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New Covid Variant

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CareerChange24 · 10/06/2025 02:14

I’ve only ever had flu once in my adult life. It was that bad I remember it was in 2016. Since then the odd cold but never caught covid, as far as I know. Had my vaccinations.

Woke up last Thursday to feeling dreadful and by the end of the day. My throat is in pieces, I’m coughing yellow/green (sorry for the description) thick balls of it up, the congestion and pain in my head reduced me to tears and the waves of feeling sick it’s like I’m at sea.

My dad is also really sick with the same symptoms and he’s mid 70’s so worried and it sounds like my brother thought he had Covid, but was over the ‘worst’ and decided not to tell us that and we all met for Sunday lunch last week.

Does this sound like the new Covid? My legs are like jelly and I truly haven’t felt like this in a decade.

OP posts:
Quackcow · 10/06/2025 19:52

I am recovering from 38.5-39 temp, headache that was out of this world, stomach messed up, painful sore throat, nose congested. Tested positive for a COVID so presume new strand. Worse day was last Thursday. Fever broke after two days. Lost smell for about a day. I am now fatigued and have absolutely no appetite.

PomeloOud · 10/06/2025 19:32

Could be a cold, could be flu, could be Covid. What difference does it make?

Tigger1895 · 10/06/2025 19:29

Stomach problems are included in the new variant symptoms, nausea, constipation and diarrhoea are being listed.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 10/06/2025 09:02

I recently had covid - not sure which variant but tested positive.

Sore throat
Snotty nose
Headache
On and off sweats but no temperature
Waves of utter exhaustion

Lasted about a week. Wasn't deaths door but also not nice.

situationalmutism · 10/06/2025 08:47

Yes I had this in April and then again 4 weeks later. The exact same symptoms and like nothing Ive ever had before . I rarely get ill and I was confused as to why I had the exact same thing a month apart i obviously didn’t gain any immunity the first time ?

Amba1998 · 10/06/2025 08:42

Could be a variant of one of any thousands of cold / flu virus strains

cyvguhb · 10/06/2025 08:42

What change in your behaviour would knowing if it was covid make? Presumably you won't be mixing with other people as you're so unwell.

As others have said, if you want to know do a test, surely if we've learned one thing from covid it's that you can't diagnose it from the written word

FatherFrosty · 10/06/2025 08:41

I don’t know if it’s Covid but dds gcse year has been floored with an awful cold /flu. They’ve just been sleeping all the time

HonestOpalHelper · 10/06/2025 08:39

Covid, just like the common cold and flu can have vastly different symptoms in different people.

there is nothing dramatically different about the new variant, it is just another offspring of omicron which has firmly established itself as the main player.

I had influenza at Christmas, but didn't have a fever, just mild symptoms for a couple of weeks, other family members couldn't get out of bed - I then had a cold before Easter that caused Uvulitis, which is an uncommon symptom, but that was my individual reaction to it.

These are all self limiting infections for most, you just have to weather the storm and will feel better in 10 days or so.

ThisOchreScroller · 10/06/2025 08:24

There's a sickness bug at DS's school (they had 8 kids in and 20 off last week in one class) and I caught it with those exact symptoms. It's some sort of virus but honestly I wasn't really bothered whether it was COVID or not - it's nasty, whatever it is!

MsPug · 10/06/2025 08:21

What am I a lateral flow test? 😂

socks1107 · 10/06/2025 08:17

Sounds like it. I had similar symptoms six weeks ago and it must’ve been Covid as I still can’t smell a thing!

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 10/06/2025 08:16

Could be. The latest variant has a horribly sore throat as one of the symptoms

Goldengirl123 · 10/06/2025 08:14

Just take a test

GrizzlyEnergy · 10/06/2025 02:27

Could be, or could be an unseasonal cold/flu, but nobody on here is going to be able to say with confidence, given the symptom similarities.