Diarrhea as first symptom

[7Lilliput]

Hi
Am in the moderate risk category and have been isolating other than to go walking with my 2 young children a couple of times a week over quiet fields/woods.
We did the driveway street party for a couple of hours on VE Day keeping our 2m distance throughout.

Last night I came over with awful stomach cramps and had about 4 bouts of bad diarrhoea out of the blue. No temperature, but have woken feeling quiet achey and not quite right this morning. Am now panicking as I’ve read that Diarrhea can be first symptom of Covid.

Was wondering if anyone who’s had it has any experience of this, or am I just looking into it too much!

I started feeling 'off' on Friday evening. Woke up Saturday with terrible stomach cramps and loss of appetite. I had a few trips to the toilet with diarrhoea and just didn't feel right. No temperature or cough. Every time I ate something I would end up with stomach cramps.

I've been filling in the C-19 health tracker app everyday and because I added that I didn't feel well it provided me with a link to get a test. I went yesterday (Mon) came home and still don't feel right. Bit woozy and very tired.

I'm a teacher and was in school last Wednesday with 3 children and another member of staff. I rang my headteacher to say I'd had the test and he said my colleague had developed symptoms, was tested on Friday but because it was day 1 of her symptoms the test had come back negative (which can happen) she's now worsened and contacted her GP who have said she probably has got Coronvirus.

I'm awake now as have just woken with a really sore throat and stomach pains again. No temperature or cough. I've also felt strange tingly sensations down my arms too.

This is turning me into a hypochondriac which isn't like me at all. I'll be interested to find out my results.

That’s great you managed to get a test how did you do that?

I’ve had another evening of feeling exhausted and achey, woken up this morning feeling crappy, sore joints and muscles and with bad stomach cramps and diarrhoea again. I should add that I have Crohn’s disease, but is usually very well controlled and haven’t even had a flare that has started like this, it just doesn’t feel the same as that!

I've been using the Zoe C-19 app to report how our household is feeling each day. After 2 days of reporting not feeling well it sent me a link to book a test.

I tested positive several weeks ago. The main symptoms were stomach, slight fever for a day and fight chest.

Chest is still a bit sore now and I tore very easily. Other than that was a pretty standard winter bug that you might pick up every few years.

I think it came from my teenage son who had similar a couple of weeks before. No one else in the house or who I had been in contact with showed any symptoms at all

About three weeks into lockdown my DD had severe vomiting and diarrhoea. They hadn’t been anywhere so I assumed it was food although we’d all eaten the same thing. Just under a week later my DS had similar but milder. They are never Ill so was odd considering they couldn’t have caught it from anyone else.