A positive COVID-19 test result is not something that anyone wants to see — but now there may be an extra reason to avoid getting sick.

COVID infections cause miserable symptoms such as fever, fatigue, congestion and more. Now, though, some people infected with COVID in China are reporting a very sore throat that’s been nicknamed “razor blade throat.”

According to Google trends data, people throughout the U.S. are now, too, worried about this scary-sounding symptom and are searching for things like “new covid variant painful symptom” and “covid razor throat.”

Just how worried do you need to be about a super-painful sore throat during a COVID infection? Below, doctors weigh in on the supposed “razor blade” sore throat symptom:

Some people with COVID are reporting a “razor blade th

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