negative test but still symptoms?

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has anyone had a test come back negative but still feel like then have symptoms? I'm aware this is possible as the testbis only 70% accurate apparently, just wondering if that's happened to anyone who's subsequently tested positive.

My DC was on day 10 of isolation from school when I started to feel ill, as kid sits next to in many lessons has tested positive. He had and continues to have no symptoms.

My symptoms were mild but my temp started to go up to 38 on Wednesday afternoon and then kept fluctuating between normal and slight temp all day Wednesday and Thursday. I had pins and needles in my hands on and off all week, slight cough, sore tickly throat and very sore throbbing eyeballs. Constant headache all week. Taste and smell seem ok. My period, which wasn't due, came yesterday on day 16 (I have read that covid can interupt the woman's mentrual cycle, though I am late 40s so could be a peri menopause thing)

Anyway, I thought this was enough to get a test so went for the drive through one on Thursday. Results came back negative late last night.
I feel a bit better today after a long sleep and not having to work.

Do I just have a normal cold? Are the chance of a false negative greater because my symptoms are mild? The guy doing the test broke the stick initially and had to go back in the portacabin and get another one but the test seemed thorough, though wasn't as bad as I had expected (didn't make me gag)

pinpinbin similar experience to you, except my Dd tested positive on Tuesday, my test negative on Friday.

My temp has fluctuated (thought it was hot flush), period late too.

Sniffles, scratchy throat and soooo tired 💤napped this afternoon and feel better

weird - I wonder if we should test again?

The results arent negative they are undetected which is quite different. Also yes you can test negative and a day or 2 later test positive

Yes, I know what a false negative is. Hence why I am asking about it.

@dingle do you have any weird red patched or blotches? I have a really itchy patch similar to hives on my side and back of neck.

No rash or anything similar (at the moment).

I feel better today after sleeping yesterday afternoon and ten hours last night

Not planning on testing again as we are self-isolating anyway because of my daughter.

Strange though as I have definitely had something! It would seem to make sense that it is covid.

I wish I had tested when daughter did! Not waited a few days ☹️

I’m on day 7 of isolation (a teacher in my class tested positive last Sat). I’ve been exhausted all week with a sore throat, sinus type pressure headache & a bit of a cough. I got a test Thursday & it came back negative yesterday. I started feeling better on Friday & felt a bit guilty about getting a test but today my cough has started to get worse & I feel a bit breathless. Hopefully it’s the tail end of a cold......

I’ve been unwell since Thursday, had a test on Thursday afternoon and it came back negative but in that time my friend that was in my bubble (haven’t seen her since Wednesday) has come down with something and can’t taste anything. She’s had her test this weekend, I just feel that if she comes back positive then I question my test result. We work together and the reason we chose to be in each other’s bubble is because we travel and work together.

I’m just wondering if I should stay off work until her result comes back. I’m still not 100%, but in all honesty the only reason I would stay off work is to limit the spread - I can’t afford not to work. I don’t get sick pay, and they are really funny about time off even during this time.

Since previous text, chest feeling tight and bit of a cough 😷

Temperature spikes have all but gone!

Not feeling so tired.

Going to take it easy tonight and see how I feel again tomorrow ☹️

Im feeling a bit better but temp spiking again now, Sore scratchy throat and headache all day. Throbbing behind the eyes.Otherwise ok I think. Still got some red itchy blotches.

Can taste and smell ok though.

No one else in the house has any symptoms though.

So weird - wonder if it is covid or just another virus?

Very similar symptoms to you OP. Covid negative. DC also Covid negative so I’m assuming a bad cold.

Currently worried about my aunty who has been taken into hospital with a suspected chest infection. Her test came back negative but they're still saying they think she might have it, I'm not sure why other than she has the symptoms - but they're the same symptoms as a chest infection. I saw her just before she went to hospital and have no idea whether I should self isolate or not, I asked the hospital and they said no, even though in the same call they said they think she has it. I don't know what to think.

How are you feeling pinpinbin?

My temp spikes are almost gone today and feeling better generally.

Hope you are too?

I am thanks for asking 🙂

Temp staying down now..I've had bad sinus pain the last few days and black eyes as a result so been taking lots of sudafed but that's getting better now as well.

One of my DC is now getting the temp spikes.

Womder if was a mild case or just some other winter virus - guess we'll never know!

My DC had identical symptoms. DD tested on the Sunday came back as positive, DS who had his test on the Tuesday came back negative. I'm conviced it was a false negative (or done too late as he obviously had it milder) and am kicking myself that I didn't insist on him getting tested on the same day as DD.

My symptoms were mild but my temp started to go up to 38 on Wednesday afternoon and then kept fluctuating between normal and slight temp all day Wednesday and Thursday. I had pins and needles in my hands on and off all week, slight cough, sore tickly throat and very sore throbbing eyeballs. Constant headache all week. Taste and smell seem ok. My period, which wasn't due, came yesterday on day 16 (I have read that covid can interupt the woman's mentrual cycle, though I am late 40s so could be a peri menopause thing)

All you have listed apart from temp (and not clear that was high enough to be potential Covid) are not Covid symptoms which warrant a test.

I stubbed my toe earlier. Think I should get a test?

@WhatHaveIFound
Even if he did have a mild case of Corona what would you have gained by knowing that fact?
We need people to get out of the mindset that a positive test has any personal benefit in the vast majority of cases (and in the cases it does tests performed as part of this mass testing are largely ignored in any case).

@StatisticalSense I was more concerned about his close contacts at school - Y11 so very important that they're in school.

I have drummed into both DC that even after DD's positive result they should be still taking the same precautions as everyone else to avoid spreading.

Hi Dingle and others with negative tests, have any of you got and weird skin rashes? I've been itchy all week and its been gradually building and I'm now covered in extremely itchy red bumps and a few lumps over my torso, back of legs, between thighs and scalp. Its driving me mad, I'm so itchy, stopping me sleeping.

I can't see any point getting tested again as I don't feel ill anymore, just wondering what this weird itchy rash is.

I'm aware this is possible as the testbis only 70% accurate apparently

This is garbage, the test with symptoms is extremely accurate, considerably higher than that.

Thanks, really helpful. Source?

This all strikes me as hysteria. It's probably not covid. It's just a cold. Lots of people do get colds!

Nobody is hysterical. Just wondering if many other people have tested negative but still had possible symptoms. I've had many colds and flu and haven't had a skin rash since I was a kid.

Nothing hysterical about trying to reassure myself that I am not possibly infecting people inadvertently.