I initially thought I had the flu or maybe a cold about a week ago and I’ve been trying to tough it out, but the last two days I haven’t been able to keep any food or water down so my family admitted me to the hospital. They gave me zofran to stop the vomitting then released me. Now I’m home and still cannot keep any food or water down. My fever will not go away it’s been a steady 102 for the past 3-4 days. Any suggestions please? I’ve been taking pain relievers and fever reducers but I’m all alone in dealing with this, I have no roommate or partner to help me out. I desperately need to get back to work to pay my rent in November. I’m just scared as hell. I’ve never felt so ill.

I’ve been taking DayQuil and NyQuil but my throat is so still so sore :( not sure what should I take to alleviate the throat problem?

So after months of essentially missing out on local festivities I finally decided to go to A local FL event called Fest which is essentially a bunch of bands playing at different local venues for the whole 3 day weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun).

However, prior to attending I took my Flu shot and I was intending to get my Covid booster a bit after but hadn't yet.

Later that evening noticed my 3 yr old had a cough when I picked her up from her dad's (we co-parent). I asked him about it and he just shrugged his shoulders and told me she's always had a cough since being put back in daycare.

Rewind to the end of 2021/early Jan 2022 our daughter cought Covid from daycare and essentially gave it to us. I have a slight inkling that I either contracted Covid from our daughter again or I got it from Fest but I'm trying to play it safe and quarantine away from her just in case she doesn't actually have Covid and instead caught it at Fest.

My concern is that I'm autoimmune having Hashimotos, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Asthma + other health problems. I'm pretty worried about getting as bad or worse symptoms than I had the first time I caught it.

The first time I caught it I had lots of GI issues from the first week along with, terrible migraine, and difficulty breathing not to mention post long Covid symptoms that essentially messed my lungs up for about 1 1/2.

I'm just wondering if I stand a better chance than before because 1. I did have my 2 primary Covid shots in 2021 and 2. I had my first bought of COVID in 2022?

I'm also wondering if there's things I can do to help decrease severe symptoms and avoid long Covid?

Any help with this is appreciated 🙏🥹

i got covid in 2021 and after quarantine i was dizzy for months after that i went to doctors tried home remedies exercises everything , but it didnt work slowly it went away but it took more than a year and now i had a viral / flu i think it might have been covid and now im dizzy af all the time sometimes vertin 24mg once a day helps but sometimes even that doesnt work , please gimme some advice anything that u think can help me stop the dizziness im a student and i havent been able to study at alll even while writing this im literally so dizzy i have one of my eyes closed and everyhting is blurred. ( my vision is ok its not coz i need specs)

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We were able to avoid covid as a family the entire pandemic until this month.

I was the first to test positive on the 18th of this month. I first tested negative on the 23rd.

Then my 1.5 year old tested positive on the 24th. Then her first negative was today the 30th.

Today October 30th my husband tested positive.

Since my daughter and I just got over it is it safe to assume it would be very unlikely that we will catch it again from my husband?

We have a small house and isolation is very difficult.

Has anyone for “the” mask that fits large heads? Would love to find out what works for others as I need to start masking more when out in public.

What the title says. I need to test tomorrow for it to be accurate but if I am positive can my friend still come over, since she was the one who gave it to me? I was looking up reinfection but found a few different answers and I don't want to get her sick again. She has no risk factors other than that if it is one.

I’ve gotten every booster I could because I’m immunocompromised. I wear a mask at work/crowds/public transportation but recently got lax with doing it at the grocery store & gym. It’s been hard to keep it up with two little kids 🤷‍♀️

Anyways I just tested positive. The only symptoms I had started yesterday—slight cough and my lungs were on fire. No body aches. No fever. I just started paxlovid. I’ve read through the threads on it and it seems like a miracle drug! I also take metformin for something else.

Will my Covid symptoms get worse before they get better? Or is this kind of the worst it will be because I started paxlovid so quickly? First time taking it. Thanks

Hey y’all, I’m on day 8 of a Covid infection. I will have taken off a week and a half of work by the time day 10 rolls around. Obviously that isn’t ideal but I haven’t felt like going back was feasible given how I’m feeling, nor do I think the current accelerated return to work guidelines are based on science. I had sent some positive rapid tests in a photo to my boss when she asked for them. On one test the line is clearly there and on the other it’s fainter, but to my eyes I can see it in the photo. I was calling her periodically to update her/call out of work after I sent the photo and she didn’t answer. I hadn’t received any guidance from her on how to handle coming back to work, either.

So she calls me today on day 8 to “check in,” offer some useless advice about how I should see a doctor for antibiotics or paxlovid (sorry, but eye roll for the antibiotics and I’m not eligible for paxlovid) and I say I need a couple more days and we hang up. Okay, fine. Nope, then she texts me p much immediately after to say she doesn’t think one of my tests is positive. Btw, I know exactly who I got it from exposure-wise. I’ve had multiple people look at the photo to clarify if they see it too, and they said yes. I don’t understand why it even matters, when the other positive test is sitting right there. So I respond to explain that the tests are positive (because she kind of just point blank said they were negative without specifying which one she was talking about). Then finally she gives me my return to work guidelines about a week late and says maybe I want to test positive again to make sure I have Covid (at this point I’ve been testing almost negative, the line is extremely hard to make out) but that I’ll need a negative test and a return to work form from my doctor which is going to cost me easily $100. Wtf? It’s the non communication and the expectation that I’ll just be able to shell out a bunch of money after not working for over a week. Needing a negative test is fine to me. I’m just really frustrated with how the whole thing has been handled and I’m sick of dealing with idiots and being gaslit by my toxic boss. I obviously have Covid but she’s making me feel like I did something wrong. Ugh.

Started feeling like I was getting a sinus infection in the back of my throat on Saturday afternoon. Chalked it up that I would probably have a full on cold by Tuesday. Sucks but no big deal, I've been through this plenty of times in my 46 years. By midnight that same night it felt like I was already at peak sinus infection and my throat felt mildly sore. Took aspirin, it helped a little but hard to sleep. Definitely have a slight temperature.

Sunday morning which is day 2, still feel like I'm in the throws of a really bad cold/sinus infection however, it's progressively getting worse. By 4pm I feel like I flat out have the flu (body aches, sweating, no appetite). I take a rapid home test at 5pm it tests positive. At this point I'm shocked at how fast this has come on me! For the next few hours it continued to get worse. Worst symptom was the burning throat, as well as the hot and cold chills. Didn't know it at the time but my symptoms had peaked.. I remember thinking, "this is scary how sick I am and began to have mild to moderate anxiety about my own mortality. Peak lasted until the following morning (Monday).

I was in such discomfort that I could instantly tell I was beginning to get better. Just as shockingly fast as it came on, I was getting better at the same rate. By Monday evening I felt like I was at the tail end of a regular cold/sinus infection. Still continued to rest, drink fluids, soup and nap as much as possible.

Tuesday I feel 90% back to regular health. Annoying little symptoms like slightly clogged nose and energy levels aren't myself. Basically, like the last remnants of a mild cold.

Today I felt great. 95 percent back.. until this afternoon. NEVER have I dealt with major anxiety in my life. Well, out of nowhere while just relaxing I had a full on anxiety attack. Total doom and gloom. Don't know why or for any particular reason. Anxiety progressed until I was on the verge of calling 911. I thought I was going to die. I felt a fear I can't describe. I could hardly breathe. The panic only made it worse. It caused my heart to beat faster and the paranoia and dread to increase. It was an extremely scary feeling. It eventually subsided after laying down and elevating my feet.

Now I've been dealing with mild to med anxiety all evening. Nothing as bad as the 'panick attack' this afternoon but its coming and going in waves. I've never experienced a symptom like this. I don't know how to make it stop and it's scary. Almost to the point it's playing with my mental health. I don't feel I would harm myself or others but.. I'm just scared and don't know why? I've never felt like this. I'm a 46 year old male, pretty active and can only assume it's from covid. Shit scared me to my core. I'm literally scared to have another anxiety attack like that.

TLDR; My covid symptoms were extremely intense and painful however they didn't last long. After affects have been moderate/severe anxiety and paranoia.

I felt extremely fatigued last Wednesday and I tested negative. I then tested lightly positive the next day on Thursday and symptoms got worse with bad headache, horrible fatigue, sore throat, upset stomach, congestion, fever. I tested a few times this week and it was dark red right away. I am now on day 7 of symptoms and am still testing very positive. It’s mostly congestion at this point and the rest of the symptoms have subsided besides some fatigue. I went to eat my dinner and had a peanut butter brownie with desert and realized I couldn’t taste the peanut butter. My dinner also had virtually no taste. Is losing your sense of taste still going on with this variant? I can still smell things if I put them close to my nose. Also I am assuming I am still contagious since I’m still positive on the at home rapid test?

I’m positive yet again and was wondering who here has the most test confirmed reinfections since this whole thing started and what did you notice as time went on? Was each infection more or less severe than the last or did it appear random? Did you develop long covid on subsequent infections eventually?

Day 3-4 of COVID-19 in NYC has been brutal, I lost my sense of smell….which is scaring me given the links to potential neurological issues? Can someone give guidance if they also lost taste or smell in a recent infection? Also how long were they sick for?

Third time being infected, 25M and by far the worst time, has been a total kick in the ass….also causes very bad insomnia ….

Thanks!

Hi everyone im a Male 24 who got tested positive for covid yesterday and i started doing alot of research about it and came across alot of people talking about paxlovid. I exercise every other day , keep a mostly healthy diet and smoke weed once a day . Im wondering if i should ask my doc for the pills bc im scared of ending up with permanent covid damage or some bad side effect. Currently my throat hurts and i feel tierd but besides that only a mild fever is sometimes there. Also seen alot of people claim their covid got much worse after the 5 day mark witch is a breakpoint for paxlovid. All that got me stressing and thinking so i decided to ask the people who know more.

How is this even possible? My mom also just got out of the hospital after a week of being there for Covid pneumonia. Is it possible we have a genetic weakness against Covid? Has anyone else ever dealt with this many reinfections? My brain and my heart have felt ‘off’ since this all started for me in 2022.

I’m waiting to see a rheumatologist for some unrelated issues so maybe it’s related to my potential autoimmune condition, but maybe I should see an immunologist instead?

I know this is a very odd request but can someone provide me with a photo of a positive test?

Had Covid for the first time, body aches, no fever, but horrible cough - head / chest cold symptoms. It lasted for about 14 days, finally felt much better....cough went away.

Just last Wed. night, I started coughing again...a LOT OF Post Nasal Drip, head congestion again. Covid tests were - and are still negative, no fever so I was chalking this up to just a horrible cold. Cough drops and Mucinex SLIGHTLY helps, not much however. As of today, Oct 30, cough is still extremely bad, lot of phlegm. Wondering if this is just part of the wonderful Covid experience (sarcasm)...long lasting cough. Even though my initial Covid cough did subside a few weeks ago. Wondering if this that RSV now....no idea. Slight tightness in the chest leaving me a tad concerned this may turn into pneumonia. 😟

The past month and 5 days w/ Covid and now this has felt like an eternity! I finally got a darn appt. w/ my doctor, but he can't see me until Friday.

Has anyone developed red lunulae after an infection?

Went to the hospital last night. I thought I was turning a corner and I could barely catch my breath in the store with my mask on mask made it worse felt like I was suffocating. I left my cart in the store went to the car and cried I was so scared and I think ended up having a panic attack, legs weak, numbness tingly sensation, sweating hot and flushed and of course the breathlessness and pain in chest from coughing.

I went to the ER they knew about the Covid. They did a full work up and my lungs were clear on the catscan used with contrast, which is so weird because I feel breathless if that makes sense? Also I am spitting up mucous.

The only thing that raised my alarm bells but not the doctor was my blood tests results obviously my WBC won’t be great cause I’m fighting off Covid, it was really high though. My RBC was high, potassium low, neutrophils high, MCV and another one with an M I can’t remember all very low?

I said I’m glad I don’t have pneumonia and oxygen is okay, no blood clots but my blood tests looks kinda crazy and I’ve never had it look like that before even with influenza, the dr was like well if you feel worse come back, I’ll send in an antibiotic if you truly need it. He seemed confused like he just doesn’t know much about Covid as far as the fact not many people are coming in being intubated, they are more likely coming in for blood clots?!? So that was his worry. My legs looked fine and obviously cat scan showed no blood clots, he did say it can happen though weeks after so keep an eye out?! My health anxiety can’t take this I’m already a mess prior to Covid now I’m just beyond freaking out everyday.

I’m dizzy and weird feeling. It’s like DPDR all day long like a damn dream even after a shower and splashing water on my face and what’s with the chest pain but no lung issues ?! This is the strangest virus and I actually can’t stand it. I wish I would have just taken the paxlovid im scared now.

Please tell me I’ll feel normal again. I booked an appt for Tuesday (can’t come soon enough) for my anxiety and depression I can’t stop crying and I’m having panic attacks left and right super terrified all day

Hey all, how long has it taken you to test negative? I still have a mild cough and congestion, but I hear this can last for weeks or months and has no impact on contagiousness… I’m testing positive on day 12, though, so I’m confused about how long it’s taking me to get better. Why is it taking so long? Is this normal?

I got Covid for the first time and tested positive on October 15th. It started off with a sore throat, body aches and then a fever. I lost my smell and taste around day 5 and since then my smell has been back about 60%. Well since yesterday I feel like I’m getting sick with the same symptoms and I’m really worried I might have it again. Is it possible to have it back to back?

Just sharing what I thought was a pretty unusual experience.

Spent a couple of days with mild to moderate fevers and body aches that were pretty well controlled with paracetamol. When I first started feeling off, I did a combined RAT for covid, flu and rsv. All negative.

After the couple of days I was still feeling a bit rubbish and started to cough a little, so I thought it might be an infection and booked a doctors appointment (masked and after hours). Took a PCR swab. Next day - positive for COVID.

No sore throat, no cold type symptoms.

Did another RAT just to see if it would show up - still doesn’t. I guess it could be RAT sensitivity to current variants and/or viral load, maybe I’m still early, etc.

Very different from my last experience. FYI as I was quite surprised.

Update - I have done 4 RAT tests now and all negative. Doctor was surprised too. I also had a cold just a couple of weeks ago - I RAT tested towards the end and was negative then too. I wondered whether possibly that was the COVID and it still shows up (as it does on PCR for time time) and this illness is a follow on infection of another sort. Who knows. I’m thinking likely the COVID just doesn’t show up on the RAT because of the lack of presence in the nose.

I took 3 shots of Sinopharm vaccine about 2 years ago. after that im always tired and sleepy. Even after 12h of sleep when i wake up im still tired. I can't even wake up easily. Is there any way to flush out this poision out of my body?

Hi all! This is my (19F) second time with COVID (my last time was in 2022) and my symptoms are more severe this time. I just tested positive yesterday afternoon. The first time I had it, it was just postnasal drip for two weeks. This time, I have cold/flu symptoms but nothing too severe. However, I’m really off put by my inability to sleep — like, last night I thought I just had a random bout of insomnia/anxiety because I couldn’t sleep until 7AM and woke up at 10AM unable to fall back asleep. Normally when I have insomnia, I’ll crash the following afternoon but now it’s night two of insomnia! I feel restless and anxious. This is very strange for me; I have sleep apnea and I’m pretty strict with my bedtime routine. Same meds, same bedtime, same wake-up time every single day. I also regularly take naps (bad habit, I know), ESPECIALLY when I’m sick.

Is this something that anyone has experienced? When I researched online, I saw articles about Long COVID insomnia but not much as a symptom. If this is something that you’ve experienced, when did it go away for you? Did anything help? Advice would be appreciated, thanks!! :-)

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1. Is the booster safe to take if you’re currently experiencing kidney and/or liver issues? (abnormal BUN/Creatine ratios on a bunch of my blood tests as well as elevated liver enzymes.

2. What about if you currently have chronic low blood pressure?

3. Is it safe to take while currently fighting an infection such as a UTI? (with no fever)

4. I have so far not had a fever with any of my previous Covid vaccinations (Pfizer series in Spring of 2021 and Novavax booster In January of 2023) but I did recently (knowingly) catch Covid last Winter and have started experiencing Long Covid/Dysautonomia symptoms right around the 6 month mark (coincidentally right when my antibodies are supposed to be waning…), and one of these symptoms is a current inability to sweat (that was preceded by a week of night sweats prior…) I’ve heard anecdotes that getting a booster after getting infected tends to trigger a fever, how dangerous is this if I can no longer sweat?

5. For anyone who’s had a Covid vaccine - Novavax or mRNA - have any of you started smelling a strange smell pretty much immediately after getting vaccinated? This has been my side-effect with all 3 of the vaccinations I’ve received so far (though admittedly with Novavax it only went away after a day while for the mRNA vaccines it stuck around for like 2 weeks), followed by a period of depersonalization/derealization/out-of-body experience feeling. Granted I smelled that strange smell when I had the actual Covid infection as well, but I’ve yet to come across anyone who’s experienced this side-effect regardless of what Covid vaccine they took and want to make sure I’m not going crazy… I’m worried this could be a sign of a stroke or seizures taking place, someone please reassure me?

I've been sick for over a week now. I took an at home test about 20 minutes ago and it came back positive. I've taken Tylenol and ibuprofen to break this fever and I've showered. I've tried to stay hydrated but that feels impossible. My throat feels like it's swollen, if that makes sense. It's sore and it's hard to swallow. But it's not hard to swallow because of it being sore. It feels like everything is getting stuck or it won't go down. My body hurts. I have mucus in my chest that I can't get to come up. I'm miserable. I'm becoming lethargic. What can I do to help feel even a tiny bit better?

I had Covid last June, and after I recovered I had debilitating fatigue for 3~ months. I just tested positive again, and I’m wondering if I’m essentially guaranteed to have the same situation, or worse?

Any advice helps!

Headache, pressure in my head, no taste, and congestion. This sucks.