Have you caught Covid recently - updated poll 2022-23
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souljacker
innit
I'm exhausted. Couldn't get out of bed at all yesterday but forced myself to at around 3pm to get to the sofa to watch the cricket. The effort of doing that meant I slept for 2 hours.
Cough is really nasty. Actually feels like a chest infection. Can a doctor prescribe antibiotics over the phone? Because I think that's what I need.
Cough is really nasty. Actually feels like a chest infection. Can a doctor prescribe antibiotics over the phone? Because I think that's what I need.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Yep, it does. If the active infection is over and you still have skin issues I'd try anti-histamines for a bit. You can take them at night if they make you feel sleepy. Since anti-histamines can reduce inflammation there's even a chance they could help with the hearing, though who knows, its a weird virus.
klang
klang
I've had psoriasis all my life. Covid triggered it this time.
klang
klang
all the best mate!
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
klang
klang
I had high fevers for two weeks.
Voley
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Big fistbump to all suffering right now. The rates are going a bit nuts again aren't they? Worrying when it's in this nice weather when things are meant to ease off a bit. We could be in for a tricky Autumn/Winter.
My sister and her partner are suffering right now, she's on day 10 and he's a couple of days behind. Full on exhaustion is their worst symptom but a hacking cough and lack of taste/smell as well. I did a prescription run for her yesterday so saw her from a distance and she's a bit of colour back in her cheeks now but it hasn't been fun.
Mad that she could've perfectly legitimately headed off to the chemists and mingled with potentially vulnerable people collecting prescriptions isn't it?
My sister and her partner are suffering right now, she's on day 10 and he's a couple of days behind. Full on exhaustion is their worst symptom but a hacking cough and lack of taste/smell as well. I did a prescription run for her yesterday so saw her from a distance and she's a bit of colour back in her cheeks now but it hasn't been fun.
Mad that she could've perfectly legitimately headed off to the chemists and mingled with potentially vulnerable people collecting prescriptions isn't it?
I had a maddening dry cough for over a week, which then turned into a chest infection. I had a phone consultation and was prescribed Clarithromycin, so yes, you can. Give them a ring.
Fucking insane mate. I'm getting more and more angry about the whole 'living with it' situation. It's NOT just like seasonal flu, it's all fucking year. It's definitely NOT mild for many people. It's not even like a cold going round, that you might get. So many people are getting sick with it it's unreal, all having to take time off, loads who won't get proper sick pay/can't work from home, and are left with lingering symptoms, or it's affecting their vulnerable loved ones. It's a right shit show.
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
First dose as of this morning (well, y’day but that was negative.) Nasty chest infection that came on within hours of catching it at work. Now a temperature and splitting headache. Week off work at least.
Voley
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I'd be more inclined to believe the government's 'living with Covid strategy' if there were any fucking strategy to it. We've just ditched everything.
If it were up to me, we'd be boosting everyone, investing in ventilation, enabling as much working from home as possible, making isolation mandatory if you're ill (and giving you decent sick pay for it), masks on public transport etc.
Instead we're just doing nothing. It's fucking nuts. I'm back to masks in shops etc again. Hospitalisations went up by a third last week.
Great post. The sick pay issue is a biggie for me - the govt need to really step in and give people full sick pay. They won't, obv, but they should.
I still wear a mask to shops too, and it's a bloody good job, cos otherwise I'd have spread my own infection to untold numbers in the service stations on the way home from Bearded, and the Lidl and Tesco I went to before testing. I'm still wearing one, cos I don't know which variant I had.
Voley
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That's the thing isn't it? It's not for you as much as everyone else really.
I had a bit where I wasn't bothering, as the rates were still declining but that's not the case any more. I did see a few more masks in Sainsburys yesterday so it doesn't look like I'm the only one thinking this way.
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
Same, I'm still wearing a mask in any public place. No reason not to really. I don't care if I'm the only one, as I often am, just seems sensible & doesn't hardly inconvenience me or anything.
I've stopped giving a flying fuck if anyone thinks it's weird tbh. I've stopped THEM from getting it, and I intend to stop myself getting it again, as far as I can.
You got it twice in a month?! I have FFP2s too - when they dropped all the mask wearing, that's when I got them.
klang
klang
First time I had it mildly for a few days, then 3 weeks later it hit me very hard for 2 weeks.
elbows
Well-Known Member
My brother, a type 1 diabetic in his 40's, also got it twice within that sort of timeframe. But I didnt go on about the second occasion here because his positive tests were not tested for strain genomics, so I couldnt say for sure that they were two independent infections. And since at the time the common perception was that reinfections would be further apart, I couldnt be arsed to deal with any possibly quibbling that may have arisen here as a result. Perceptions have moved on a bit since then. Also not clear whether he caught Delta then Omicron, Or Omicron BA.1 then Omicron BA.2, or some other combination.
skyscraper101
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I still have a residual intermittent dry cough 13 days after testing positive. Has anyone else had this? It's really annoying.
BristolEcho
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No, but I think it's fairly common.
skyscraper101
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If you've had Omicron BA1 does that mean you're in any way protected against BA2? Or Vice Versa? Or is that wishful thinking?
Covonia does the trick. I can't remember my timeframe (it'll be on here) but one of the mid/last symptoms was the dry cough. I took co-codamol and Covonia to control it so I could get some kip.
skyscraper101
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Thank you x
I'm lucky that friends have been buying boxes of FFP3's (handanfy) and so I have a lot of good masks.
I'm still stupid enough that I went into confined spaces without even a cloth mask on.
Got the tube today and I was the only person in the carriage with any sort of mask...
I'm still stupid enough that I went into confined spaces without even a cloth mask on.
Got the tube today and I was the only person in the carriage with any sort of mask...
mr steev
magic thought wizard
I've probably said this before but the worse thing about my recent bout of covid was my hearing. It's not great at the best of times, but i spent nearly 2 weeks with my ears blocked, lots of pressure and constant tinnitus. My hearing feels worse than what it was before and as soon as my ENT appointment comes through I'm going to get then re-assessed.
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