I’ve had a horrendous headache and a bit of dizziness off and on for 3 weeks now. Spoke to the doctor last week and he said it was probably a bug (where from I don’t know as I’ve not seen a soul other than my elderly housebound father who I’m sole carer for) and to rest and take paracetamol. Headache is still present and on Friday my temperature went crazy (38.4) and is still high now. I feel well other than headache and I’m very tired.
I did a test yesterday and I’m awaiting results, but how likely is it that it’s Covid when I’ve been feeling off colour for 3 weeks? I’m obviously isolating (not altogether sure how my dad’s going to cope alone however), but do symptoms linger this long? I know a headache is quite common with Covid, but seeing as you only have to isolate for 10 days from onset of symptoms, and I’m way past 10 days from when my headache started, will it even show up on a test?
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Headache and dizziness for 3 weeks, then temperature spike
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40somethingJBJ · 25/10/2020 15:27
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