Has anyone any experience of Covid delirium NOT in an older person? (As that’s all that comes up when I google).
Person in question is late 40s, healthy, no mental health problems that I know of (and never any inkling that there could be). We are closest relatives, an hour away. He lives alone. Hasn’t been in contact all week, several family members have finally been able to contact him:
- he’s unwell (nothing specific said about what), but has been into work (briefly)
- he kept going quiet, maybe zoning out, when talking
- paranoid - thinks someone’s been in his house because something's been moved, thinks someone’s hacked his work computer, etc.
- didn’t seem with it generally.
It’s the paranoia that’s most odd and not like him at all.
Could be anything of course, maybe a temperature, maybe the loneliness getting to him, he’s seen no family since Christmas.
I’ve ordered a covid test to be sent to him (no test centres within walking distance unfortunately), so I hope that will arrive tomorrow. Apparently he’d tried to call the doctors but not got through.
We’re going to see him, take him some shopping, but not go inside or anywhere near him obviously. But unless it’s bad enough for urgent medical attention I’m not sure what we can do. I’m also worried DH will get too close and catch it.