Have the Coronavirus or think you do?
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I mean, maybe.
I've had no fever (although apparently you don't need that to test positive.)
I've had a slight runny nose the last week or so. Not horrible, but enough to drive me nuts. A persistent dry cough that seems to get better and then comes back, almost feels like you're choking on spit but there's nothing there. And I had a sore throat in the beginning. Occasionally I get shortness of breath. I'll go running and it takes me a good mile to get my breathing under control. And walking from the bathroom and climbing into bed winds me like I climbed a flight of stairs.
My husband had the same thing, and it took two weeks after he started showing symptoms for me to also have symptoms.
Unless I can't breathe or develop a fever, I doubt they'd even test me.1 -
Glad you're doing okay! 💕
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And for anyone who has *any* symptoms, even if you think it's 'just a venerable cold,' you really need to assume it's COVID and self-isolate accordingly.
This isn't the time to guess.7 -
I think I've had it. Slightly raised temperature, sore throat, headache, combined with fatigue and general feeling of being 'under the weather'. But the symptoms that made it suspicious were the feeling of not being able to fully breathe in and a 'raw' feeling in my chest. Didn't feel like a flu or cold at all for me. It took me over a week to recover and get back to exercising, but I think I'm pretty much healed now (I hope), two weeks after the first symptoms.
My BF had a cough and also a raw feeling in the lungs and a feeling of pressure in his chest.
The symptoms you describe.. perfect description for what ive had since the start of this thing, i honestly can’t remember how long thats been
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DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough2 -
GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough
I knew someone'd, thank you!
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DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough
I knew someone'd, thank you!
There’s just a slight language barrier at times 😉3 -
GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough
I knew someone'd, thank you!
There’s just a slight language barrier at times 😉
I'd agree that that'd be the case, if you didn't have any disagrees since you said it, using proper grammar. I believe, that some're within denial & others're disagreeing, simply because they dislike me/my grammar.0 -
DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough
I knew someone'd, thank you!
There’s just a slight language barrier at times 😉
I'd agree that that'd be the case, if you didn't have any disagrees since you said it, using proper grammar. I believe, that some're within denial & others're disagreeing, simply because they dislike me/my grammar.
There’s never going to be a shortage of things that people get grumpy about 😁2 -
GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »GettinLean19 wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »DecadeDuchess wrote: »Since you aren't coughing & don't have shortness of breath, I doubt that you've it. However you might've a cold or worse, the flu & thus it's plausibly best, to take the same precautions because being this sick with something else, now makes you 1 of the venerable.
You don't need coughing and shortness of breath to have it.
True, there're people whom've it yet aren't experiencing any symptoms. That's why I said doubt, though since he's experiencing symptoms, of some other types of illnesses.
My belief was that if he's sick with a cold or flu & this, it'd be effecting him.
What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any first hand knowledge about this virus?
My belief was that because he was experiencing symptoms of a plausible cold or flu, his immune system obviously'd be weakened by either & that if he also had this virus, he'd then most likely be affected by those symptoms as well.
No but I don't believe that it's difficult to connect that a weakened immune system via a cold or flu, might put someone at a greater risk of another illness affecting them.
I get what you’re saying. If someone is sick with something else, then it seems likely they’d see covid-19 in a more extreme form since their immune system has already been or is currently taxed. Seems logical enough
I knew someone'd, thank you!
There’s just a slight language barrier at times 😉
I'd agree that that'd be the case, if you didn't have any disagrees since you said it, using proper grammar. I believe, that some're within denial & others're disagreeing, simply because they dislike me/my grammar.
There’s never going to be a shortage of things that people get grumpy about 😁
That's true.0 -
I've wondered if I had this back in late December into January. My wife and her dad and sister flew to Denmark the weekend after Thanksgiving. Two weeks later they all came down with a fever and really bad cough. The fever lasted a few days, but the cough persisted for weeks...it was a dry, unproductive cough. The kids and I came down with it a couple weeks after that. Fever for a few days and dry persistent and unproductive cough. I remember thinking it was the weirdest cold I've ever had because I didn't have any head or nasal congestion, just that cough that did nothing. The cough lasted a good 6 to 8 weeks, which I also thought was weird as I've never had that before. I went to the Dr. but they just told me a weird virus was going around and they couldn't really do anything. All in all, I would consider the symptoms I had to be mild...but persistent and long lasting.1
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I've wondered if I had this back in late December into January. My wife and her dad and sister flew to Denmark the weekend after Thanksgiving. Two weeks later they all came down with a fever and really bad cough. The fever lasted a few days, but the cough persisted for weeks...it was a dry, unproductive cough. The kids and I came down with it a couple weeks after that. Fever for a few days and dry persistent and unproductive cough. I remember thinking it was the weirdest cold I've ever had because I didn't have any head or nasal congestion, just that cough that did nothing. The cough lasted a good 6 to 8 weeks, which I also thought was weird as I've never had that before. I went to the Dr. but they just told me a weird virus was going around and they couldn't really do anything. All in all, I would consider the symptoms I had to be mild...but persistent and long lasting.
My counterpart from work swears that he and his wife both had this virus in January.
I wonder how many folks have already had this... dunno.
or was it just a seasonal flu bug.
.... like most of us, I'm just ready for this whole Covid-19 thing to be over and done.0
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