Anyone been confirmed with Coronavirus? What’s it feel like?

[Lightline]

People at my work have had fever and cough and continued to come in. One lady had been to Italy in February, was unwell on her return and continued to be so until last week she was put on steroids for a chest infection. Other people have had fever and cough, one unwell enough to be off all week despite not wanting to be.
Other people coming in with fever and cough and coughing all over the office
How do we know when it is just a virus other than Coronavirus?
I’ve felt mildly unwell this week. I just heard someone on the radio saying she has been confirmed as having it but doesn’t feel that bad?

[PinkiOcelot]

I’ve been wondering this too. I don’t know anyone who has been confirmed. I’ve had a cough for weeks now but that’s it. Bit of a bad head but nothing else.

[Mummyshark2019]

Can't believe those people are going into work. How selfish. Why were they not told to go home?

[rosie991]

I would also be interested.

Thing is, before all this everyone was told a cold wasn't a good enough reason to be off sick from work. My boss has always told me to come in unless vomiting or diarrhoea.

[Hoik]

I think it's circulating in much higher numbers than just the confirmed cases but it's one of those things we'll never have a true picture of. Someone I know but who lives in a different area to me has posted on FB that she's been confirmed as having it and that, for her at least, it's been no worse than having any other viral infection. She said she felt a bit ropey for 2-3 days with a fever and tiredness but then started feeling better day on day, is now on day seven and feels fine aside from the irritation of having a cough.

[LynetteScavo]

A friend in her 50s has the symptoms but doesn't seem to be suffering too much and is enjoying the isolation. It gives me hope.

[PuzzledObserver]

"What does it feel like" isn't a helpful way of determining whether it's Covid-19 or something else, because the severity of symptoms varies massively, and it is believed that some people are completely asymptomatic, but can still pass it on.

The government advice is that if you have a new persistent cough or a fever, stay home and self-isolate for 7 days. You do not need to be tested (aka they haven't got enough capacity to test everyone) or seek medical attention unless your symptoms worsen.

So, there will (or should) be some people staying home who don't have Covid-19, and will never know if they did or not.

What sort of unwell are you, OP? If it includes fever or cough - stay home.

[Yabadee]

My aunt has it. Not sure if she actually got tested or not I haven’t spoken to her, my nana passed the message on. She said the doc has confirmed it is that, and given her some medication but I don’t know what. She’s to self isolate for 2 weeks and contact them again if she gets worse.

Nana says she just has really bad cold symptoms at the minute. She’ll be 50 in September, she’s a really young 50 and in good health so not too worried. It’s my nana getting it I’m worried about, she’s almost 80 and has underlying health conditions. And they live together 😔

[OldUnit]

I was under the impression there was no 'medication' yet for Covid-19......

[Jokie]

A friend (35yrs, healthy individual) says it feels like she's been hit by a bus and run over repeatedly. Fever of 105F for over 5 days, chills and every breath is excruciatingly painful. She couldn't get out of bed or even leave her house so self isolation was pretty easy. She's just getting over it but gets tired very easily and struggles with appetite.

She has been officially tested and confirmed.

[Hoik]

Anti-virals maybe?

[DruryLanePenance]

The peak will be in around 10 weeks. There aren't enough NHS provided tests in the UK (around 1 per gp/health centre when averaged out across the country.....) so at the moment when people show symptoms it is treated as a "suspected" case rather than a confirmed case.

[PhoneTwattery]

Feels like it should be posted in the right place...

[Lightline]

Thing is the WHO website says the symptoms start gradually, unlike flu which kind of hits you all of a sudden.
I am a bit upset about the behaviour of people at work, my daughter and sister have asthma and it’s frightening

[Lightline]

I think it’s valid to ask for other people’s experiences of the virus as often we are inclined to think it’s something else and not self isolate

[Ouch44]

I've recently had a sore throat and now a bit of a cough. Needless to say I have been checking my temp and googling symptoms. From what I've seen if you are sneezing, have a runny nose or a cough that is producing phlegm you are very unlikely to have it.
On the other hand if you have a fever and dry persistent cough then you probably have it.

[Lightline]

A fever and a persistent cough is exactly what my colleagues have had. One came in on Tuesday looking like death then was off for the rest of the week apparently feeling worse.
I’ve felt so stressed sat there with people coughing all around me and my daughter at home with her asthma bad on the back of just a cold.

[ludothedog]

I had a terrible cold 2 weeks ago. Fever and sore throat. Advice at that time was no need to self isolate as unless you had been outside the country it was unlikely to be CV. I did end up at GP's and was prescribed antibiotics

[Yabadee]

@OldUnit I thought that too re medication, I’ll ask when I speak to her what she has been given.

[soberfabulous]

I know of someone. She says it's like a severe cold. She's working as usual from home.

[soberfabulous]

There was a great piece in the Washington post from someone who had it. He was put on a drip. Given magnesium and potassium. When his fever rose they gave him ibuprofen. That was it! He worked throughout.

[ArthurMorgan]

I have a mild fever, headache that I can't shift, new dry cough, muscle aches and slight breathlessness. I'm going with the assumption that I have it but as they're not testing people any more unless you're in hospital, I actually have no idea. There's a known case up the road though and I've been out and about all week for various reasons. I've had very close contact with my dd 5 and dp so I'm assuming they have it too. Dd is fine just a bit tired and not much appetite, dp is fine, I think he has a headache but he won't admit it.... Just following advice and playing it by ear for now.

Though my mum's not talking to me because she thinks it's all a hoax so I can't have it and I'm attention seeking.. But that's a whole other story 🙄

[Lightline]

@ArthurMorgan that’s the thing isn’t it? If it is a mild case how on earth can we be sure. It’s quite unbelievable that the nhs aren’t testing people

[SunflowerSuit]

“She’ll be 50 in September, she’s a really young 50”

Lol

I will be fifty in April (and no one will be allowed to celebrate it with me so I am pissed off) and didn’t realise there was anything else but a young 50 🤣

[Zoecarter]

@Yabadee 50 isn’t old These days

[Zoecarter]

@SunflowerSuit you will just need to extended the celebration until this passes happy birthday for April xx