I think I've got COVID

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I've been feeling crap since Sunday. Googling the symptoms suggests the latest variant of CV19 - basically a mild headache, constantly switching from feeling hot and clammy to freezing cold, aches and pains all over, loss of taste, loss of appetite, runny nose, it hurts to cough. It's like a mild case of the flu.

How long will it last?
Do I need to go to the GP?
What can I do to ameliorate the symptoms?

Paracetamol takes the edge off but only lasts for an hour.

Thanks for any advice and suggestions.

[Ambleton]

I had it not long ago and it was rotten.

I was off for a few days and then WFH for a few days.

I had a constant headache and sinuses felt like I had a balloon stuffed up there and inflated. Sudafed helped a lot.

Other than that you've just got to ride it out I'm afraid.

[juice]

I had it a couple of weeks ago. The overwhelming symptoms were extreme fatigue and shivering (sometimes uncontrollably)

And then THE COUGH. Jesus christ that was so annoying. It was like someone stuck a feather down my throat. It came on without warning and also during the night which meant disrupted sleep leading to more tiredness.

Took a couple of weeks to disappear. Just gotta get through it I'm afraid.

[RSTurboPaul]

Vitamin D has been shown to reduce issues associated with Covid.

Very high dose Vitamin D of a certain form has (IIRC) been shown to be taken up by the body quickly (as compared to 'standard' forms of vitamin D that take longer to build up in the body) and therefore be more suitable for dealing with an acute infection, but I can't remember which version is which.

[Badda]

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I've been feeling crap since Sunday. Googling the symptoms suggests the latest variant of CV19 - basically a mild headache, constantly switching from feeling hot and clammy to freezing cold, aches and pains all over, loss of taste, loss of appetite, runny nose, it hurts to cough. It's like a mild case of the flu.

How long will it last?
Do I need to go to the GP?
What can I do to ameliorate the symptoms?

Paracetamol takes the edge off but only lasts for an hour.

Thanks for any advice and suggestions.

The NHS website has been providing good covid advice for several years now which millions have found useful.

[Badda]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-sy...

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Badda said:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-sy...

Thanks Badda and others.

The NHS website suggests taking Ibuprofen but I'm sure I read somewhere that this wasn't recommended

I had 1500mg of Vitamin C earlier, I'll try and find some Vitamin D.

Thanks again

[r3g]

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I've been feeling crap since Sunday. Googling the symptoms suggests the latest variant of CV19 - basically a mild headache, constantly switching from feeling hot and clammy to freezing cold, aches and pains all over, loss of taste, loss of appetite, runny nose, it hurts to cough. It's like a mild case of the flu.

How long will it last?
Do I need to go to the GP?
What can I do to ameliorate the symptoms?

Paracetamol takes the edge off but only lasts for an hour.

Thanks for any advice and suggestions.

Are you up-to-date with all your covid jabs and boosters? See your GP, s/he may be able to give you a booster top-up.

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r3g said:

Are you up-to-date with all your covid jabs and boosters? See your GP, s/he may be able to give you a booster top-up.

I thought I was. They normally text me to let me know but I've not had any reminders / messages?

I assume it's too late to bother now?

[r3g]

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I thought I was. They normally text me to let me know but I've not had any reminders / messages?

I assume it's too late to bother now?

You'll have to convince them you are "vulnerable" then they'll give you one, or pay for one privately, assuming you are under the age threshold.

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r3g said:

You'll have to convince them you are "vulnerable" then they'll give you one, or pay for one privately, assuming you are under the age threshold.

I don't mind paying for one but I assume there's no point getting vaccinated given I'm already infected?

[RSTurboPaul]

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r3g said:

Are you up-to-date with all your covid jabs and boosters? See your GP, s/he may be able to give you a booster top-up.

I thought I was. They normally text me to let me know but I've not had any reminders / messages?

I assume it's too late to bother now?

Given r3g's expressed position on mRNA injections in other parts of the forum, it might be that he is trolling slightly lol

Either way, no point seeking additional injections now - assuming you have Covid, your body will be gaining immunity to not just the spike proteins, but the other various parts of the virus.

Any mRNA injections now would just be turning your body into a spike protein factory for whichever variant they constructed it for (likely an older variant, not the current variant(s)) and be pointless when you already have more comprehensive infection-derived immunity.

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Thanks

[Leithen]

I currently have it. Flu like symptoms, shivers for a couple nights, muscle aches and fatigue. Oh and a persistent sore throat.

Had a few tests lying around, tested myself on Monday, having had symptoms since Friday. NHS recommends trying to avoid people for five days.

[w00tman]

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The NHS website suggests taking Ibuprofen but I'm sure I read somewhere that this wasn't recommended

Confusion over - you just read somewhere that it IS recommended (the NHS website) who I am sure, you would presume, have some semblance of understanding of the situation.

[RSTurboPaul]

Discussion on the various vitamin D forms within the body:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6FKi8aAsA&t=...



I understand that Vitamin D3 supplements are the cholecalciferol version and that taking Vitamin K2 at the same time helps draw the calcium into the bones and reduces potential issues of calcification of the arteries.

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w00tman said:

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The NHS website suggests taking Ibuprofen but I'm sure I read somewhere that this wasn't recommended

Confusion over - you just read somewhere that it IS recommended (the NHS website) who I am sure, you would presume, have some semblance of understanding of the situation.

I think you're right. However, to prove to myself I didn't imagine it, I googled it again

https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1086

The above link notwithstanding the majority of websites suggest Ibuprofen is ok

[w00tman]

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I think you're right. However, to prove to myself I didn't imagine it, I googled it again

https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1086

The above link notwithstanding the majority of websites suggest Ibuprofen is ok

I wouldn't worry too much mate - take it if it makes you feel better.

[Red9zero]

I reckon I had it a few weeks ago. I didn't test myself, as I just thought it was a bad cold until it knocked me out. I'm in the "vulnerable" group, so am dosed up on jabs and not had it before, so didn't know what to expect. It laid me up in bed for a couple of days, which is not normal for me, as I get bored lying in bed and end up wandering round being grumpy and spreading germs. The main thing besides the sore throat was the tiredness though, which I am still suffering from now. The annoying thing is I think I caught it at the doctors, as I went in on the Wednesday after Le Mans for an ear problem and I was only in there for 5 minutes !

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I'm pretty sure I caught it at the Doctor's as I had to go to the Surgery twice on Friday

Feeling a lot better today which I'm attributing to swigging half a pint of Night Nurse before going to bed last night. God that stuff tastes foul but it doesn't half knock you out!