The most common Covid symptom seen in both jabbed and unjabbed patients

From diarrhoea to dry cough, Covid triggers a whole host of symptoms that can crop up throughout your whole body.

New variants and strains usually give prominence to a specific set of symptoms that become characteristic.

However, a new study has identified the most common non-respiratory symptom that remained the same across all strains – fever.

Furthermore, the sign also persisted in patients despite their vaccination status, targeting both jabbed and unjabbed people alike.

The study was based on the examination of medical records of 63,454 patients who had been treated in a University of California medical centre for the virus.

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The research team applied statistical tests to determine the relationship between non-respiratory features, vaccination status and differences in mortality between infection with the Omicron and Delta variants.

Corresponding author Shannon Cotton said: “We determined that we would conduct this study because the scientific literature has shown that, although Covid is a respiratory disease, it affects multiple organ systems.

“We wanted to determine which organ systems and features were most affected by the different SARS-CoV-2 variants, which were more likely to lead to death, and the effect of being vaccinated or not fully vaccinated.

“We found that the risk of developing non-respiratory features of COVID-19 was statistically higher in those who were not fully vaccinated, across all variants.”

The American team also found that patients who were not fully jabbed had a higher risk of dying when infected with either the Omicron or Delta variant.

Furthermore, heart disease was also statistically higher in those without their jabs at the time that Omicron was dominant. Specifically, tachycardia, which describes a heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute.

Furthermore, both diabetes and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) were features of all variants, regardless of the vaccination status.

Cotton added: “Our findings speak to the importance of vaccination as the odds of dying were significantly increased in those not fully vaccinated.”

The findings were presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, DC.