Does anyone know what a very mild case of CV looks like?

i think the symptoms are more various and wide-ranging than at first realised.
i read of a nurse from a care home in washington state where several residents were infected with the covid-19.
she said the one noticeable thing they all had was redness about the eyes. but i guess that is often the way with the common cold or flu.
also a doctor said it is incorrect to say that if you have a watery nose or sneezing, that it's not the virus. he said they literally do not know enough about it yet. other symptoms reported were loss of appetite/ sense of smell/taste; digestive problems; body pains/muscle/joint aches. so its very difficult to tell. in mild cases.
a private healthcare company is offering tests at £250, reduced to £200 for nhs workers. many of his customers are corporate, wanting to get people back to work, who have recovered from it presumably.
but do they actually know that such a person is then immune. and if they are negative on test, they could contract it the very next day, so no more safe to travel mingle than anyone of unknown status.
better all keep our heads down.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/uk-coronavirus-mass-home-testing-to-be-made-available-within-days?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1RfGOj5ld-njMVNoMkfFmpi8ynXc2Pd1cLfvJqFo5oH7QqIoFBaBVzyqE

It seems that there will soon be tests available, so that those of us who have had very mild symptoms (not like the ones in the video) and aren't sure if they were CV or just a cold will be able to check.

It's not clear when we will be able to get them, as obviously the general public will be well behind diagnosed patients and key workers in the queue, but it's good to know that they are on the way.

Thank you, dizzyblonde and fiorentina.

Every time I think I'm au fait (pardon my French, at least I think that's what it is!) I realise there are still some niggling doubts.

This video might help
www.businessinsider.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-day-by-day-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

If you have symptoms it’s 7 days. 14 days for the rest of the household who are currently symptom free.

Is it just 7?
I thought it was 14. I'm getting muddled thinking about it all.

Hope you keep as well as you can.

I’ve got symptoms, dry, non productive cough, generalised mild aches, tiredness and a sore chest. Have had a cold for the past few days( sneezing and runny nose which aren’t symptoms) cough etc developed today so may be the tail end of the cold as they are not uncommon at the end of a cold. Off work now for 7 days.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/six-mild-symptoms-coronavirus-no-21745632

I was sent this link (Daily Mirror) to mild symptoms people might not have thought were the virus.

It doesn't help to tell us whether we've had it though - we'll need the antibody test for that, and it's a long way off trickling down to the general public. I'm not sure if reports like this are helpful in the end - I hope people don't jump to conclusions and assume they can stop taking precautions.

Doodle dog how are you feeling now, I’m similar to you have got upset stomach for the last few days, been isolating for a while due to being high risk, no fever no cough snuffles though got the last two weeks
Much the same, really. Still no cough, but I have had a sore throat all day, and a slightly upset stomach (nothing dramatic). The hot flushes haven't been so frequent, and my chest is still a bit sore, but again, nothing much, and I have a slight headache.

It is all very low level, but not typical.

I read and have been told by friends who've had CV that an upset stomach is a symptom in about 40% of cases.

Doodle dog how are you feeling now, I’m similar to you have got upset stomach for the last few days, been isolating for a while due to being high risk, no fever no cough snuffles though got the last two weeks

I suspect he got a test because he's wealthy.

lisawill ...good luck to your relative, pleased to hear they are on the mend

Thanks, Lisawill.

I will keep a close eye on things. As I say, I have been indoors for over a week, and feeling marginally under the weather for a few days, so I'm hoping that if this is CV it is a very mild case.

If, however, it worsens, I will get help immediately. I have all of my asthma medication, and I will continue to take precautions. You stay safe too .

Assume you have virus if in doubt and self isolate, maybe get advice from nhs 111 online. Please always get advice if your having breathing difficulties as one of my family members found out that the earlier you find out from reliable resources such as nhs 111 / gov.co.uk when and how to get medical help the quicker you will be treated and hopefully on the way to recovery. You see my family member only had mild symptoms at first and it soon accelerated into them having breathing problems but thats down to the individual person and whether or not they have other health issues, my family member has angina. Yes they are in their late 70's too. But they were sensible and isolated themselves from when they first had sore throat and a cough, and has now with the wonderful care and medical help from the doctors and nurses in the nhs, been sent home to recover completely, they are still in isolation at home as we speak but alive. Please stay home, stay safe and we will get through this together. ?

Oh, I am self-isolating anyway (if that was a reply to me ). I have asthma, and have been indoors since the weekend before last.

Personally I would work on the premise if in doubt assume you’ve got it. Won’t do any harm and could prevent someone’s death

I also have silent reflux which did some damage to my vocal chords before it was diagnosed and treated some years ago. At that time I had a constant, irritating cough - drove my family mad! Now I have a slight 'frog' in my larynx, not helped by hay fever caused by tree pollens. Gaviscon Advance last thing at night keeps the reflux at bay.

Thanks for the replies. The thing is, apparently a lot of people have the virus so mildly that they appear to be asymptomatic, so those who get tested because they are hospitalised are by no means the only ones. They are the 5% or whatever at the tip of the triangle.

I am not assuming I have it, or that I haven't. I would be pleased to think that I do, as if that is the case, I have got off lightly, but as has been said, until an antibody test is available we won't know if we are immune or not unless we are unlucky enough to get it very badly.

I have silent reflux and it manifests itself in the symptoms you describe. Some days it is better than others. When it was being diagnosed the medics said it is actually very common, so I don't think many people realise they have it. Try not to worry.

This chart might be useful. Hope you can enlarge it.

My daughter, 33, had a very high temperature for a couple of days, felt awful, lost appetite, glands up, sore throat. On the mend now but self isolating and assumes it was the virus. She works some of the time in London.

Maw- I read the article today, reproduced in an Aussie paper.
Scary, but she made a full recovery so a good news story.

I have had a sore throat for most of the last month or so, tummy upsets and nausea. I certainly don't believe I have the virus but I do think it is my body reacting to various coughs and colds that are going around.
A sore throat is your body telling you that antibodies are at work and that your tonsils are actually doing the job they are designed for.

Do you know how that case came to be confirmed, Gagajo?

I think a problem with knowing is that as long as only people who are bad enough to be hospitalised are being tested, we won't find out what a mild case is actually like.

I have a sore throat today, and feel a bit weak, but it is really difficult to know whether it is psychosomatic, a bit of a cold, or quite what.

It would be so helpful to know if I have immunity, as I am staying in because of asthma, but if I knew I had had it and was ok I could run errands for others and help out.