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What to do - covid/not covid

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SummersBreeze · 03/04/2022 21:13

About 20 days ago, I found out that a person I was close to a few days beforehand found a faint positive on a home antigen test after having symptoms of a cold for a few days.

The day after discovering that I was a close contact, I started to experience a dry and tender throat. It was honestly nothing. As the week went on I developed more cold symptoms. I did many tests at home over the course of the week and I tested negative.

I think I had the same dose as my close contact girl but I never found a positive line on a test.

All lot of my symptoms have cleared up. I still have a lot of phelym and pressure behind the ears and it feels like sinusitis to me. This wouldn't be unusual for me. I used to suffer for a long time with sinusitis after a cold. I was able to manage it and avoid sinusitis for years by tackling colds head.

So a few weeks ago when I experienced the start of a cold, I started to tackle it head on but unfortunately it wasn't enough and I think I have sinusitis now. Nearly three weeks since the onset of symptoms. No loss of taste or smell. I am also taking an antihistamine.

Should I go to the doctor tomorrow or Monday. I received news of becoming a close contact yet again. I can't even be certain if I got covid a few weeks ago. Here I am with what I think is sinusitis and now I am a close contact again. So I am anxious of a covid dose on top of sinusitis.

What do I do? Do I got to the doctor tomorrow for antibiotics perhaps? Incase I develop more symptoms later in the week.

OP posts:
Fritilleries · 04/04/2022 08:58

Lol. Do you understand what antibiotics are?

SummersBreeze · 04/04/2022 09:40

Yes, I know they are for bacterial infections and not a viral infection like covid.

I think the dose I had a few weeks ago was covid/viral but I think has lead to sinusitis. There's a lot of phelym or build up at the back of my nose and throat and pressure behind my ears. This pressure is not going away.

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Fritilleries · 04/04/2022 10:12

@SummersBreeze

Yes, I know they are for bacterial infections and not a viral infection like covid.

I think the dose I had a few weeks ago was covid/viral but I think has lead to sinusitis. There's a lot of phelym or build up at the back of my nose and throat and pressure behind my ears. This pressure is not going away.

So get a docs app.
Desmondo2021 · 04/04/2022 10:30

I'm on day 14 of a nasty cold that has floored me. 8 x LFT so I am assuming I just have a bug. You know, a normal bug like what existed before the world went mad. Just rest, drink water, eat well and wait for it to pass. I'm not sure what difference bring the Covid comments into the mix make? Unless I'm misunderstanding your post

Desmondo2021 · 04/04/2022 10:31

Should day 8 x neg LFT!

ElephantLover · 04/04/2022 10:34

LFTs are not reliable. Esp the blue/white NHS packs. You may have had covid.

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