Corona symptoms that are NOT fever and dry cough?

[cornishdreams1]

I travelled to the Middle East in early February, when we came back both my dd and I came down with the same bug. We had the most god awful taste in our mouths, neither of could not taste anything at all, we both felt sick.
We had D&V for one day and one night, and stomach cramps for over a week. For two nights were not feverish, but sweating as you may do with normal D&V and my dh described us both as very rosy looking. I had a sore throat on and off and my glands are up for three weeks. My dd completely recovered and did so within the first week. My symptoms are persisting on and off but I feel better. The one thing I have had is very red eyes, not sore or infected but just really red raw. I used eye drops to alleviate it.

This morning I read in the Sunday papers that these are symptoms of Coronavirus in younger people. I am shocked. I had no idea at all, and have been carrying on as normal up until the lockdown. I could have infected numerous people, at no point until I read this article did I think this may be coronavirus, and if this is the case, there may be many many more people working and shopping/caring for the elderly/nursing as normal with some of these symptoms.

Have you heard anything about this?

This needs to be publicised as most people with stomach cramps or sore eyes would not consider CV.

[Rhona123]

@Bubblebu I have all of your symptoms - I’m now on day 40 of this virus. Days are better but night time the temp comes back and also heart palpitations. My temp goes up and down all day long. How are you feeling now?

[babasaclover]

I don't know why the government aren't mentioning stomach problems more:

www.everydayhealth.com/coronavirus/could-your-digestive-issues-be-a-symptom-of-covid-19/

[Star8181]

My closest colleague has been floored by Coronavirus this last week so fully expecting to get it. My symptoms have been:
Bad fatigue (2 naps a day)
Sore throat
Headache
Dizzy
Back pain
Stomach ache
Awful taste in my mouth - chewing gum none stop to help!
Stinging eyes like I’m really, really tired
Ever so slight burning in chest
More difficult to breathe when lying down.

Who knows?

[Natsku]

I just had a look at a symptom checker here in Finland and it lists the following
Cough
Breathing difficulties
Throat pain
Headache
Body aches
Diarrhoea or vomiting

It doesn't actually list fever until later on in the checker. I filled it in with my current symptoms which don't include cough or fever and it says it could be corona so it doesn't seem to require cough or fever.

[Tonkerbea]

My brother in New York has said diarrhoea in children was a symptom of covid he'd come across (not a medic, just cases in his social circle)

DD had stomach cramps and nausea. Next day DS came down with a mild cough, followed by a week of him feeling rotten with a bad cough and temperature spikes.

Husband and I had itchy eyes and tight chests in the evening, but we thought it could be anxiety due to there being a global pandemic!

12 days later, both kids are fine, but I now have a very swollen lymph node. We've isolated throughout- just wish I knew if we'd had it.

[itsgettingweird]

Is it I burped a lot during day 3-6! Was eating antacids like sweets!

[SunshineCake]

My 16 year old dd started coughing last Tuesday. I can count on less then two hands how many times she has coughed since whereas I've been coughing for about two weeks and have been in bed since Wednesday. I manage a few minutes on here, or walk to the loo and then I have to lie down for a while. A few days ago I was doing puzzles, drawing. Now, nothing much at all.

[mumofthreesmallmen3]

Oh and my eldest is complaining of everything tasting like strawberries, even his favourites hes hardly eaten as says they taste funny but is probably the taste in his mouth as taste fine to the rest of us

[mumofthreesmallmen3]

Our family have also had similar symptoms started with the kids vomiting, thought a sickness bug, then my youngest had very red eyes and eldest complaining of eyes hurting and seeing double, then I had nausea and sickness,aches in legs arms and back, no temperatures or coughs though and seems to be passing quickly

[Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow]

It’s impossible to know without tests so recording symptoms isn’t waste of time surely on that app?

Anyway, we think our DD had it (and that I do now). She is generally healthy with few fevers. Woke up tired and pale and then rapidly said “I can’t breathe properly”. Then a high fever that came and went for three days. Mainly at night. Sore throat. Sore back.

[Isitbedtimesoon]

Forgot to mention I've had stomach cramps and my 12 year old has either not had it at all or had it very mildly (ill for a couple of days with headache, feeling generally unwell and nausea, but no cough at all)

[Isitbedtimesoon]

@cornishdreams1 that would be great! I now realise my 14 year old son may have had it. I previously dismissed it as a bad cold which he suffers from a lot. Here's a summary..

Myself

Tues/Weds - very dry eyes (not red)

Thursday - very occasional dry cough

From Friday - headache and sore throat, tight feeling in chest, get breathless walking upstairs (generally not unfit). Felt the need to burp frequently (really weird!)

Sunday - massive headache, no energy, a bit feverish but no real high temp. Spent most of the day in bed.

Today - feel surprisingly okay, just a fuzzy head and dry cough. Thinking it might be the calm before the storm!

My son started feeling unwell just over two weeks ago. Headache, sore throat, bad cough (but unlike me he often gets a bad cough with colds). He complained about being hot and cold. Took his temp but 36.3 which I read was normal. He's complained of feeling dizzy quite often and the cough has been really bad. Just today the cough has become productive rather than dry. He's not been ill in bed but has needed constant attention for the whole two weeks (he has ASD and is difficult when poorly). Oh, and loss of appetite. He normally never stops asking for food so a big surprise!

No idea if this is Covid19, a different virus or just a really weird bad cold. I hope this helps though

[itsgettingweird]

Cornish the answer may well simply lie in the number of negative tests we've had. There's 2 nasty bugs. That's why people think they had it before and over Xmas?
It may be linked to the fact we had a very wet winter?
The same as the coldest winter 2017-18 increased the number of flu deaths by an excess 50,000 over that period.
The ONS data for deaths year on year, especially respiratory shows an interesting pattern.

But yes, the antibody test will be interesting and tell us most - I think - right now.

[cornishdreams1]

This week, on behalf of all of us I am going to try and get a definitive answer about the symptoms we are describing (and I have read each post and they are all the same) Question number one: Could it be CV that we are experiencing, or is there something else going around, the research emerging seems to imply CV?
Question number two: when are we able to take the antibody test to find out.

How can it be that so many people are describing something so similar, and seemingly so widespread.

Can anyone confirm how their children faired? As with other bugs, all of my family tend to catch it one after the other without fail. With this one I had the worst case of it, my 15dd also has it but a milder form, my youngest (11) nothing at all beyond an upset tummy. Dh fortunately spared so far.

[itsgettingweird]

Girlie friend yes I've had the popping! Especially at night when laying down!

[Wilmalovescake]

They ask whether you’ve had a test for it in the app.

[Needmoresleep]

The app covid.joinzoe.com/ is pretty straight forward. What they are trying to do is get a picture of how many mild cases there might be out there. Well worth downloading and sharing. (Its also for people who are well.)

[ThrowingGoodAfterBad]

We shouldn't really be adding to a Covid app, should we, if we're not sure whether we've had covid rather than some other virus??

I gather it isn't particularly accurate for that reason fullfact.org/health/kings-app/

[EvilPea]

Now I’m wondering


I had a couple of weeks in Feb / beginning of March utterly exhausted, like pregnancy, Kept having to have naps to get through the day. Really sore eyes, bit of a sore upset tummy. Hot flushes (but I am that age anyway!).
About the same time my eldest had a bad cold.

I hope that was it and we are done.

[Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow]

I have no idea... but a week after my daughter seemed to have it, I developed lethargy and a wheezy throat, and odd sharp pains in my head. Then freezing for 2 days - not feverish, just couldn’t get warm. Then a snotty nose and fatigue. Periods of feeling warm. Can’t be arsed doing anything. I’m mid40s, excellent health, rarely ill. I’m on day 4 and hoping it’s on it’s way out but have heard cough can start at day 5

[chillychicken]

I haven’t read the whole thread (sorry, I know that’s a cardinal sin) but sore eyes...is that an early symptom?
My ds (5) has been rubbing his eyes and saying they hurt since early afternoon. Appetite fine, but suddenly got very, very tired around 6pm, temp of 37.6 at 7pm. Said his eyes were really itchy and sore. Fell asleep by 7.15pm (unlike him to fall asleep so quickly).

DH also complained of itchy eyes today and I too have itchy eyes (but assumed it was my eyelash extensions bothering me). We’ve had windows open and all been outside for fresh air today, none of us suffer from hay fever so it’s really odd that we all have itchy eyes.

Apart from the eyes, I have really bad mouth ulcers but otherwise feel fine, as does my DH.

I didn’t know sore eyes were potentially a symptom

[Stroller15]

Not sure if it's mentioned up thread - there is an app by researchers from Kings College London that need all this kind of information - as the symptoms are so wildly different.
covid.joinzoe.com/

[Callimanco]

Also had itchy eyes and hot cheeks (but no fever).

[Callimanco]

I had: tiredness climbing the stairs on first day
Day 2 sudden shakiness/ loss of appetite/ lightheaded
Pounding heart overnight
Day 3; 1 day of watery diarrhea, scratchy throat
Day 4 thick mucus and a tight dry throat, back ache in lower back (thought it was the unfamiliar bed),
Day 5 feeling like I had inhaled talcum powder or chilli
Half an hour of central chest pain
Bra so uncomfortable I had to take it off, felt constricted.
Day 6, chest pain better but back ache/ lightheadedness continued

The lightheadedness, scratchy throat and feeling if having inhaled powder lasted 3 or 4 more days.

I had a very slight, occasional cough and still do, 2 weeks later.

No idea if I have had it or not.

[Girliefriendlikespuppies]

I'm pretty sure dd and I have had it as well. Dd has it first over Feb half term, she had a temp, cough and generally felt rubbish.

About 10 days later I had a really high temp, shivers, cough, felt sick, could barely get out of bed. Was more ill than dd had been.

Then for at least a week afterwards I had the most disgusting taste in my mouth 🤢

The other thing both dd and I had was this weird popping noise in our throats when we breathed out, almost like popping candy. Anyone else have that?!