COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion

robj20 said:
Honestly I'm surprised people are still going on about this. Surely it's just part and parcel of every other illness that fits around now.

Only stand out illness I've had recently was a strep throat/tonsillitis that I had amoxicillin for then a week after the course finished it came back so ended up on penecillin which has cleared it up.

I wouldn't even think to test for COVID these days would just think cold or flu and get on with it.
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The main problem is covid still has a higher incidence than other common respiratory illnesses of giving you long term or permanent health issues tacked on. If it wasn't for that, it would really be just another cold at this point. Sadly, it is still rolling the dice, especially if you keep getting reinfected.

Personally know someone in France who is only mid 20s and caught it 5 times. First 3 times they felt nothing, 4th knocked them on their ass, 5th put them in hospital with pneumonia.
 
I'd pretty much forgotten about it :D Stopped having the vaccinations after the first two or three years ago. Don't take any special precautions any more. Haven't even had a cold for probably 20 years, let alone C19. My secret? Beer every day :D Keeps the germs at bay.
 
Do any other respiratory infections make you think you are recovering before coming back harder than ever?

Only time I can recall above is covid.

On Friday, I felt mentally tired but physically, I felt really good.. Like one of the best days I've felt over almost 2.75 years of long covid. I still took it easy all day at home.

But yesterday and especailly today I'm floored, not long been up after going back to bed again this morning on day 7.

Better half still coughing far more than me on her day 14, just like when we've had covid over the last ~5.25 years. She didn't work after last Monday's Bank Holiday and I can't see her going back tomorrow, although she reckons she's feeling a bit better.
 
robj20 said:
Honestly I'm surprised people are still going on about this. Surely it's just part and parcel of every other illness that fits around now.

Only stand out illness I've had recently was a strep throat/tonsillitis that I had amoxicillin for then a week after the course finished it came back so ended up on penecillin which has cleared it up.

I wouldn't even think to test for COVID these days would just think cold or flu and get on with it.
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By thinking like that you are putting people with weakened immune systems at additional risk.

It might not be as dangerous as it was when it first appeared but it is still dangerous to some people.
 
Cromulent said:
By thinking like that you are putting people with weakened immune systems at additional risk.

It might not be as dangerous as it was when it first appeared but it is still dangerous to some people.
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Whoa, hang on a minute. Why am I putting people at risk?
I'm just living my life like I did pre 2019.

People have severe peanut allergies, I still walk down the street eating peanut M&Ms.
 
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robj20 said:
Whoa, hang on a minute. Why am I putting people at risk?
I'm just living my life like I did pre 2019.

People have severe peanut allergies, I still walk down the street eating peanut M&Ms.
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Sorry I didn't mean to say that. I wrote that wrong. Apologies.

What I meant was that it is not quite so simple and that one persons trivial thing is another persons major thing. I didn't mean to say you caused it though.
 
UTmaniac said:
Do any other respiratory infections make you think you are recovering before coming back harder than ever?

Only time I can recall above is covid.

On Friday, I felt mentally tired but physically, I felt really good.. Like one of the best days I've felt over almost 2.75 years of long covid. I still took it easy all day at home.

But yesterday and especailly today I'm floored, not long been up after going back to bed again this morning on day 7.

Better half still coughing far more than me on her day 14, just like when we've had covid over the last ~5.25 years. She didn't work after last Monday's Bank Holiday and I can't see her going back tomorrow, although she reckons she's feeling a bit better.
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As I'm sure you are aware by now, Long COVID is a rollercoaster ride. No day feels quite the same, and you almost never feel 100% ( usually far from it ). This year I've started reacting to pollen - never been troubled with hayfever in my life - which is likely a consequence of MCAS ( studies suggest over 70% of people with LC have this ).
 
xaldub said:
As I'm sure you are aware by now, Long COVID is a rollercoaster ride. No day feels quite the same, and you almost never feel 100% ( usually far from it ). This year I've started reacting to pollen - never been troubled with hayfever in my life - which is likely a consequence of MCAS ( studies suggest over 70% of people with LC have this ).
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There have been many ups and downs with my long covid over the last 2.75 years and my better half's long covid over the last 4.5+ years, but we've both had a respiratory infection (I'm day 11, better half day 18) that has felt like it was going and has then got worse again, which is what my post was about (suspecting it was a covid infection on top of our long covid, just like when my better half caught covid from me in Sept '22).

Latest example for me in this morning, I went to bed last night feeling like my lungs were clearing; my sinuses were less imflamed; I was having to blow my nose much less; hadn't coughed or sneezed all evening; no phlegm; head felt less bunged up; headache had gone etc. Slept fine, woke at 0930 and felt like I was still on road to recovery. Got up 1000 and I've felt like I've been gradually getting worse again over the last two hours... Similar story of getting worse again on Saturday and Monday! :mad:

Long covid is known to increase histamine levels, as does hayfever. I've felt like my hayfever tablets have been less effective over the past three spring/summers, not so much with sneezing or itchy eyes, but in terms of hayfever induced tiredness. IIRC my GP said that prescription Allevia is higher strength (180 vs 120 mg tablets) and that I should consider asking for a prescription strength... Although I suspect it would be cheaper to buy 120mg Allevia myself and cut a tablet in half to take 1.5 tablets a day.
 
New dominant strain ?


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UTmaniac said:
There have been many ups and downs with my long covid over the last 2.75 years and my better half's long covid over the last 4.5+ years, but we've both had a respiratory infection (I'm day 11, better half day 18) that has felt like it was going and has then got worse again, which is what my post was about (suspecting it was a covid infection on top of our long covid, just like when my better half caught covid from me in Sept '22).

Latest example for me in this morning, I went to bed last night feeling like my lungs were clearing; my sinuses were less imflamed; I was having to blow my nose much less; hadn't coughed or sneezed all evening; no phlegm; head felt less bunged up; headache had gone etc. Slept fine, woke at 0930 and felt like I was still on road to recovery. Got up 1000 and I've felt like I've been gradually getting worse again over the last two hours... Similar story of getting worse again on Saturday and Monday! :mad:

Long covid is known to increase histamine levels, as does hayfever. I've felt like my hayfever tablets have been less effective over the past three spring/summers, not so much with sneezing or itchy eyes, but in terms of hayfever induced tiredness. IIRC my GP said that prescription Allevia is higher strength (180 vs 120 mg tablets) and that I should consider asking for a prescription strength... Although I suspect it would be cheaper to buy 120mg Allevia myself and cut a tablet in half to take 1.5 tablets a day.
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MCAS is a nightmare to deal with, and yes most people require to use much higher doses of antihistamines than you can buy over the counter ( as much as 4 times the dose ). COVID is doing the rounds again so its entirely conceivable you've been exposed / infected to account for your symptoms. Wishing both you and your partner improvement in the coming days ! ( As I type this several staff at my work became sick today and tested positive ... no doubt I've probably caught it )
 
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Been off work a bit holiday and/or off-site, found out one of my colleagues has been off since last Tuesday with COVID, no one else seems to have picked it up from them though.
 
Rroff said:
Been off work a bit holiday and/or off-site, found out one of my colleagues has been off since last Tuesday with COVID, no one else seems to have picked it up from them though.
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There is a lot more resistance to Covid. Largely thanks to the early distribution of vaccines
 
Hagar said:
There is a lot more resistance to Covid. Largely thanks to the early distribution of vaccines
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Yeah - basically how most previous epidemics/pandemics have gone away when those most vulnerable to the disease have either died or developed some degree of immunity. Though IMO while vaccines have played a part in managing the situation reducing impact on the health services, etc. the level of resistance required to make it mostly go away, at least for now, has come from the waves which went around after rules were relaxed.

It is quite interesting to see the graphs for other diseases now some longer terms data has been published - a common trend with them is to almost if not flatline between April 2020 and Jan 2022 with then a slow ramp from there until Nov 2022 when they spike massively around the Christmas season before settling back to previous trends by mid 2023. A bit of a dark commentary on society with the nature of some of these diseases :s
 
Was out in London on Sat evening, started to feel a bit fevery Tue evening, Tue night no sleep, Wed really rough, Wed night, oh wow savage fever, today been rough and tested positive for Covid :D
 
SupraWez said:
Was out in London on Sat evening, started to feel a bit fevery Tue evening, Tue night no sleep, Wed really rough, Wed night, oh wow savage fever, today been rough and tested positive for Covid :D
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One of my colleagues had it, caught from visiting someone, with a bit of fever and feeling rough Thursday-Saturday (still came into work) but were fine when I spoke to them Monday and no one else seem to have caught it from them. Only instance I'm aware of in ages now but I guess there is a bit of it going around.
 
Rroff said:
One of my colleagues had it, caught from visiting someone, with a bit of fever and feeling rough Thursday-Saturday (still came into work) but were fine when I spoke to them Monday and no one else seem to have caught it from them. Only instance I'm aware of in ages now but I guess there is a bit of it going around.
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I don't think I've ever had it. I must be really lucky.
 
Cromulent said:
I don't think I've ever had it. I must be really lucky.
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Different people seem more or less susceptible to different variants so might have got lucky that way - some of my acquaintances were getting it repeatedly when Delta was going around but seem immune to later variants, I was almost certainly exposed several times to pre-Omicron variants without symptoms but then got hit by Omicron.
 
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