To ask if anyone has been wiped out with nasty cold with sore throat recently

Yep hit me yesterday. Spent 16 hours asleep and still feel wiped out, sore throat gone but have a really chesty cough was absolutely fine saturday!

I haven’t felt as ill as some of you sound but I had a persistent cold for over 3 weeks - ears and throat first, then snot and sneezing, then coughing, still lingering and I’m into week 5 and can sleep 9-10 hours a night.

I was 2 weeks ago. Shocked at how unwell I was. Then ds2 got it, actually GP diagnosed him as chest infection, antibiotics, in bed all week very weak.

Numerous threads on this in the Health section. I had it. It came on really quickly, lots of gastro issues, flu symptoms etc. I went for total rest and the fever broke in about 2 days, but I'm left with a residual cough.

There's Flu A and Flu B tests on Amazon, I wish I'd ordered one as it wasn't Covid.

Everyone been dropping like flies at work.

My DD had something very similar about 3 weeks ago. She's better now but still not 100%. She's still coughing loads and is far more tired than usual. DH apparently had it too but not as bad although he is also coughing.
DD2 and DS have had colds but not really bad ones. I am also suffering but not coughing.
Loads of people have had really awful colds this winter.
We've all had the flu vaccine but I wonder if it was a mild case of flu.

Yep, three solid weeks of it. Still got a bit of a cough. It's COVID 🙄

FLU A and RSV are highly currently, Covid is still there but not prevalent. I work with children in hospital, also other usual viruses about too like RHino, parainfluenza, adenovirus: all very similar symptoms!

Mine started with a tickle in my throat then a bit of a cough, then a very dry cough all in my throat/upper airway. Then three days later a cold arrived. Proper sneezy runny one. I’m on day 5 and the coughs much better, yesterday was my worse day. I’ve not been as bad as others on here.

Oh and mine definitely wasn’t Covid - I had that in October.

Two weeks ago. Covid test said not covid but not sure I agree

Me, I had most of last week off work with it. Proper knocked me about! It’s gone round my office like wildfire.!

I’ve had something like that 2 weeks. Over the worst but don’t have physical energy. Not COVID (I tested twice). Coughing wouldn’t stop and made me sick.

Came back from holiday middle of last month and immediately went down with appalling cold and sore throat. Took a good 3 weeks to clear, felt like hell. Now started Saturday with truly awful fever/cough/headache, coughing all night which has left my throat really sore. My daughter has had it for 5 days now. COVID tests negative.

Yep, I believe it’s the current covid strain. We all had it a few weeks ago and all had the razor blade throat which is how we knew. DH also had a fever.

Me last week. Sore throat for two days then a constantly running nose to the point I can give old Rudolph a run for his money. I have lost most of my hearing in both ears but strangely don't have earache just pressure. No real cough yet but I feel as if my trachea is irritated every time I breath in. Totally wiped out too so I've done nothing I wanted to this weekend. I've not had a cold in months and I'm normally healthy so this has floored me!
I did test for COVID as DH is clinically extremely vulnerable but it was negative.

Another yep! Had a sore throat then a cough. No fever but felt absolutely wiped out for a week, missed plans and no energy. Still snotty almost 3 weeks later and have had a headache daily for the last 8 days. 2 negative Covid tests early on but I'm not convinced...

Yes!

Yes, last week. Which was a barrel of laughs when trying to look after a newborn!

I had a cold about a month ago that just knocked me out. Sore throat & wracking cough. I couldn't function properly from overwhelming tiredness. Even when the cold had gone the tiredness continued for about 3 weeks.

100% I had it week before last week- I WFH so needed a nap at lunchtime so managed- poor DH still has it now- he's proper poorly and has been for over a week- I think it is the latest version of covid, DH is rock hard though far more than me. He went to work all week and probably infected a lot of people- it's just a cold he said! We are both on leave tomorrow and Tuesday though so are soldiering on! I hate the loss of taste and smell so I cannot eat- like chewing wet cardboard. |'m much better now but he is wrecked, Horrible.

Not me personally ( although I'm worried it will get me 😅 ) but two of my friends ( separate families/ households ) and one of their children have been unwell recently with a sore throat and an awful cold. All 3 of them slept for 3 days in a row

Yep, three adults here, not Covid.

Sounds like the current variant of Covid. My partner and I had it recently. We tested as we were planning a visit to his elderly parents who have heath issues. It came up positive - the awful sore throat is the current stand out symptom.

My husband and I both had it last month, it lasted at least 4 weeks and we still have odd days with a sore throat now

Yes. Finally tested today for Covid. Faint line, but positive.