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Lots of newspapers are reporting that the "worst cold ever" is currently going around the UK.
This cold causes symptoms similar to delta variant COVID (sore throat, cough, runny nose, lots of tiredness), but tests negative on COVID tests. And this cold can take much longer than normal to clear up.
Here is one article: BBC News: Is 'the worst cold ever' going around?
I believe I was hit with this cold 18 days ago, and I am only just getting back to normal now. It took a long time to shift, about two weeks.
I was sweating with a fever for the first few nights with this cold, bedsheets became quite damp, and my nose was constantly streaming.
Fatigue levels shot up, and I was sleeping much more. This cold reminded me of when my ME/CFS was at the severe point, when I would be sleeping for around 16 hours or more a day. At one point I though I might have caught another ME/CFS-associated virus, and was concerned that I might slip back into severe ME/CFS. But I seem to be getting back to normal now.
Two other people in my household caught this same cold, in one case they got over it quickly after 4 or 5 days, but in the other, it lingered. Multiple lateral flow tests all proved negative, as did a PCR test.
So if someone around you appears to have caught a cold, you might want to try your best to avoid catching it, as it is a real monster!
This cold causes symptoms similar to delta variant COVID (sore throat, cough, runny nose, lots of tiredness), but tests negative on COVID tests. And this cold can take much longer than normal to clear up.
Here is one article: BBC News: Is 'the worst cold ever' going around?
I believe I was hit with this cold 18 days ago, and I am only just getting back to normal now. It took a long time to shift, about two weeks.
I was sweating with a fever for the first few nights with this cold, bedsheets became quite damp, and my nose was constantly streaming.
Fatigue levels shot up, and I was sleeping much more. This cold reminded me of when my ME/CFS was at the severe point, when I would be sleeping for around 16 hours or more a day. At one point I though I might have caught another ME/CFS-associated virus, and was concerned that I might slip back into severe ME/CFS. But I seem to be getting back to normal now.
Two other people in my household caught this same cold, in one case they got over it quickly after 4 or 5 days, but in the other, it lingered. Multiple lateral flow tests all proved negative, as did a PCR test.
So if someone around you appears to have caught a cold, you might want to try your best to avoid catching it, as it is a real monster!
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