So is there anyone/ do you know of anyone who's had covid and NOT sufferings long term after effects?

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Considering there are so many on the other thread that are and that the rhetoric on other threads seems to be not about the amount of deaths,but of the the long term side effects,it would be interesting to hear from people who HAVEN'T had these.

@Trashtara

Wow that is odd.

It appears to affect people so differently.

I see that studies out this morning (don't have link it was on the news on the radio) said that they think around 10% of the population have probably had it now

I know one person who had it, she is still suffering effects 8 weeks later. Low energy, tiredness, muscle weakness, cognitive impairment. She was a very fit and healthy person before she got it. She has had to go from full time physical work to 2 half days.

I know three people who have had it. Two have it currently so too soon to tell. The third didn’t know she’d had it until she had an antibody test although she now thinks she knows when she had it but didn’t realise at the time.

3 friends have had it. Both were poorly with it. Didn't need hospitalisation, but were in bed for a good week.

All absolutely fine now.

My sister had it. She's a nurse so was tested and confirmed. She was ill for a few days, then tired for a few more but has been fine since. She's just cycled lands end to John o groats actually so definitely fine!

All the people I know personally who have had it (6) are fully recovered, although one took about a month. I met someone recently who had it and said he had no energy for about 3 months.

The stats from the Imperial symptom tracker app say about 5% of people still have symptoms after 3 weeks. So, just like the vast majority of people survive, the vast majority of survivors fully recover (or so it seems at the moment). However - a small percentage of a large number of people is still a large number of people.

I work in a hospital. Lots of my friends had it with only mild symptoms (several mistook it for hayfever) and are totally fine

2 people I know. One in her late 50s and one teenager. Both absolutely fine within about 2 weeks. The 50 year old said that the laryngitis she had last year was far, far worse then covid.

@ThatDamnScientist

Just curious, not goady, those that say they know people who had it mild and are not suffering with long covid, were they actually tested (either antigen test at the time or antibody test at later date)?

DD’s partner is a doctor. He was sent to work on a non Covid ward in March, as he has asthma. The first week, they knew 5 patients actually had Covid, and they could see it on the chest x ray on of them. The staff were not allowed to wear masks in case it frightened the patients.

Monday, he woke up with Covid 19. As a HCP, no doubt he was tested. The same week, DD lost her sense of smell. It’s difficult to believe when her partner worked all week with Covid patients, that she didn’t catch it off him and she lost her sense of smell by coincidence!

I know of one person who died. Retired, travelling and active and seemed to have a few good years ahead.

Two far younger people who noticed no symptoms but were skiing in Europe just before lockdown and have had positive antibody tests.

Yes there are plenty of low symptomatics and asymptomatics. That's how it's spread so successfully.

@teddylsalle as someone who was running 5k but now cannot run 5 months after catching this virus I think your comment is pretty insulting. I won't bore you with my symptoms and you don't sound like someone who would want to hear anyway.

I know 5 young Carers in their 20s who've had it and they are fine they said they felt a bit poorly/headachey/virusy and couldn't taste much

So I don't think it will be damage just very slow recovery for some people.

Obviously no-one knows yet but I wouldn't be surprised if this is true, as it's not unusual with chest infections. A relative had TB in their 50s and it took them two years to recover, but they're completely fine now. Pneumonia can be similar I think. A small number of people probably will have permanent damage, but I don't think it will be as many as the current rates of after effects suggest.

I only know that late last year, can't exactly remember when, my class teacher was ill, when I think back, she had many symptoms, she had almost a week off, whilst off the class TA came down with a 'bug' also.

About a week after, I developed a nasty cough, I remember having a slight temperature but this didn't last long, lost my voice mostly, and was so so tired. I remember thinking I couldn't wait for February half term, to have a good rest.
Only, a few days before half term was due to start, I developed another cough, I lost my voice completely and was so tired, lost my appetite and spent all half term in bed coughing. I went to see my doctor, who seemed to think I had a chest infection and prescribed AntiBs and an inhaler!

6 months later, I still cough (not continuously) throughout the day.

Pneumonia often seems a long haul to recover from.

3 nhs family members. Two in their 30's had it mildly and were completely back to normal within 7-10 days. The other in her late 40's didn't know until she had the nhs antibody test. She had no symptoms and neither did anyone in her household.

Yes lots of illness can take months to recover it is quite common especially with respiratory illnesses. The same way as lots of people have nasty respiratory illnesses and recover quickly. I think you just need to be careful of Covid because you never know. This comes from someone who was very blasé about Covid. Being fit and healthy thought I would breeze through it if I caught it.

My mum who is 60 had it. She had a bad cough and awful headaches but she was fully recovered within 2 weeks

Considering if the antibody study is correct that nearly 7million people will have had it. The fact that 100 people on mumsnet are telling everyone that the long term effects will doom us all is something I will be taking with a pinch of salt!

My sister had it and she is now fine (after 4 months) but it left my nephew with heart problems and he was a fit footballer before.

I know 3, maybe 5 people -

DB, DSIL and DN. DSIL had about 5 days of flu-like symptoms, loss of taste and smell and cough at the start of lockdown. She was up watching Netflix every day, chatted to us on FaceTime etc so not at deaths door, just normal poorly. DN (aged 3) was a bit off-colour for about 2 days, no cough. DB not unwell at all. She didn’t get a swab test as none available at the time, but was curious so her and DB paid for the antibody tests and both got positive results. Didn’t test DN but stands to reason he probably had it too.

DH’s friend had it (tested positive with swab test). He wasn’t too unwell. He’s a runner and asthmatic and said it only put his training back a few weeks. His DW quarantined and had no symptoms other than loss of smell which was not a recognised symptom at the time. She now suspects she had it too, but hadn’t been tested so don’t know.

to all those who really suffered or who have been left with long term side effects

8 people at work 2 friends all fine

I know of 2 people that have had it - one was ill for a couple of weeks, then seems to have recovered well. The other sadly died.

For those who had bad cases, were you in any way run down or burning the candle at both ends when you caught Covid? I've noticed that in the past when I've had nasty viruses it's always been at times when I've been overdoing it with work or socially e.g. glandular fever after busy with university exams, viral pneumonia when I was working very long hours for a few months in a row. As my Nan always said- "You mustn't overdo it, you dont want to get ill" and I always think there's wisdom in this. But all the public health messaging has focussed on overall health (underlying conditions, vitamin D, weight etc) but never mentions that actually getting plenty of sleep and being in a good day to day health is perhaps important for battling the virus. Just something I've been pondering....