become congested with the coronavirus, they accumulate due to this effect fluid behind the eardrums which would lead to tinnitus.

Tinnitus could also be a symptom of persistent covid

Usually short-lived like other symptoms of covid-19 and omicron, it is true that it can more easily become a persistent symptom for a few days. to reach the six months with discomfort in the ear, the WHO reports that it would be dealing with persistent covid and advises going to a medical professional to try to alleviate this buzzing.

A beep that can be very annoying and that is already being noticed more frequently among those people who have been infected by omicron. The variant that has once again put coronavirus cases around the world in check, but while it loses strength, more is known about its scope.