My partner and I were extremely ill with an upper respiratory infection back in February. I was worse than my partner.
(I actually wonder if it was a form of Covid 19).
We didn't have temperature but we did have sore throats like we had eaten glass. Then the cough started which was incessant. It was a non productive cough.
We drank loads of hot drinks.
We sucked Fisherman's friends lozenges (I normally hate them but I couldn't really taste them) and Victory V's.
We had Corvonia cough mixture for tickly coughs.
I could hardly breath a so smothered my chest and neck with Vick.
I used a facial sauna with menthol crystals.
As as soon we lay down the cough got worse and we couldn't sleep which made us exhausted.
We took turns sleeping on our reclining chairs so we could try to sleep sitting up and to try not to disturb each other.
We were too ill to do shopping. A neighbour got us some shopping the 1st week and we had to order our groceries on line the 2nd week.
We didn't call the Dr because we knew it was viral and antibiotics wouldn't work and it didn't go to our chest (but would have called if it had).
The cough went on for about 3 weeks.
I am just getting my sense of taste back now.
Anyone getting Covid 19 may be a lot worse or hopefully not as ill as we were and have only posted this as it might help someone.
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