Annikki
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Coronavirus infection affects more than the respiratory tract. There are a host of other symptoms from the virus, which include diarrhea and intestinal problems, pink eye, and neurological problems.
Contrary to what the CDC was saying a week ago, a runny nose is also a symptom of it. If anyone is going to track the rapid spread of this virus, or hopefully rein in its rapid spread, everyone needs to be aware of the various symptoms this virus causes.
Covid-19 infects the intestinal tract:
"Almost Half of Coronavirus Patients Have Digestive Symptoms"
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200319/about-half-of-covid-cases-show-digestive-signs
"COVID-19 Symptoms: Experiencing Stomach Ache Could Be A Sign Of Coronavirus Infection"
https://www.ibtimes.com/covid-19-sy...e-could-be-sign-coronavirus-infection-2950709
"Study finds digestive issues are a common Covid-19 symptom and can point to worse prognosis"
https://www.theladders.com/career-a...-symptom-and-often-point-to-a-worse-prognosis
Other Covid-19 symptoms:
From The Mighty:
"I Thought I Had a Sinus Infection, Turns Out It Was COVID-19"
https://themighty.com/2020/03/suspe...etter_mighty_brief_2020-03-30&$deep_link=true
"'Pink Eye' Often a Symptom of COVID-19, and Infection Via Tears Possible"
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200401/pink-eye-often-a-symptom-of-covid-19#1
Coronavirus Causes Neurological Problems:
"The neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID‐19 patients"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.25728
I'm sharing information I acquired as the result of an interesting week with a fever, a cold and intestinal pain and diarrhea. I'm not at all sure if it was Covid-19. I just had two antibiotic shots and wasn't taking probiotics.
In the beginning of March I had antibiotic diarrhea. Then 2 weeks ago I had a runny nose, a fever and terrible gas pain that didn't subside. It's very likely I had an overgrowth of c. diff bacteria in my gut from the antibiotics. I was relieved to discover that c. diff infection can cause fever. Yet, I only learned that two days ago.
It was amazing all the hell I've had to go through to get answers. I couldn't go to the doctor for fear of infecting myself with Covid-19- or exposing her to the mystery virus. The lack of lung problems sort of reassured me until I became very feverish. When calling the doctor, I kept getting the nurse who insisted Covid-19 didn't cause cold symptoms, didn't cause a low grade fever with chills (she said only a fever of over 100.4- I had 99.9). I didn't even bother to mention the digestive symptoms.
Okay. Fine. I believed her but had doubts about the specifications she gave about the fever. She said a cold was going around. I wasn't sure what I thought about the odds of a cold going around at the same time as Covid-19 in an area near large outbreaks.
So I called the health department. They validated that a cold had been going around about 4 weeks prior to the Covid outbreak. I was going around in circles trying to get solid answers, namely because it seemed no one had them.
I had enough antibiotics to trigger a c. diff infection, so I'm less inclined to think I had Covid-19.
I had no lung problems. What addled me most was testing for Covid-19 wasn't at all easy to get. That is more than just my problem. It's clear they don't have what they need to properly monitor the outbreak.
Worse, even the CDC guidelines for suspecting Covid-19, which is what the health department goes by made no mention of these other Covid-19 symptoms. At least I became very educated about Covid-19 in the process.
I don't know what my illness was. After all the difficulty I had getting other diseases diagnosed, I've learned to just roll with the situation. The mystery illness began rapidly. I woke up, and vomited twice. I would keep periodically vomiting, I did that once this week, too. I felt fatigued and listless to the extreme.
I just didn't move and didn't care. If my neighbor had a heart attack, I just would have screamed for someone else to call 9/11.
Thankfully, that passed. What it felt like was more like ME on steroids. I was a little flakey too. I just left some stupid program I'd never watch on TV, because it took more out of me to change the channel. I watched the stupid show, slack jawed, and happy about having the luxury of sitting perfectly still. I normally don't get hazy like that. I actually enjoyed the show.
Today I learned the new neighbor who moved in last month, who wears scrubs, works in a local hospital. I was thinking was definitively c. diff until I learned that. Worse, her neighbor who also shares that part of the building with her, had a cold with chest congestion. He got well. He was also concerned and self isolated.
I'm not freaking out about it potentially being Covid-19. I'm just glad to feel normal. The only thing I care about is having a definitive answer so I know if the worst is yet around the corner. I actually hope it was Covid-19, because if it wasn't, I'm still waiting to get a royal beating from that virus. Worse, my immune system is tanked from the mystery illness. Going to the doctor to get tested for c. diff is off the table from coronavirus chaos.
I guess this is the world now, we have this virus, and in the US it's nothing less than a 3 ring circus as far as the response to it. No tests, no answers. People are dying, en masse, and I think if our healthcare system wasn't a wreck we could have contained this virus better here in the US.
LOL, it's almost as fun as having ME. The CDC gave ME patients the shaft for years. I guess ME patients don't get flustered when the healthcare system runs amok- we are already used to it.
So, the best advice I can give to the world is this:
Just handle Covid-19 like an ME patient handles ME. The government is clueless about it? Fine, do your own research about it. Upset? Find support. Don't overdo things, and don't expose yourself to things that make you sick. Hope for a cure, but don't count on anything soon. Can't go outside anymore? Deal with it.
If we can do it, the world can.
This was a weird infection. The chills I had were the worst ever. I'd cycle through fever and chills rapidly. I felt like crap. Activity triggered intestinal pain and gas more than food did. I still have a cold and sore throat. I can breathe fine, so whatever it is, I'm not dying. That's a good thing.
I did self isolate and stay in. I'm still doing it. It isn't a big deal because I stay in anyway.Nothing has changed. I'm sort of amused at all the people who can't handle this quarantine stuff. I'm also angry at some of those people- the ones who refused to stay in and needlessly placed many, many people at risk.
Contrary to what the CDC was saying a week ago, a runny nose is also a symptom of it. If anyone is going to track the rapid spread of this virus, or hopefully rein in its rapid spread, everyone needs to be aware of the various symptoms this virus causes.
Covid-19 infects the intestinal tract:
"Almost Half of Coronavirus Patients Have Digestive Symptoms"
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200319/about-half-of-covid-cases-show-digestive-signs
"COVID-19 Symptoms: Experiencing Stomach Ache Could Be A Sign Of Coronavirus Infection"
https://www.ibtimes.com/covid-19-sy...e-could-be-sign-coronavirus-infection-2950709
"Study finds digestive issues are a common Covid-19 symptom and can point to worse prognosis"
https://www.theladders.com/career-a...-symptom-and-often-point-to-a-worse-prognosis
Other Covid-19 symptoms:
From The Mighty:
"I Thought I Had a Sinus Infection, Turns Out It Was COVID-19"
https://themighty.com/2020/03/suspe...etter_mighty_brief_2020-03-30&$deep_link=true
"'Pink Eye' Often a Symptom of COVID-19, and Infection Via Tears Possible"
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200401/pink-eye-often-a-symptom-of-covid-19#1
Coronavirus Causes Neurological Problems:
"The neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 may play a role in the respiratory failure of COVID‐19 patients"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.25728
I'm sharing information I acquired as the result of an interesting week with a fever, a cold and intestinal pain and diarrhea. I'm not at all sure if it was Covid-19. I just had two antibiotic shots and wasn't taking probiotics.
In the beginning of March I had antibiotic diarrhea. Then 2 weeks ago I had a runny nose, a fever and terrible gas pain that didn't subside. It's very likely I had an overgrowth of c. diff bacteria in my gut from the antibiotics. I was relieved to discover that c. diff infection can cause fever. Yet, I only learned that two days ago.
It was amazing all the hell I've had to go through to get answers. I couldn't go to the doctor for fear of infecting myself with Covid-19- or exposing her to the mystery virus. The lack of lung problems sort of reassured me until I became very feverish. When calling the doctor, I kept getting the nurse who insisted Covid-19 didn't cause cold symptoms, didn't cause a low grade fever with chills (she said only a fever of over 100.4- I had 99.9). I didn't even bother to mention the digestive symptoms.
Okay. Fine. I believed her but had doubts about the specifications she gave about the fever. She said a cold was going around. I wasn't sure what I thought about the odds of a cold going around at the same time as Covid-19 in an area near large outbreaks.
So I called the health department. They validated that a cold had been going around about 4 weeks prior to the Covid outbreak. I was going around in circles trying to get solid answers, namely because it seemed no one had them.
I had enough antibiotics to trigger a c. diff infection, so I'm less inclined to think I had Covid-19.
I had no lung problems. What addled me most was testing for Covid-19 wasn't at all easy to get. That is more than just my problem. It's clear they don't have what they need to properly monitor the outbreak.
Worse, even the CDC guidelines for suspecting Covid-19, which is what the health department goes by made no mention of these other Covid-19 symptoms. At least I became very educated about Covid-19 in the process.
I don't know what my illness was. After all the difficulty I had getting other diseases diagnosed, I've learned to just roll with the situation. The mystery illness began rapidly. I woke up, and vomited twice. I would keep periodically vomiting, I did that once this week, too. I felt fatigued and listless to the extreme.
I just didn't move and didn't care. If my neighbor had a heart attack, I just would have screamed for someone else to call 9/11.
Thankfully, that passed. What it felt like was more like ME on steroids. I was a little flakey too. I just left some stupid program I'd never watch on TV, because it took more out of me to change the channel. I watched the stupid show, slack jawed, and happy about having the luxury of sitting perfectly still. I normally don't get hazy like that. I actually enjoyed the show.
Today I learned the new neighbor who moved in last month, who wears scrubs, works in a local hospital. I was thinking was definitively c. diff until I learned that. Worse, her neighbor who also shares that part of the building with her, had a cold with chest congestion. He got well. He was also concerned and self isolated.
I'm not freaking out about it potentially being Covid-19. I'm just glad to feel normal. The only thing I care about is having a definitive answer so I know if the worst is yet around the corner. I actually hope it was Covid-19, because if it wasn't, I'm still waiting to get a royal beating from that virus. Worse, my immune system is tanked from the mystery illness. Going to the doctor to get tested for c. diff is off the table from coronavirus chaos.
I guess this is the world now, we have this virus, and in the US it's nothing less than a 3 ring circus as far as the response to it. No tests, no answers. People are dying, en masse, and I think if our healthcare system wasn't a wreck we could have contained this virus better here in the US.
LOL, it's almost as fun as having ME. The CDC gave ME patients the shaft for years. I guess ME patients don't get flustered when the healthcare system runs amok- we are already used to it.
So, the best advice I can give to the world is this:
Just handle Covid-19 like an ME patient handles ME. The government is clueless about it? Fine, do your own research about it. Upset? Find support. Don't overdo things, and don't expose yourself to things that make you sick. Hope for a cure, but don't count on anything soon. Can't go outside anymore? Deal with it.
If we can do it, the world can.
This was a weird infection. The chills I had were the worst ever. I'd cycle through fever and chills rapidly. I felt like crap. Activity triggered intestinal pain and gas more than food did. I still have a cold and sore throat. I can breathe fine, so whatever it is, I'm not dying. That's a good thing.
I did self isolate and stay in. I'm still doing it. It isn't a big deal because I stay in anyway.Nothing has changed. I'm sort of amused at all the people who can't handle this quarantine stuff. I'm also angry at some of those people- the ones who refused to stay in and needlessly placed many, many people at risk.
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