I've got it

[BizarreBizarre]

Sore throat and high temp. I think I've got it

If i have a tight chest, but no other synptoms, should i self isolate. No cough and can breathe ok, but i can definitely feel my lungs are not 100%

I've got a wet cough and slight chest tightness. I'm fairly sure I caught a cold from the friend I spent last week with. No temperature, no headache.

I wish the NHS 'continuous cough' description was more precise.

@Popuppippa

www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-13/china-japan-korea-coronavirus-reinfection-test-positive

It's more than just one person going through potential reinfection. At the moment, doctors can only go by what they know, and as advice is changing daily, they cannot know anything 100% at this stage.

I agree @KarenTookTheKids

Please don't let an electrician into your house @straycats
My DH is an electrician and has asthma - he's high risk for suffering badly with coronavirus but continuing his work as it's essential. He's not going into any house where people are self-isolating though. Please let any tradesman know you're self-isolating so they can make their own decision on whether to risk it.

A friend of mine is in her mid 70's and takes meds for high blood pressure has caught a cold (hope it's a cold, but who knows?) from a man who came to view her house.

Apparently he was sneezing and had had all the symptoms of Covid 19 and yet he was out and about infecting vulnerable people!

She is very stoic and insists she only has a normal cold (running nose, bunged up, feeling tired), has no chest pain, breathlessness or fever and gets irritated when I suggest perhaps she should stay at home for a bit. She's retired so can do this for a few days.

I'm not a nanny state person at all but I do think at the moment if you have any kind of cold symptoms you should stay in if you can and not spread it.

Also, even if you have a `normal' cold your immunity will be lowered and more likely to catch something else.

I've just been having a conversation with DH.

I feel a bit crap generally, sore throat, woolly head, exhausted and achey.

Any other day, I'd take some asprin, drink loads of water and just get on with it.

Now I'm contemplating calling my boss and asking her what she wants me to do, whilst trying to find a thermometer which are sold out everywhere.

I'm convinced it's just a cold, and a crap one at that. But, given my job and the amount of people I come into contact with directly and indirectly, I'm just confused.

I'm in Kent/travel to Grays every now and then. If anyone needs to isolate and doesn't have anyone to walk their dog and dog is ok with kids I can help taking them for a walk. Things are going to get a lot worse... We are going to have to help each other

Also please read this: they don't recommend ibuprofen. Only paracetamol

www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/kent-coronavirus-health-official-warns-3953165

@adaline

If you read the full article YOU quoted it even says the following;

"Scientists in and outside China agree that reinfection is a highly unlikely explanation for the patients who retest positive. They say retesting errors are more likely to blame - either false negatives that resulted in patients being discharged too early, or false positives when they were taken back into hospital."

It goes on to explain that when we have a viral infection, our immune system protects us by developing antibodies to protect us and prevents us from catching the same thing twice. Basic biology.

Let's all stop the scaremongering shall we.

If someone is in self isolation because they have symptoms, they shouldn't be giving their dog out to anyone.

I have a bad throat and headache and feel drained
I am cold though - not hot
And no cough
So I am not sure if I have the virus or just a cold
I flew back off holiday yesterday though.

Let's all stop the scaremongering shall we.

I'm not scaremongering.

Nobody knows the reason behind the positive re-tests. Anything anyone says is speculation at this point, because this isn't a virus like anything anyone has dealt with before.

The news and advice regarding the disease is changing daily. All we can do is follow the most up-to-date advice and hope that everyone else does the same.

Fidgety31 where did you go on holiday?

Yes, that's right. In the article you quoted it said it is highly unlikely that someone would catch the same thing twice within 3 days and explained why. It's worth a read.

This virus is a coronavirus. Part of a group of illnesses that we are regularly exposed to so actual scientists and doctors can make predictions based on scientific facts.

It is scaremongering.

DD (almost 3) has a cough- dry and persistent. I am sure it is just a cough. She has had it all weekend and is currently pedalling her tractor round the garden and shouting loudly 'beep, beep!' No raised temp.

I had a similar cough for two days - not awful just dry and persistent- which has turned into a sniffle. I am sure that's all it is. No raised temp. I feel absolutely fine. Am not self-isolating as such. We will go for a walk on a large empty beach later.

DS1 and DH have gone to school and work as usual.

Hang on - sore throat is a symptom??

You should be self isolating FFS LuluJakey1! You can't just put the elderly and immunosuppressed at risk because you think it's fine and nothing to worry about. Some people only get mild symptoms.

@LuluJakey1 why on earth are you not self-isolating?!

The NHS advice is quite clear. If you have a continuous cold OR a temperature of above 37.8 degrees then you need to stay at home for seven days.

Selfish.

*continuous cough, even.

BizarreBizarre I went to Walt Disney world in Florida - a complete germ fest !

Well we are in the house, and will stay in until we drive to a large, empty beach later (Druridge Bay) for a walk. If there was anyone else there, we would be nowhere near them- it is miles long. DH will pick up DS1 from school. My cough disappeared within 48 hours. I have had no raised temperature at all and have a sniffle- literally that, not a runny nose, not sneezing, just slightly sniffy.
Apart from a dry, irritable cough - which is in no way awful or hacking- DD has no symptoms of anything. No temperature raise, no sore chest, no aches and pains, no sore throat, no sore head. She is full of beans. Have kept her off nursery and will do for the rest of the week.
I am being struct about handwashing and am using hand sanitiser on us.
We are not isolated from DH and DS1 and Ds2 (7m).

Why do people still think self-isolation doesn't apply to them?!

A government minister has said on tv this morning that going for a walk is fine .

It's infuriating.
DS1 (12) has a something. Sore throat, cough, headache, no real fever but still. Took today off school (Australia) and when I was talking to the principal at DS2's school, we ummed and ahhed about whether or not DS2 should be at school as well - decided in the end that it would be better not, so he's at home today too, despite having nothing wrong with him (he's thrilled, btw!)

Spoke to the GP surgery and they said they wouldn't swab DS1 unless his temp went over 38 deg (was 37.7 yesterday). Now he's getting snotty though, so I'm thinking it's just a cold. Phew!

But this is so difficult - we have parents pulling their kids out of school just in case, all school events have been cancelled (govt directive), including sports events etc.

I get it, of course I do - better to be safe than sorry and we need to limit the spread as much as possible - but at the moment it all feels a bit panic stations and like there's a lot of over-reaction. There isn't. I also know that. It just feels like it.