Anyone else had a strange virus with sinus pressure and ear blockage?

DS had the same but we had actually just got off a plane so assumed it was that at the time but he was then complaining of sinus type pressure and jaw pain so I think it was covid. He was better for a few days and now has sore throat and feeling a bit sick. Very weird that it seems to be different symptoms popping up one after the other with periods of feeling a bit better in between.

Aching itchy eyes, blocked ears for the whole week so far. Hot and cold and hot again. Raging headache and neck pain yesterday and today. Achy legs and arms, in a weird rotation.

Insomnia, but falling asleep when I sit down. Incredibly lethargic, can’t bear the sound of other ppl’s voices. Diarrhoea today. DH the same except just feeling slightly sick.

I have blocked ears like ive come off a plane and they wont pop! GP said my eardrum is showing signs of infection. Had banging headaches and the base of my skulls had stabbing pains!

Re: tests - lots of places sell them so it’s just something we have in. They’re in all the major supermarkets, savers, high street chemist chains or you can buy them on Amazon.

OMG I am so glad i found this. This is literally me. The weird neck pain, and it went away for a few days and then came back worse than ever. No coughing, just a sore throat and headaches initially. I went to docs today and they barely said anything... just a virus etc. I feel so wiped out and ill! Week 4 of it now. My neck is so painful. Any tips?!

Thank you and also thank you @Livelovelaughfuckoff I forgot about the muscle pain until it was mentioned on here. It’s a mystery to me how I can feel so wretched and tired even though all I have at the moment is a headache. In the end, all that will be left on this planet is viruses and AI.

Yeap - covid.

Also, funnily enough my smartwatch alerted me to an irregular heartbeat on Sunday. I was in really hot weather so thought it might be that, but perhaps it was also related. Not done it again since.

No fever, that’ll probably be tomorrow’s symptom.

yes! Ears and sinus. Initially started with my glands on one side and I couldn’t speak normally, I suddenly had a lisp. Was that just me? Don’t occur toe that it might be Covid, only lasted a few days.

I ended up in hospital with sudden BP spike, occipital headache, ear pain and sinus pain as well as horrific labyrinthitis. Sounds very similar. Had brief fevers but not constant fevers. I ended up hVing brain and neck MRI as they thought I may have a blood clot due to the extreme BP (210/110) took weeks to recover

Yep, started with a bunged up nose and chesty cough about ten days ago on holiday. Had two days of pounding headache and general weakness and then felt absolutely fine. Even climbed a mountain! Next day back to feeling wiped out, then it’s been one symptom after another. I’ve had fatigue, sickness, sinus pain, joint pain and today it’s earache. I’m expecting to wake up tomorrow missing a limb or something. Bit fed up with it now. I’ve been back at work (WFH) since Tuesday but it scuppered the last few days of holiday.

I did consider it might be Covid, I suspect I caught it on the plane or train journey. The rest of the family are fine, for now at least.

I ordered some LFTs when I wasn't getting better quickly. I know people who really shouldn't get COVID, plus I wanted to prove my suspicions right!

How do people know they’ve got Covid? None of the pharmacies near me have lateral flow tests any more.

The ectopic heartbeat is a covid symptom.

At some point, maybe covid really will become a winter virus.

Same here, I felt okay for a couple of days in the middle, then it turned up again.

Yes. Day 11. Ears still blocked, feeling woozy, cough, headache. On day 7 I felt fine and day 8 was out for a run, doing all my chores, dancing etc. day 10 wham, totally out of it again.

Yes into the 7th week now. Awful

Yes!
My main symptoms have been ears feeling blocked and sinus pain, plus insomnia and some ectopic heartbeats. And for a couple of days I had really bad back/neck pain and headache. The symptoms started nearly two weeks days ago and as others have said they come one after another. The first time I had Covid was a bit like this, I only realised towards the end of it what was going on.

Edit, yes and a very twitchy eye for a few days.

Mine has been one new symptom followed by new ones too. Muscle and back pain day one, fever and sinus pressure day two and now massive headache, feeling sick and wiped out but muscle pain has all gone. Very weird although slightly grateful the symptoms havent all come at once!

DS had blocked ears and sinus issues last week. I’m now ill no blocked ears but sinus pressure said to DH it has a Covid feel to it because I can’t sleep and I always get insomnia with covid.

Yes I did. It didn't occur to me it might have been Covid. That'll be the first time I've caught it then!

Not those exact symptoms, although I think that the same virus can affect people in different ways.

I’ve had a virus for the last week that gave me swollen glands for a day or two, then I got a very bad headache for several days, diarrhoea and then I have been feeling absolutely wiped out and miserable. Because these things came one after another I didn’t quite realise that I had an infection.

I always find it strange to get a virus in the summer, which makes no logical sense at all. I’m only posting this because I felt so miserable and I just want to make contact with someone else who’s had an infection, too! Hope you feel better soon.

Ooooh yes. I had a cold a couple of weeks ago and lost my hearing in one ear from last Sunday morning to Tuesday evening. It came back quietly: no big 'pop' or anything. I'm still a bit blocked up in the nose and throat though 😬