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Meowmee

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29. I started with something

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 10:34 PM

Mar 2020

In late January and when I went to a clinic in early February they were already scared and wearing masks. I had a low fever at some point briefly. They decided it was not covid 19 and I took two courses antibiotics for what was then definitely a bad sinus infection. I was also coughing etc. it started with a terrible runny nose, aches etc which went away after a day but which kept coming back. Now I started with first stomach upset and now a consistent cough and what seems like bronchitis yesterday. I have had a low fever briefly on and off. Still no test but my doc did bw friday and wbc is ok so he thinks it is not covid 19. I started taking lysine yesterday, resting a lot and I feel a bit better. My county has 1034 known cases now. I would like an antibody test as well.

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*** Important COVID-19 statistic: only 44% of cases present with fever. *** [View all] pnwmom Mar 2020 OP

Sounds like a lot of people are going to ER just because they have cough, etc. That is not a reason Hoyt Mar 2020 #1

Remember that in 14 states without the Medicaid expansion, the only way to get medical care pnwmom Mar 2020 #9

I think you misunderstood. LisaL Mar 2020 #2

That's not how I understood it in the context of this: pnwmom Mar 2020 #8

Not all patients have fever, that's true. LisaL Mar 2020 #16

I don't think so. The whole point of those paragraphs is that people with Covid-19 pnwmom Mar 2020 #20

So the thing with measuring their temperatures will fail, and they Blue_true Mar 2020 #22

Agree. Many assumptions are being made, radius777 Mar 2020 #43

This is the paragraph you are talking about. LisaL Mar 2020 #26

According to a specialist from John Hopkins 20% are afebrile at time of diagnosis Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #45

Is it possible to have this novel coronavirus but NOT Covid-19? Siwsan Mar 2020 #3

If you have coronavirus, you have Covid-19...they are one in the same. Lochloosa Mar 2020 #4

I was under the (mis)understanding that coronavirus was the virus that caused the disease Covid19 Siwsan Mar 2020 #5

SARS, Bird Flu ect. Are a coronavirus. There just not a "novel" virus. Lochloosa Mar 2020 #7

I've seen it referred to as a 'novel' virus. There's just so much out there, it's hard to sift facts Siwsan Mar 2020 #10

Covid-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 radius777 Mar 2020 #42

+1, me too ... I was thinking it was split like aides and HIV uponit7771 Mar 2020 #25

Correct me if I am wrong, Corona virus is a family of viruses. Under it you have mutations of it. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #46

This is all just such new territory, for me Siwsan Mar 2020 #48

That's right. JudyM Mar 2020 #56

It could be that there is at least two mutagens. Blue_true Mar 2020 #23

Now I am really thinking I had it in early January. roamer65 Mar 2020 #6

Had you traveled to China or been around someone who had? The first US case highplainsdem Mar 2020 #11

No, but I live about 20 minutes away from an international airport. roamer65 Mar 2020 #15

I had something like that in February Siwsan Mar 2020 #12

A lot of people had that jberryhill Mar 2020 #14

You are probably right. I'm certainly not going to lose any sleep over it Siwsan Mar 2020 #17

The Swine Flu that struck in 2009 was a mutant of two known Blue_true Mar 2020 #28

I have had the same thing. In fact I still have it. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #18

A couple weeks ago it looked like I was coming down with something flu like. Blue_true Mar 2020 #35

What is "nasty water"? smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #36

It is a concoction that I make that has historically helped with Blue_true Mar 2020 #40

Oh, thanks! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #47

It knocked whatever was coming after me on it's ass. Blue_true Mar 2020 #49

I hope you feel better soon! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #50

I feel great. Blue_true Mar 2020 #55

My wife has had extreme fatigue, dry cough, chest tightness Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #38

"I wish I could get an antibody test" jberryhill Mar 2020 #13

Me too.i thought I was dying with the cough. bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #19

Me too, around the super bowl ... I was under for a second or two uponit7771 Mar 2020 #27

Yes I heard it was 44% of those admitted to the hospital at that time Tribetime Mar 2020 #21

Since there are so many asymptomatic carriers, I doubt that 88% have fevers. nt pnwmom Mar 2020 #30

Those are the statistics that are coming out of China. LisaL Mar 2020 #33

I could believe that 88% of the very sickest have fevers, even here, pnwmom Mar 2020 #34

K&R, looks like we need unrestricted testing in the US uponit7771 Mar 2020 #24

I started with something Meowmee Mar 2020 #29

Good luck. I hope you feel better soon! pnwmom Mar 2020 #31

Thanks😊 just hoping I don't have it and get worse, scary stuff nt Meowmee Mar 2020 #32

Grayson sounds like he does not belong in medicine delisen Mar 2020 #37

Sounds like what I had a month ago... Goodheart Mar 2020 #39

I know a woman who had upper respiratory symptoms when she was contacted pnwmom Mar 2020 #41

Great have been fighting allergies for past 3 weeks marlakay Mar 2020 #44

Sneezing is definately not a symptom of Covid-19 flamingdem Mar 2020 #51

That is possible if 1,500 different strains CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #52

I've read where some people also have a real brief fever spike dropping quickly duforsure Mar 2020 #53

Interesting that so many of us had a similar experience... Sancho Mar 2020 #54