Headaches are common, but here's how to know you need a COVID test.
William Schaffner
, MD, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine told the magazine that with COVID,"the general thought is that your body is experiencing an inflammatory reaction as it fights off the virus," and a headache is part of that response. But doctors say there also might be a reason as to why this symptom seems to be occurring more often with the Omicron variant. This version of the virus appears to be more focused on the upper respiratory tract—which includes your sinuses—than previous variants,, MD, a professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, told.
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