NEW VARIATION OF THE VIRUS ARE DIFFERENT THAN USUAL… 16 WAPT’S BROOKLYN JOYNER HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR… TAKEA GILBERT PATIENT :46 WHEN I FIRST HAD IT BACK IN 2022 IT WAS MORE OF A COLD…THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT I HAD THE WORST HEADACHE FOR DAYS AND IT KEPT COMING BACK BUT YEA I MOST DEFINITELY HAD IT :56 PATIENTS NOW REALIZING THAT THEY HAD COVID WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS AFTER MISTAKING THE VIRUS FOR ANOTHER ILLNESS… TAKEA GILBERT PATIENT :26 I THOUGHT IT WAS ALLERGIES, BUT IT WAS COVID. I HAD SNEEZING RUNNY NOES ITCHY THROAT, ITCHY EARS I THOUGHT IT WAS ALLERGIES I DIDN’T WANT TO GET CHECKED OUT, BUT I CAME HERE TO GET CHECKED OUT AND I HAD IT :39 GABRIEL IBARRA GRADE OR HIGH-GRADE LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE MORE CHILLS, NASAL CONGESTION BUT THE SORE THROAT IS THE KEY 1:39 HEALTH OFFICIALS AT AMERICAN FAMILY CARE SAY THERE HAS BEEN A SURGE IN COVID CASES…BUT THIS NEW VARIATION OF IT IS UNRECOGNIZABLE TO MOST… THIS PAST WEEKEND…PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT GABRIEL IBARRA SAID 90 PATIENTS WERE TREATED AT AFC…60 PERCENT OF THESE PATIENTS WERE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID… GABRIEL IBARRA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 4:08 THEY WERE COMING IN BY THE FAMILIES. ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD THAT KIND SURGE. WHERE THEY ARE COMING IN MOM’S SICK…DAUGHTERS SICK 4:15 IBARRA SAYS IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH NOSE DRAINAGE, BODY ACHES, CHILLS, AND HEADACHES CONSIDER GETTING SCREENED FOR COVID HE SAYS TRYING TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS WITH NO TREATMENT COULD CAUSE LONGER TERM PROBLEMS… GABRIEL IBARRA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 2:45 THE YOUNGER POPULATION RIGHT NOW THEY ARE THINKING THEY CAN BEAT COVID AND MOST THEM DO PRETTY WELL BUT IF THEY DON’T TAKE SOMETHING TO SETTLE UP THE DRAINAGE IT CAN BECOME BRONCHITIS PNEUMONIA 2:57 IBARRA SAYS HE SUGGEST PEOPLE START WEARING A MASK AND STAY HOME IF YOU ARE FEELING UNWELL TO STOP THE CONSTANT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. GABRIEL IBARRA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 6:04 I KNOW THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GETTING SUFFOCATED BUT AT THE SAME TIME I’VE TRAVELED ABROAD AND BEEN STATIONED OVERSEAS WHERE IN JAPAN IT’S JUST COMMON COURTES
Mississippi doctors seeing uptick in COVID cases
Symptoms differ from past strains, physician assistant says
Mississippi health officials say they have been responding to a COVID surge for the past few weeks. One physician assistant said the symptoms of this new variation of the virus are different than usual, which is stopping many from realizing they have COVID.“When I first had it back in 2022, it was more of a cold. This one was different,” said patient Takea Gilbert. “I had the worst headache for days and it kept coming back.”Patients are now realizing that they had COVID within the past few weeks after mistaking the virus for another illness.“I thought it was allergies, but it was COVID,” Gilbert said. “I had sneezing, runny nose, itchy throat, itchy ears. I thought it was allergies. I didn’t want to get checked out, but I came here to get checked out and I had it.”Health officials at American Family Care said there has been a surge in COVID cases, but this new variant is unrecognizable to most.“Normally, when we are seeing COVID, it would be low-grade or high-grade fever, headaches,” said physician assistant Gabriel Ibarra. “This variant is a little different. We have been seeing a little more chills, nasal congestion, but the sore throat is the key.”Ibarra said this past weekend, 90 patients were treated at AFC, and 60% of those patients were diagnosed with COVID.“They were coming in by the families. It’s been a while since we had that kind of surge, where they are coming in and mom’s sick, daughter’s sick,” Ibarra said. Ibarra said if you are dealing with nose drainage, body aches, chills and headaches, consider getting screened for COVID. He mentioned that attempting to battle the virus without treatment may lead to long-term complications. “The younger population right now, they are thinking they can beat COVID, and most of them do pretty well, but if they don’t take something to settle up, the drainage can become bronchitis, pneumonia.”Ibarra suggests that people start wearing a mask and stay home if they feel unwell to stop the constant spread of the virus.“I know (masks) are not comfortable for a lot of folks, and they feel like they are getting suffocated, but at the same time, I’ve traveled abroad and been stationed overseas, where in Japan, it’s just common courtesy and a part of their culture,” Ibarra said.
Mississippi health officials say they have been responding to a COVID surge for the past few weeks. One physician assistant said the symptoms of this new variation of the virus are different than usual, which is stopping many from realizing they have COVID.
“When I first had it back in 2022, it was more of a cold. This one was different,” said patient Takea Gilbert. “I had the worst headache for days and it kept coming back.”
Patients are now realizing that they had COVID within the past few weeks after mistaking the virus for another illness.
“I thought it was allergies, but it was COVID,” Gilbert said. “I had sneezing, runny nose, itchy throat, itchy ears. I thought it was allergies. I didn’t want to get checked out, but I came here to get checked out and I had it.”
Health officials at American Family Care said there has been a surge in COVID cases, but this new variant is unrecognizable to most.
“Normally, when we are seeing COVID, it would be low-grade or high-grade fever, headaches,” said physician assistant Gabriel Ibarra. “This variant is a little different. We have been seeing a little more chills, nasal congestion, but the sore throat is the key.”
Ibarra said this past weekend, 90 patients were treated at AFC, and 60% of those patients were diagnosed with COVID.
“They were coming in by the families. It’s been a while since we had that kind of surge, where they are coming in and mom’s sick, daughter’s sick,” Ibarra said.
Ibarra said if you are dealing with nose drainage, body aches, chills and headaches, consider getting screened for COVID. He mentioned that attempting to battle the virus without treatment may lead to long-term complications.
“The younger population right now, they are thinking they can beat COVID, and most of them do pretty well, but if they don’t take something to settle up, the drainage can become bronchitis, pneumonia.”
Ibarra suggests that people start wearing a mask and stay home if they feel unwell to stop the constant spread of the virus.
“I know (masks) are not comfortable for a lot of folks, and they feel like they are getting suffocated, but at the same time, I’ve traveled abroad and been stationed overseas, where in Japan, it’s just common courtesy and a part of their culture,” Ibarra said.
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