Super cold, or the not COVID nasty cold

[deptfordmarmoset]

My daughter was consistently getting negative results from LFTs so she did a PCR test because she was sceptical about her own cough and fatigue, plus the fact that her daughter has it and is isolating at home. It came back positive. It's left me pretty unconfident about LFT tests and increasingly sceptical about PCR results, even though a PCR detected it...this time.

 

[derrick]

Been rough since Sunday. not Covid but something i could do without at the moment.

 

[vickster]

Mine started last week (Tuesday); I was ok for a couple of days, then Thursday night I couldn't sleep for coughing. I then had uncontrollable shivers, fever and raging headache. Had to take Friday off work. Did a PCR test and it was negative. Feeling ok now but it's a tough one to shift

Sounds more like flu if not Covid. I know a couple of people who've had it

 

[derrick]

Sounds more like flu if not Covid. I know a couple of people who've had it

you do not sit on a computer with flu, It's a cold. i have had Flu i was in bed for three weeks. people often get confused between a cold and flu.

 

[vickster]

Did you read the post I quoted? He never mentioned sitting on a computer.
3 weeks is pretty unusual unless you're very frail? And/or immunocompromised? Every virus impacts individuals differently, especially if an opportunistic infection gets involved.
The common cold doesn't usually give the extreme symptoms described

 

[derrick]

Did you read the post I quoted? He never mentioned sitting on a computer.
3 weeks is pretty unusual unless you're very frail? And/or immunocompromised? Every virus impacts individuals differently, especially if an opportunistic infection gets involved.
The common cold doesn't usually give the extreme symptoms described

He has been on the computer all week. Frail is something i am not. It was proper flu.

 

[vickster]

Confirmed by a doctor following specific diagnostic tests presumably

 

[derrick]

Confirmed by a doctor following specific diagnostic tests presumably

Hospital actually.

 

[Electric_Andy]

you do not sit on a computer with flu, It's a cold. i have had Flu i was in bed for three weeks. people often get confused between a cold and flu.

I couldn't get out of bed at all, I managed to get to the toilet but that was about it. I don't think it was Flu becasue I was only that bad for one day. But definetly the worst bit of flu-like cold I've ever had!

 

[derrick]

I couldn't get out of bed at all, I managed to get to the toilet but that was about it. I don't think it was Flu becasue I was only that bad for one day. But definetly the worst bit of flu-like cold I've ever had!

Just a bug, loads going around. Glad your all good now

 

[MrGrumpy]

Only a matter of time before it got me . Chesty cough , runny nose . Blocked sinuses. Sudafed has cleared the sinus a bit , however chest is rough. Hope to get a good night sleep tonight was bad last night. LFT have all been negative , will take another tonight .

 

[PaulSB]

I've had the super cold, lasted nine days, some days completely wiped out, LFTs every day, two PCRs, all negative. Although I'm recovered now I still have some coughing as my body tries to clear phlegm.

My wife has it now. LFTs and PCR negative. She's been in bed for three days. We haven't slept in the same room for 13 nights!!

 

[midlife]

I thought if you had symptoms the thing to do is self isolate and book a PCR test and not do an LFT at home?

 

[vickster]

I thought if you had symptoms the thing to do is self isolate and book a PCR test and not do an LFT at home?

Indeed this should be so
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/get-tested-for-coronavirus/
@MrGrumpy

 

[MrGrumpy]

Indeed this should be so
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/get-tested-for-coronavirus/
@MrGrumpy

Don’t have any of those symptoms though ! I did read them ! It’s just a bad cold