Symptoms list needs revising

FannyC I think it was in the article I mentioned about vitD up thread.

Callistemon makes you wonder though if the tests are unreliable. Is it just picking up a cold..coronavirus too ?

But you can only legitimately get a test if you have the 3 main symptoms unless your area offers asymptomatic testing. That's the dilemma

Liz46 What's this about Hancock giving out free vitamin D and sending 'detailed emails' to the CEV?
It's the first that I've heard of it!
We had a few scary texts in March and April (pack a hospital bag and open a window) and that was it!
From which I've read on here the situation in Scotland is far better for the CEV, and there you do get free Vitamin D.
As an aside, when DH came out of hospital he was given Vitamin D tablets to bring home.

My daughter’s future sister in law has covid for the second time, with her partner, and 22 month old. Both have never had the three main symptoms. They just feel like they’ve had colds. Both times tested positive. You can’t assume you’re ok, just because you don’t have the three ‘ major’ symptoms

Actually it was Matt Hancock who offered four months supply of vitamin D. He sends detailed emails to the clinically extremely vulnerable.

It was probably just an initiative just in England, then.

DS2 had a cough, tight chest and headaches, so went off and had a test which, thankfully, proved negative. His man flu is now improving.

Callistemon

That may be just your GP surgery, Liz46, which is being pro-active. Good for them.

Vitamin D was recommended for all children a couple of years ago but there was no sign of it being offered here.

I have heard nothing about Vitamin D, the vaccine - or anything whatsoever in fact.

Actually it was Matt Hancock who offered four months supply of vitamin D. He sends detailed emails to the clinically extremely vulnerable.

Thanks Janeainsworth I must learn how to do links on iPad. ?

I hadn’t heard of VitB12 as a preventative before although I had read that it should be taken to help with long covid along with co enzyme q10. .

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/10/does-vitamin-d-combat-covid?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Link to your article, Greeneyedgirl

Re Vitamin D. There’s a good article in the Observer today. Does Vit D combat Covid?.

Get well soon flaxseed

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I also have the Zoe app.
Here are screenshots of the symptoms they ask about:

Lots of info here Farview. Basically D2 is from plants & D3 made by sunlight on our skin.
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.hollandandbarrett.com/the-health-hub/vitamins-and-supplements/vitamins/vitamin-d/difference-d2-d3/amp/

Which vitamin d though..d2 or d3?

That may be just your GP surgery, Liz46, which is being pro-active. Good for them.

Vitamin D was recommended for all children a couple of years ago but there was no sign of it being offered here.

I have heard nothing about Vitamin D, the vaccine - or anything whatsoever in fact.

I have been offered a supply of Vitamin D by the NHS, probably because I am clinically extremely vulnerable. I have been taking it for several years anyway because I have dodgy lungs but I have accepted the NHS offer so that I can check the recommended dose.

My son, DDlL and DGD have all tested positive. DDIL just had a bad headache for 3/4 days; 6 years old DGD has no symptoms; our son has the more common symptoms - headache, aching joints, chills, sore throat and a cough. None of them has lost their sense of taste or smell. My son has been ill now for 6 days, and according to websites, it's around 7 to 10 days that things may get worse. Fingers crossed, that he fights it off.

IMHO the guidance should have been that anyone with ANY respiratory or feverish or cold-like symptoms should have isolated, just in case it was covid.

My colleague’s first symptom was a bad headache.
Track & Trace rang me today to make sure I understand that I need to isolate. She can rest assured that even walking downstairs to the front door is too much effort, so I most definitely won’t be going out of it!
Not that I would anyway. Unless people stay indoors and obey the rules we’ll still be in this state for much of this year
Anyway, she asked what my symptoms are and confirmed that headaches and aching are now amongst the most common symptoms.
Thanks for the get well wishes.
Please all stay safe, this isn’t pleasant

Wishing you a speedy recovery Flaxseed.

I tend to read the testaments of high profile people who have talked about their symptoms, particularly those of an older demographic. Both Suzie Quatro and John Bishop talked about excruciating head aches, I think they both said something along the lines of "my head felt it was going to explode" and feeling completely wiped out for days, No mentions of coughs which seemed to be a prevalent feature when the virus first emerged. No one knows of course how they will personally be affected with this awful virus. Two members of our extended family have had it, 20 somethings, just felt somewhat under the weather, overly tired and loss of taste, if only that were the case for everybody.

I hope you're beginning to feel better Flaxseed. Don't push yourself too hard.

Hope you feel better soon Flaxseed, and good point about the variety of symptoms. It could be of course, that two things are happening at the same time? Maybe we could have the usual unpleasant symptoms of a feverish cold, but have covid19 as well. I did read somewhere that it was forecast that most of us would have fewer episodes of colds, etc due to distancing.