The second bout was far worse; I really thought I was gonna die. "You might see fewer coronavirus deaths in winter because vulnerable people are actually more vulnerable to flu," she said. Would the antibody test work now? "The Enteroviruses are a big family viruses' that include ones that cause hands food and mouth and other things that have gone around. Outbreaks of the norovirus, which causes. The NHS symptom. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab717. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site I'm a Feng Shui expert and these are the three things I will never allow in a bedroom. Studies have since shown that Covid-19 was present here in the US contemporary with the beginning of this thread, in December 2019. I havent smoked for years. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Flu vaccines are recommended for everyone 6 months and older. Yes R22, Boris came to America to infect us. 56 is relatively young to die of the flu. As the 2021-22 cold and flu season arrives, Golden State residents have another array of viruses to blame for their symptoms. Oh well, I guess 1-3 days of this is better than getting this heinous flu going around. My partner has it. [quote] I came down with it the week before Thanksgiving, with strep throat on top of it. The co-worker (we did not really work together, just in the store) was hit harder, and out for about 2 weeks. R30 -- Because I am not a deplorable who thinks the Russians are just misunderstood and suddenly our friends ? If it was COV-19 then I did the right thing before I even knew it. You really need to do a test.". So I've started taking my allergy medications. It's possible some of us had it. Just as life post-lockdown was beginning to get back to normal and Covid-19 fears were fading, a new virus is running rampant around the world - but it isn't the one we've heard all about for the last two years. If it wasnt, then it is really weird that a different strain of a uniquely strong virus is going around. Those folks definitely had it very early. All I wanted was one of his Hummel figurines to remember him by. [quote] Last Spring, my sister said she had the worst flu she ever had in her life, and despite her doctor testing and determining that she had flu stain A, I still wonder if it was COVID. I am going to add a mucous reliever medicine, thanks to the suggestions in this thread. Mel B reveals her Spice Girls bandmates knew about the 'abuse' she suffered while she was married to Stephen Do YOU know how much a flooded home costs to repair - and is it covered on your insurance? One telling sign of COVID-19 in some cases is loss of smell or taste. Theres no cure for the common cold. I'm 37 and a smoker. NIAID. Tuesday, November 23rd 2021. I've had a severe runny nose and thick mucus for about 4 days. Both influenza and COVID can be spread to other people before individuals develop symptoms, notes Dr. Aubree Gordon, an infectious disease expert at the University of Michigan. During the day I supplement with the orangey gel tabs. I spent most of the month lethargic on the couch. Body and head ached. Theres no real mystery about why viral illnesses are on the upswing, said Dr. Michael Mina, who is an epidemiologist and chief science officer at eMed, a company offering telehealth test-to-treat services. File image. 2023 Cable News Network. Furthermore we're less miserable to be around just by the fact that we're not exhibiting the worst of the symptoms of the illness we are fighting. R37 exactly. Allergies can be treated with drugs like antihistamines, decongestants, and nasal steroids. He was so bad that he could barely breathe., and he felt like he was going to die. A Division of NBC Universal, Jamie Grill | Tetra Images | Getty Images, Possible symptoms for the common cold, flu and Covid. Currently, activity is highest and increasing fastest in the central and south-central parts of the country. They open at 10:00 am. The symptoms for flu and colds are similar. Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks. No complementary approaches have been shown to be helpful for fighting off flu or COVID-19. I remember this thread. As borders reopen, so too comes an influx of influenza and other respiratory tract viruses, which have developed unseen over the last two years, and which we do not yet have immunity to. I had this cold and knocked it pretty quickly using the neti-pot several times a day. Do not go to a clinic, they're bored of sick people. HA ! Almost the exact same time frame. After the second bout, I went to my PCP, embarrassed to be coming in for a damn COLD, but I was miserable. Fingers crossed I stay clear of it. It was completely puzzling. Extreme fatigue and shortness of breath. Over the last two years Dr Hespe said weve had a ridiculously respiratory-tract-infection-free zone, and weve become complacent with not having viruses around us. The Walkin' Dude. Thinks what he knows is true. Do it now. Since then, I've had some severe bouts of tiredness and weakness. Itll be interesting to see how many people died from complications of diabetes, or pulmonary embolisms prior to COVID-19 coming into the lexicon. Theres just nothing social going on here thats worth the trouble. A dry cough may also occur, and recovery is usually within. It was unlike anything I've ever had before. It took weeks to months to fully recover. sore throat. The percentage of pregnant people who have gotten a flu shot is 47.9%. Recovery is 10-14 days.". I firmly believe my exposure was the LA Car Show a week prior. There is going to be a lot of Thanksgiving traffic, shopping and holiday family events, and in the next few days and weeks, the infection rate will skyrocket. Yesterday was really bad. "It's predominantly often those more systemic symptoms of being unwell with fever, headache, aches and pains and feeling miserable. Finally there's the stress of going back to work after Christmas.'. Typical treatments include rest, fluids, and over-the-counter medicines. Chest felt very heavy and painful. R160, I could have written your exact words. Overall, at least 228 probable cases in 20 countries have been identified, according to the World Health Organization. Heavy mucus and sinus pain from all of the congestion. Then I stayed home for a month. A 2013 review of studies found that regular supplementation (one to two grams daily) reduced the duration of a cold in adults by eight percent, and in children by 14 percent. When I got back home, which was shockingly easy to do at that time because the TSA just waved me back into the country after the plane disembarked, with no questions asked (thanks Trump), I went to an urgent care clinic the next day to get checked out. And NOTHING I have taken, has alleviated the coughing. I have no taste for coffee at all. And the last two years should have taught us that. Absolutely the worst cough I've ever had and it was caused by a tickle in my throat and not chest congestion. First she thought it was my allergies/post nasal drip. I got this last year about this time. Scanning electron micrograph of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virions (colorized blue) that are labeled with anti-RSV F protein/gold antibodies (colorized yellow) shedding from the surface of human lung epithelial A549 cells. I had a relapse and treatment again in August. 2022 Updated: 9:50 AM EDT April 29, 2022 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. If you have been battling . Cleveland Ohio here. A relic of pre-pandemic days is making its return to the workplace: the office cold. I came down with it right at Christmas and had miserable nose/throat symptoms and a congested chest for a solid two weeksquite a bit lengthier and more severe than colds usually hit me. A couple of days letter I woke up feeling as though my neck glands were swollen. Super fatigued, very sore throat. I wonder if they could or should do a test to see if indeed we had this or not? The virus seems to be mutating, so I don't think it's the same as what we had before. I do this for about 3 nights and helps get rid of the cold. Its too early to know, I believe. Check Cold & Flu conditions in your area. Several people in my immediate family including my partner seem to have had this, though it was during the period where there were no tests. Beware, everybody. Mister Know it All. The studies have been out for decades now, increased mucous flow, and thinner secretions aid expectorating. It felt like wallpaper paste. General symptoms will not go away before 12 to 18 days. Seventeen states, Washington, DC, and New York City, are reporting high or very high respiratory illness activity amid a flu season thats hitting harder and earlier than usual, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [quote] Nonetheless, the huge spike in deaths happened in April, not before. Really worked miracles. Where did this shit come from!? Building 31, Room 5B52 Please click here to update your account with a username and password. More than two in every 1,000 babies between 6 months and one year have been hospitalized with RSV so far this season, as have more than one in every 1,000 children between age one and two. We are expected to be at the airport 6am Monday and at the client all week - even if violently ill. Then I got poison ivy and I felt much better again - because my dr gave me a steroid pack. Frightening to know how much at risk we were and how quickly it spread. cough. Like five or six hour a day walks for two days. Later, she said she had a very bad flu. Now, I just got a sore throat, but it seems to be subsiding. I wouldnt take r109s word on anything considering where hes been spending his time. The cough lasted 6 weeks and finally went away, I did NOT have a runny nose or anything nasal. Then I got pink eye, which is another symptom. PMID: 34752019. I know COVID-19 supposedly wasn't in the US at that time, but I can't help wondering if that's what I had. I still think my boss got COVID-19 in December. And nothing seems to work on it. The most common. In fact, I was one of the early posters and followers of this thread. I've never heard of that. Tons of people are. When safety doesn't come first! It wasnt until the beginning of January that I felt 100% again. We all wonder if it was the lesser strain of Covid-19. About four out of every 1,000 babies under 6 months old have been hospitalized with RSV so far this season just about a month in. With winter coming and Australians resuming normal life amid easing restrictions, the floodgates have opened to a myriad of pathogens - and some of them are causing an illness very difficult to differentiate from COVID-19. Just as you thought you were feeling better, the second wave came. The main difference is the flu-like 'super cold' should not result in a loss of taste or smell. If so, how do you reconcile the face that corona doesnt have stuff coming from head? (knocks on wood). Its a common respiratory infection that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but it can cause serious illness, particularly in older adults and infants. She was never home. Lots of people coughing and sneezing, and they also have sore throats. It helped her realize that if she shows up sick and does a bad job, it only exacerbates the situation and her illness, rather than if she stayed home to recuperate and came back feeling 100%. I don't think it's the flu. &A: Dr. Emmanuel Walter on COVID-19 Vaccines and Kids. You may have a runny nose, cough, congestion, and sore throat. There's a really bad strain of cold going around And it SUCKS. I had headaches, which I usually never get, and my body ached, including my face, which never happened before. NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison *Editors Note: Treatment guidelines are evolving. There are always very bad colds and flus that go around. I'd never had any kind of illness that felt so "controlled.". R269 here. [quote]Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is a highly pathogenic emergent virus which replicates in cells that can express ABH histo-blood group antigens. But be prepared for a long time sitting up. These are the most common cold and flu remedies fact-checked. R412, Yes, anyone can archive there. The inflammatory response in turn signals white blood cells (WBCs) to migrate to the region. New and continuous cough - coughing a lot for more than an hour, or having three or more coughing episodes in 24 hours Fever - a temperature above 37.8C Change in smell or taste - either you cannot. Walter EB, Atmar RL. In addition to vaccination, Romero reminded people to cover their coughs and sneezes, avoid other individuals who are sick, wash hands frequently and use alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Maybe some even died. The NHS lists its main symptoms as being or feeling sick and diarrhoea . You can wash your hands 1000 times but if the virus is all over these filthy surfaces then it wont help. The reported symptoms of this new cold see the same head and body aches, general fatigue, scratchy throat, raspy cough and runny nose that we experience with COVID-19, but perhaps at a greater . It can be hard to determine without testingthis chart may help narrow it down, How Gen Z is rewriting dating, marriage and family plans for their 20s, Sign up now: Get smarter about your money and career with our weekly newsletter, Get Make It newsletters delivered to your inbox, Learn more about the world of CNBC Make It, 2023 CNBC LLC. Reading this thread makes me want to spray Lysol on my IPAD. Now its nigh impossible to get guaifenesin in an affordable medication. There are signs that RSV cases are slowing in the southern region of the US, but test positivity rates and cases continue to rise in other regions, especially the Midwest. The next day it went away but I had an enormous swollen lymph node on that side of my neck. Because a lot of us were so sick we were afraid wed die. Also, there were 2 strains floating around too.. I emailed the link to this thread to the researchers at Wuhan Lab for their investigation into how COVID started and they replied that I'll be dead by midnight. Cases have flattened as a raft of new variants has been gaining ground against BA.5, the Omicron subvariant that caused a wave of illness over the summer. [quote] This thread was created mid-December. Thanks so much for your good advice and tough love, R7/R14. Maybe the virus hides in the liver or kidney or somewhere that were not looking for it, and something triggers it to re-emerge. I stayed home and avoided everyone throughout the holiday season, because I didn't want to transmit it. I have nothing against chicken soup per se but I find that soup in general is comforting when I have a cold or flu. [quote]If we ever get that test I'd like to know how many people here have antibodies. And pediatric hospitals remain more full than average with RSV patients and other conditions. We were at pediatric urgent care at least twice. Dr Hespe explained that upper respiratory infection symptoms were also symptoms of influenza and COVID, so there was an overlap of symptoms like a Venn diagram which made diagnosing the illness difficult without a GP analysis. Any harassment of them is absolutely disgusting. Finally got over everything and have been fine until Thanksgiving. Epidemiology, outcomes, and associated factors of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-confirmed cases in the San Pedro Sula metropolitan area, Honduras. Whether it came from the same source? even now, the testing is limited. Your doctor is wrong. Several blood groups can modify the innate immune response to infection. Theres a law here saying you have to wear a mask everywhere. I was traveling in November and got a illness like no other the closest I can recall was pneumonia three years ago. Winter is the prime cold and flu season. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus . As a manager, see if there's something you can do to reduce their workload or redistribute work among team members. He's on a Polanski thread saying Sharon Tate was a "whore" who "wasn't really murdered" and on a Barbra thread saying someone should stomp on her neck and shoot her in the head. Was one of those who had the 2019 cold / flu from bell. "If by two days after developing symptoms you're still not testing positive on those at-home tests, it's pretty unlikely you have Covid.". I've had it for 3 weeks+. Hayley Taylor / Public Health / Updated 27.03.2022 Up Next 2:29 What the spreading COVID sub-variant really means for the coming months 1:39 The primary symptoms were shortness of breath, exhaustion, severe headaches, and occasional fever, though it never went very high and wasn't consistent. Oddly, I got sick right after a trip to Vegas in November. And above all, if you get sick: get extra sleep. The dry cough happens because the virus doesn't trigger the body to produce mucus, which in other flus and colds is what allows us to cough out the virus and rid ourselves of it. Minimal sneezing, too. Well there seems to be another "cold" going around. If it really had been the coronavirus, it seems like it would have been detected. If you are very worried, go to emergency. Chicken soup has not been proven to cure colds & related illnesses. Lighten up Francis r116 yes you probably give good advice but ease up on the attitude. To avoid putting others at risk and to help minimize the severity of any illness you might contract, you should stock up on at-home antigen tests for Covid-19, Gounder suggests. How are you feeling? Fresh air is one of the easiest ways to reduce heavy congestion and clear your head, but there is another reason why you should try to step outside in order to reduce unpleasant symptoms. 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