Current covid variant symptoms

Most still wear masks on public transport here(still mandated) and always at dentists, doctors and in other medical areas. I have noticed more are wearing masks in shops now. That is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Covid is still a serious illness and I think the governments should be ashamed of themselves for playing it down and ignoring it for political reasons. Nothing to do with hysteria or over stating anything.

Healthcare professionals of any kind should be wearing masks if they are in close contact with their patients, that definitely covers dentists and eye specialists as they get very close.

Read that there are now 64 symptoms of long covid, and over 100000 have long covid with days off work. It is a real issue.

I’m having an eye test in a few weeks ( long overdue because of the pandemic) and I’ve had to request that the optician wear a mask, otherwise they don’t bother. I’m hoping that the infection rate has gone down by the time of my appointment.

We went on a 20 minute bus journey today. There and back we were were only ones wearing masks.

I came back from holiday on Monday and tested positive yesterday and it has absolutely floored me. Been in bed all day with terrible headache that won’t shift and tight chest. Wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy!

Isn’t that what resulted in cytokine storms at the start of the pandemic too?

effalump

All viruses mutate and change. A robust immune system would fight them off. Worrying destroys your immunity. The body is a wonderful thing, feed it well, quite smoking or boozing, have a bit of a walk each day. Foods like garlic, ginger a chilli are very good.

Not all viruses mutate and change. The measles vaccine for instance does not mutate so you get lifelong protection. Polio is very long lasting, and I think you only need a booster if at risk. Covid seems exceptional as it appears to mutate almost weekly!

Also, having a robust immune system does not always help. In the case of the 1918 influenza it was young people who mostly died because their healthy immune systems overreacted and caused a reaction in their bodies.

effalump

All viruses mutate and change. A robust immune system would fight them off. Worrying destroys your immunity. The body is a wonderful thing, feed it well, quite smoking or boozing, have a bit of a walk each day. Foods like garlic, ginger a chilli are very good.

So can you explain why people with compromised immune systems often get covid very mildly and fit young people can be very ill with it. This is why there is such a Russian roulette aspect to covid 19. I agree that it’s best to eat well and stay as healthy as possible but that doesn’t necessarily protect you from covid.

All viruses mutate and change. A robust immune system would fight them off. Worrying destroys your immunity. The body is a wonderful thing, feed it well, quite smoking or boozing, have a bit of a walk each day. Foods like garlic, ginger a chilli are very good.

FannyCornforth

Yes, of course it’s wise to wear a mask

I did ..not many did wear a mask though, upto them
thanks x

I have a relative who has had it for a couple of weeks. Tested yesterday and finally negative but feeling as poorly as ever. We seem to be in an endless spiral of ill health.

Reading all of this makes me think I have been very fortunate. I am 81 years old and asthmatic. A week ago, I woke up sneezing and coughing. Nothing else, convinced I had the start of a summer cold, thought I will do a covid test just so that I can go to my different u3a groups and tell them not to worry.

Could not believe it when it came back strongly positive within a couple of minutes (thought I was seeing double). So, have been by myself at home since then. Yesterday, second line was definitely fainter. Will test again tomorrow.

The sneezing continued for a few days, the cough is still there, and will probably be there now for a few more weeks. Except for excess tiredness, I have not felt ill at all. Indeed, in previous times (pre-covid), I would not have considered altering my normal daily routine at all for this. Had a couple of nights finding it difficult to lay flat (which is how I normally sleep), but, thanks to things like Olbas oil, that got sorted.

Still getting tired during the day - my normal twice daily power naps has increased both in number and duration. But, to me - nothing at all like the very dreaded 'flu. I have been up and dressed every day.

My husband caught it, we think from attending a funeral, and just as he was getting better - I went down with it, but it was just a cold for me.
Then he seemed to relapse, started with sickness and horrendous diarrhea, more or less lost use of his legs and balance and finally his breathing was affected.
He took to his bed which is a first in 60 years we've been married, and our GP actually did a home visit.
She said she's convinced this varient seems able to search out the individual's weak spots and attack them. So we get all these different symptoms which are different for each patient.
Sounds a reasonable hypothesis.

I don't think we can have had the latest variant - which sounds ghastly - when we had it last month. I had cold symptoms for two weeks (minus the sore throat) and tested negative after the five days of isolation but I think I'd caught it four days before testing.

Coughing up blood is not normal - your friend should contact her GP as soon as possible.

Thank you LynW. I tested negative 10 days after initially testing positive Greciangirl.

I don't think we had the current variant, when we had it in March. I think we had the previous one.

One of the symptoms that I had was horrific amounts of phlegm. Coughed up and blown from nose. And I speak as a life long sinus sufferer. Solid chunks (yuk, sorry! TMI I know).

I've not experienced that before.

DH and I had Covid for the first time about three weeks ago. He began with a scratchy throat and cough, then body aches and brain fog. He was mostly better after 72hrs although the cough lingered.

I started with the throat/cough 48hrs after him, had a monstrous headache for a day followed by a fever for three days. Then my nose blocked completely and I sneezed and sneezed. Next up was tired arms - tired arms! What’s that about?? One night I had a pain in my leg and was convinced I had a blood clot. I then began feeling better but we both tested positive for ages.

We had it a couple of weeks ago. My symptoms were - two days of a splitting headache over my eyes. Then two days of feeling like I'd swallowed razor blades and difficulty swallowing. Then two days and nights of an awful cough. Then about 3 or 4 days of feeling nauseous. One day I had uncontrollable shivers. Could have been worse.

MaggsMcG

We are nowhere near back to where we were. The TCells are still working. We might need a boost every year just like flu. Pfizer and Moderna are still working on an Omicron version too. Every time the virus mutates it has immune escape but vaccines still prevent most people from ending up in hospital or dead.

True. But it’s worrying how many long term problems people seem to be suffering from.

Chestnut

volver

We most certainly are not almost back where we were before the vaccines came out.

Why do people write these sort of things which will just scare people and have no evidence to support them?

Okay, maybe the last sentence was a supposition, but the rest is definitely true.

Perhaps. I get very annoyed with people who behave like Pte Fraser

We are nowhere near back to where we were. The TCells are still working. We might need a boost every year just like flu. Pfizer and Moderna are still working on an Omicron version too. Every time the virus mutates it has immune escape but vaccines still prevent most people from ending up in hospital or dead.

volver

We most certainly are not almost back where we were before the vaccines came out.

Why do people write these sort of things which will just scare people and have no evidence to support them?

Okay, maybe the last sentence was a supposition, but the rest is definitely true.

I recovered from covid about a fortnight ago.

At the weekend we were invited to a big party - a dear friends 40th wedding anniversary.

This evening I am feeling like s…t. Hoping that it is just a bug as a result of my immune system being out for action during lockdown etc.

I shall test later.