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Anyone had just a sore throat and covid?

34 replies

Primrosejoy · 21/09/2021 19:37

Really hurts to swallow...ouch! That's the only symptom though.

I've lft tested and negative and have had a pcr today routine for work so I guess I'll see soon anyway but just curious.

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TheRealMrsMorningstar · 22/09/2021 08:15

I jave felt like this all week with shocking sore throat and swollen glands. I did a LFT which was negative as I have felt a bit up and down all week (husband felt like that when he had covid last year). I have just had flu jab but I have never had a reaction to it before. 🤧

Jobsharenightmare · 22/09/2021 08:19

Yes LFT are meant to be for asymptomatic cases only. So if you have a sore throat plus one of the Covid symptoms such as temp, headache or cough then it should be a PCR.

RockingMyFiftiesNot · 22/09/2021 08:30

DD only had a sore throat and positive PCR. A slight cough developed a few days after the test.
A sore throat is a known symptom of delta variant,even if the government hasn't seen fit to update the gov website with the widely acknowledged delta symptoms.

Callcat · 22/09/2021 08:32

Two of my DC had this as only symptom

mrscee · 22/09/2021 13:24

The sore throat was my first symptom of Covid followed by a tickly cough, then a fever and a hacking cough and now I have the sneezes. Also feel like I have been run over. Stuff aches all the time.

mrscee · 22/09/2021 13:25

Also lfts can be unreliable I would get a pcr to be sure.

Popplebop · 22/09/2021 14:23

My DD and DH are both ill. Really sore throat, headache, then sneezes sneezes sneezes, wiped out, achy. But it seems to be just a lurgy as they have both had negative PCRs! Amazed me as I had most of the same symptoms in August when I had covid.

Interestingly I don’t seem to have caught whatever this lurgy is yet.

silkmonkey · 22/09/2021 14:33

I read that LFTs might not pick up the virus once symptoms have started as the viral load will have dropped. They are for the incubation period which is 1-2 days after contact with an infected person and up to start of symptoms. If symptomatic you need the stronger PCR test.

DontWantTheRivalry · 22/09/2021 16:03

I read that LFTs might not pick up the virus once symptoms have started as the viral load will have dropped.

Most people I know who get symptoms take an LFT first and when that shows up positive they go and get a PCR.

I understand that PCR is a lot more reliable, but in my experience, the LFTs can and so detect Covid in symptomatic people.

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