COVID headache fear - am I being paranoid?

[greentea5]

I suffer from anxiety so get very worried about the chance of passing COVID onto others.

I've read on ZOE that the top symptom for COVID for double jabbed people like me is a headache and these headaches tend to last for at least 72 hours.

If you had a headache that lasted for a much shorter period (10 minutes) and you thought you knew the cause (I was a passenger in a car going down a busy road with the window open, which was very noisy. I don't drive and haven't been in a car since January so am not used to this level of noise) would you test?

Sorry if this sounds stupid, there is guidance for coughs but not for headaches. If ZOE says that COVID headaches usually last for at least 72 hours should I assume that any headache that doesn't last for at least this time isn't worth having a PCR test for? (at the moment, we can have a PCR test for any reason in my area, I had one last Monday for a new rash, since then I've done four LFTs before visiting people at the weekend).

I don't want to put other people at risk but I don't want to waste a PCR test if I don't need to. It feels like as the list of symptoms has expanded its harder to know when to test and when not to. Feeling silly for even asking this but I've seen a few "should I test or not" threads on here so I'm sure you are used to it.

I wouldn't be getting a covid test for a ten minute headache no.

I would suggest you delete the zoe app if it is making you this anxious.

Sounds like the ten minute drive would be the reason for the headache.

I would suggest that you may want to delete the app if it makes you this nervous.

I’d suggest no test for a ten minute headache

Not with a 10 min headache, take it all your tests have been negative.

Sounds like the app is going more harm than good.

Delete the app.

@vodkaredbullgirl

Not with a 10 min headache, take it all your tests have been negative.

Yes all my LFTs were negative.

My DS Covid started with a headache and nausea, not a 10 min though, and he hasn’t had a vaccine, I was shocked he was positive, we did 2 Lat flow + PCR. Wasn’t until later in the day he had a mild temp, then next day lost his taste & smell, we’ve been isolating all week, dreading getting a headache……

I've had a headache since Tuesday. My son has been in close contact with a positive case. So I have done a pcr on the basis of both of those things.

I wouldn't test on the basis of a ten minute headache.

Gracious me a ten minute headache is nothing. I am currently 9 hours into a headache. I would only worry about covid if it was beyond my normal. This is a normal headache for me.

I'm just coming out of another 3 day migraine which left me bedbound so a 10 minute headache sounds a blessing to me. I think with all your tests coming back negative that your answer is in front of you. Switch off social media and the Zoe app and pop a lovely happy film on ( obviously not a zombie apocalypse one!)

No, I would not even think twice about a 10 minute headache.

Headaches are a normal part of life, I doubt anyone is getting tested for a simple headache like that. I would, only if it didn't settle with paracetamol and ibuprofen, or was so bad it was affecting my ability to get on with daily tasks. A normal, everyday headache? Nah.

Do you have any LFT tests at home.
All week I've been feeling dodgy. Couldn't put my finger on it. Been testing everyday due to covid anxiety until yesterday when doc rang and said a swab they took of my psoriasis on foot has shown infection and I need antibiotics. Phew that's why I was feeling dodgy.
Just take an LFT. If any sign of two lines get a PCR done.

I’m just recovering from Covid, myself and my 2 kids have it. We all started with a headache. Ds started coughing same day as all day headache and was positive on lateral flow same day. I had a headache for 3 days and negative lateral flows until I got a faint positive (later confirmed by PCR). DD had a 2 day headache and was positive. If you’re overly worried get some lateral flows. Yes they aren’t supposed to be used when you have symptoms but they all did show positive for us when used (we all followed up with PCR). Least that will give you some reassurance. But the Covid headache isn’t one that’s gone in half an hour. I’ve still got it 2.5wks on, on and off, just can’t shake it off

OP I mean this kindly but to take a test for a 10 minute headache would be utterly ridiculous.
I would also delete the App as it does not sound like it is doing you any favours, rather it seems to be feeding your anxiety.
Finally do yourself a favour and hide the Coronavirus topic. It is full of people who are quite unhinged and who seem to have nothing to do but analyse every news report, bit of data or latest utterings from the various crack pots out there. It really won't do you any good.

No. A 10 min headache isnt a headache anyway. Sounds more like a form of car sickness (ds gets "headache" car sickness if the roads are too winding.

Ive a headache at the minute, i just took two paracetamol.

I get headaches all the time. Would not occur to me to get a test.

I was hospitalised for headache about 2 weeks ago, OP. Worst headache ever, dry-heaving, just ill from head to toe because of this headache which started out as a thunderclap headache. Covid didn't occur to me, though I was tested twice in hospital. A brain bleed was the immediate concern.
A tend minute headache, such as the one you describe, wouldn't worry me in the least. Your headache was probably triggered by stress. Lucky you to have a 10 minute one! I am headachy by nature. I'd love if mine would just go after ten minutes!