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COVID variant may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

Times Now on MSN · 24m

COVID-19 New Variant Causes ‘Razor Blade’ Pain With Sore Throat. Here’s What You Need To Know About It

The newest COVID-19 variant NB.18.1, also called Nimbus has been spreading rapidly and has been coming up with one significant symptom - ‘razor blade throat.’ This is because this symptom causes a painful sore throat that feels like there is a razor blade stuck to the throat as soon as you try to swallow.

Experts suspect new COVID-19 strain on Long Island, though they're skeptical of 'razor blade throat' symptom

Multiple news reports have linked the subvariant, NB 1.8.1, to "razor blade throat," in part because of postings on social media that likened symptoms to swallowing razor blades. But experts say those scattered anecdotal reports don’t mean COVID-19 today is more likely to cause severe throat pain than in the past.

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

'Razor blade throat': What to know about COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1

NB.1.8.1 is one of the latest variants of COVID-19, a "slightly upgraded version" of the LP.8.1 variant that is prominent right now, Subhash Verma, microbiology and immunology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, previously told USA TODAY in May.

FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSN10h

COVID 'razor blade throat' in California: What to know about variant NB.1.8.1

Also known as "Nimbus," the new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 is characterized by its extremely painful sore throat, described as ...

Parade on MSN4d

This Is the Most Common (and Painful) COVID Symptom Doctors Are Seeing Right Now

Over the past five years, different strains of COVID infections each presented their own sets of slightly varied respiratory ...

Irish Mirror on MSN5d

Nimbus Covid: One very painful symptom shows you have highly transmissible new Coronavirus strain

Health officials have explained how to tell if you have the rapidly spreading new strain of Covid - dubbed 'Nimbus' - as it ...

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