Winter ailments going round ED?

[Sue]

Not sure whether to put this here or in the lounge, so admin please move if it's in the wrong place.

I have got something which seems worse than a cold but not as bad as flu (thankfully).

It started with a very sore throat last Thursday morning, then progressed to a  very runny nose on and off plus a cough at the same time, combined with total lack of physical/mental energy.

Every time I think it's going away it starts again.

I know this is very minor in the great scheme of things/illnesses, and I'm not looking for sympathy, but if anyone else has had it, I'm wondering  how long it's likely to last?

[Jenijenjen]

When I got covid a couple if years ago it was just like that, especially the bit about it feeling like not as bad as flu but worse than a cold. Have you tested for it? Hope you get over it soon.

[Sue]

45 minutes ago, Jenijenjen said:

When I got covid a couple if years ago it was just like that, especially the bit about it feeling like not as bad as flu but worse than a cold. Have you tested for it? Hope you get over it soon.

Oh dear, no I haven't. 

I have had Covid and flu jabs this year,  so I just assumed it wasn't Covid.

Thanks. 

[Spartacus]

You can still get covid even after the jab, it just helps lessen the symptoms if you do. 

Might be worth testing so that you can contain it if it is 😀

[Sue]

25 minutes ago, Spartacus said:

You can still get covid even after the jab, it just helps lessen the symptoms if you do. 

Might be worth testing so that you can contain it if it is 😀

Yes thanks, I found some in-date tests I didn't know I had, will do one shortly.

But whatever I've got, I have no intention of spreading it around, even if I felt like going out, which I don't 😭

I think I may have got it at Guy's, which was full of people snuffling and coughing last  Tuesday, despite large notices asking them to stay home if they were.

Hope I haven't given it to anyone at the forum drinks, I had no symptoms then.

[trident]

I had this ~2 weeks ago, wasn't achey like the flu and I tested negative for Covid. Started as sore throat which went quite quickly, but then went very runny nose and sinus pain. Really knocked me out for about 7-10 days. Hope you feel better soon.

[Sue]

3 minutes ago, trident said:

I had this ~2 weeks ago, wasn't achey like the flu and I tested negative for Covid. Started as sore throat which went quite quickly, but then went very runny nose and sinus pain. Really knocked me out for about 7-10 days. Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks Trident. Sounds very similar.

I just did a Covid test which was negative, too.

Hoping mine will be 7 rather than 10 days or it's going to cause even more inconvenience for others than it already has 😭

[HeadNun]

3 hours ago, Sue said:

Not sure whether to put this here or in the lounge, so admin please move if it's in the wrong place.

I have got something which seems worse than a cold but not as bad as flu (thankfully).

It started with a very sore throat last Thursday morning, then progressed to a  very runny nose on and off plus a cough at the same time, combined with total lack of physical/mental energy.

Every time I think it's going away it starts again.

I know this is very minor in the great scheme of things/illnesses, and I'm not looking for sympathy, but if anyone else has had it, I'm wondering  how long it's likely to last?

Def Covid. It follows a very strange trajectory and you never bloody know where you are with it. It took me three weeks to feel fully well again. I always know it by  the very distinctive sore throat it gives you and horrendous upper respiratory tract symptoms. It never feels as intense as flu cos you don't get the rigor you'll get with bad flu, but it sure has its own set of crappy symptoms 

[Penguin68]

It might also be RSV, also going round. Or a nasty Corona virus ('common cold') you haven't had before (Covid is also one of those). 

[HeadNun]

Yes it may well not be C-19, but whatever it is, it's like wildfire and everyone is describing the same symptoms. 

I pretty a saline nasal wash stopped me from getting a follow-on sinus infection. It's an unpleasant but strangely satisfying process

[Sue]

1 minute ago, HeadNun said:

Def Covid. It follows a very strange trajectory and you never bloody know where you are with it. It took me three weeks to feel fully well again. I always know it by  the very distinctive sore throat it gives you and horrendous upper respiratory tract symptoms. It never feels as intense as flu cos you don't get the rigor you'll get with bad flu, but it sure has its own set of crappy symptoms 

You might be right, but I don't think this is Covid.

The Covid test was negative,  the sore throat was very sore but  only lasted a day, and I wouldn't call the intermittent very runny nose, sneezing and dry cough "horrendous".

The lack of energy is the worst thing. I've been in bed since Thursday.

But it doesn't really matter what it is, I just hope it goes away sooner rather than later 😭

8 minutes ago, Penguin68 said:

It might also be RSV, also going round. Or a nasty Corona virus ('common cold') you haven't had before (Covid is also one of those). 

I had to Google RSV.

I had a jab for that I think, but I thought it was for pneumonia, maybe they just called it that.

Staying in bed in the hope it won't get worse. 

Labelling it is irrelevant really, unless there is a quick fix for something specific which can be identified, which sounds unlikely.

[Penguin68]

There is a vaccine against RSV, but also one against pneumonia; I've had both. But maybe you've only had one. The pneumonia was offered to me several years before RSV, which I think was only last year. Worth checking what you have had. 

[Azalea]

Whatever it is, please wear a correct mask when you go out so you don’t get anything and if you already have something then you won’t pass it, whatever it is.    You said you had some masks that your daughter had given you a while ago so it sounds like you weren’t wearing one.   Ask any medics/clinicians treating you to also put on a mask.  They will if you ask them.

[Sue]

3 minutes ago, Azalea said:

Whatever it is, please wear a correct mask when you go out so you don’t get anything and if you already have something then you won’t pass it, whatever it is.    You said you had some masks that your daughter had given you a while ago so it sounds like you weren’t wearing one.   Ask any medics/clinicians treating you to also put on a mask.  They will if you ask them.

I shan't be going out at all  whilst I have symptoms! 

I have FFP2 masks, as discussed on another thread. My daughter did not give them to me, she recommended a particular supplier as their masks were bright colours.

I was at Guys accompanying someone else to an important appointment. It didn't feel at all appropriate  either to wear a mask or to ask the consultant to. It was the last thing on my mind.

I appreciate your concern, but it feels like I am getting my hand slapped like a naughty child!

30 minutes ago, Penguin68 said:

There is a vaccine against RSV, but also one against pneumonia; I've had both. But maybe you've only had one. The pneumonia was offered to me several years before RSV, which I think was only last year. Worth checking what you have had. 

Yes, thanks, I will, though locking the stable door after the horse has bolted springs to mind if I haven't had the RSV one!

I usually get automatic reminders for things like this.

37 minutes ago, Penguin68 said:

There is a vaccine against RSV, but also one against pneumonia; I've had both. But maybe you've only had one. The pneumonia was offered to me several years before RSV, which I think was only last year. Worth checking what you have had. 

Just checked on the NHS app, and I had the RSV jab last year.

It provides protection for more than one year apparently, so you aren't called to have it every year