Runny nose and breathlessness

[redroses86]

Hello,
I’m not sure where else to ask for advice. I have had what I thought was a ‘bad cold’ since early this week. Loads of snot, headache, slight fever. I thought I was shaking it off and wasn’t worried but yesterday started with breathlessness. I feel like a have an elephant sat on my chest. I’m still snotty and today much more lethargic than I have been earlier in the week.

Everything I’ve read says Coronavirus doesn’t appear to bring a runny nose but I can’t remember feeling this awful for this long with any other illness. I had the flu vaccine too. I’m on Day 5 now and just generally worried that I might have it rather than the common cold.
Has anyone known of it bringing a load of snot with it or do I just need to calm down.
(I ask so I know whether to self isolate, it’s not going to be that easy).

Also, Tom Hanks has gone on record with his symptoms and he hasn’t even developed a cough with it. Eek!

Breathlessness used to be one of the top three symptoms. I had a fever, some very slight cold symptoms then moved rapidly onto breathlessness.

I'm self isolating for 7 days, followed by social distancing for a further 7.

I'm taking no chances and if I don't have it I don't want it by wandering around other people. Gvmt are ridiculous and there are several known cases in my local area.

I have an apt this afternoon with OOH after ringing 111. Initially had drs telephone consult to ask about reliever inhalers. I got referred to 111 who trudged me. My symptoms have been a cough (2 weeks), occasionally (daily) episodes of breathlessness, chest ache like a heavy pain. I am asthmatic. Gp told me to self isolate, 111 obviously disagree. Who knows, it is all confusing.

I should say though, no fever.

@Kateg1982 that's not true so make sure you're not relying on it.

If you have a cold, flu or flu-like symptoms self-isolate as not everyone who has covid-19 has the same symptoms or any symptoms.

Sorry for posting false information 🙁

This guy explains what the symptoms were for him - a Briton in China.

OP, regardless of the corona virus, breathlessness and heavy pressure on the chest are not symptoms to ignore.

Call your GP. You may need antibiotics for a chest infection at least.

Thank you for all your help. I am self isolating and haven’t called 111.
I have less of a runny nose today but much more breathlessness and a slight dry cough which has started this afternoon. I feel very lethargic. I really do suspect this is Coronavirus but I suppose we have no real way of knowing and many people will be in this situation. I’m fine managing my symptoms myself at the moment so hopefully it will continue like that.

Mona Chalabi posted this on Facebook - it looks quite helpful.

I had the mother of all colds about three weeks ago, bunged up nose, mad sneezing, and have been left with a very productive cough that's slowly going away. At no time did I have a temperature (that I was aware of), or a dry cough (productive only and started not long after the sneezing) and have not felt breathless other than walking up a load of stairs but feel a bit run down. A family member who works in healthcare has had something similar going round at work and has been told that it's a just a rubbish cold. Which fits in with the symptom checkers. To anyone who happens to stand near me on the bus I am someone with a noisy cough - I could therefore be anything their imagination wishes me to be. I'm largely on my own (work and home) for the next week or so, so I'm keeping whatever's left of my cold to myself and Corona Virus away from what's left of it.

@redroses86 I have been ill this week. Main thing was exhaustion (laid around all week), slight temp, tight chest with some pain and slight cough. Who knows what it was but the exhaustion with no cold symptoms was odd.

You can have a runny nose and corona virus. Please read the 111 info.

How is everyone? I seem to have a runny nose in the morning like now lying in bed. Bit of a sore throat...all started last Wedn night. Started coughing early hours...not sure if that's from shouting at a kids sports match yesterday.

No fever, no aches and nothing else.

Runny nose seems to disappear once up and have blown it!!

That's a really helpful pic.

I had headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever and diarrhoea.

Shortness of breath was the worst thing, that's not completely gone.

No runny nose or sore throat today. How is everyone?

Does anyone know if the shortness of breath is likely to resolve itself or am I doomed? Day 12, breathlessness since day 8, mild, feel like I can manage at home, if I can get my head around it resolving by itself

Yes it should get better on its own - as long as you feel you’re ok?