This autumn, Russians are increasingly complaining that they cannot get rid of cough for a long time after a cold. Long-term symptoms after an illness can be caused by a mutated coronavirus, whooping cough, allergies and the spread of mycoplasma bacteria. stated allergist, immunologist Vladimir Bolibok to the 360 TV channel.
The doctor stated that the long-lasting cough could be explained by the spread of a new subtype of Covid or an infection. These include the bacteria that caused the disease in China. We are talking about Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
“A rather strong spread of this mycoplasma in our country occurred in the late 90s – 2000s, then it was absent for a long time. Maybe if we start testing now we can detect that too,” Bolibok said.
The doctor said the possibility of a new disease, an unknown viral infection, is low. Bolibok reminded that cough is also characteristic of whooping cough and is quite easy to diagnose; for this you need to take a throat swab and donate blood for antibodies, Bolibok recalled.
The immunologist noted that mold is another possible cause. According to him, the weather may also have had an effect on this: this year autumn came early, the rapidly falling leaves remained on the ground for a long time and were covered with mold and fungus.
“Everything is blowing up. Sensitive people naturally develop a cough,” said the expert, and recommended that you consult a doctor if you have a long-lasting cough.
Let us remind you that this autumn the Russians I started to complain For unusual symptoms of “prolonged ARVI” that do not go away for months. They often feel a strong loss of strength, lose their voice for several days and cannot cope with a cough.
Rospotrebnadzor the other day reportedIt was stated that at the end of November, there was an increase in ARVI, influenza and COVID-19 cases in all age categories in the country.