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Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Except for the stomach problems, that's a cold. And the CDC recommends exactly what I said to the OP: stay home.
The test can be positive for many weeks or months in some cases. Means nothing to keep testing yourself.
Although it is not "a cold" or "the flu" - for otherwise healthy folks, and with today's less serious strains - it will run its course and be gone. Post back in a week and give an update.
If you want to do something - try to avoid spreading it to other people, because no one enjoys being sick, serious or not.
Well, the "run its course and be gone" scenario is not quite that simple. I was a relatively healthy senior until the third week of August when I contracted a MILD case of covid. I sorta thought, 'Oh no big deal'. I wasn't very sick. And now, 7 months later I am still overly tired virtually every day in a way that I never was before covid. I get so tired so easily doing things that just 8 months ago would have been a breeze.
Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Except for the stomach problems, that's a cold. And the CDC recommends exactly what I said to the OP: stay home.
The test can be positive for many weeks or months in some cases. Means nothing to keep testing yourself.
Although it is not "a cold" or "the flu" - for otherwise healthy folks, and with today's less serious strains - it will run its course and be gone. Post back in a week and give an update.
If you want to do something - try to avoid spreading it to other people, because no one enjoys being sick, serious or not.
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Originally Posted by phetaroi
Well, the "run its course and be gone" scenario is not quite that simple. I was a relatively healthy senior until the third week of August when I contracted a MILD case of covid. I sorta thought, 'Oh no big deal'. I wasn't very sick. And now, 7 months later I am still overly tired virtually every day in a way that I never was before covid. I get so tired so easily doing things that just 8 months ago would have been a breeze.
Well, roodd279 did preface that with what I bolded above. I don't think he was saying that's the case with everyone.
If it's positive, then what? It means you have a cold. The original Wuhan strain is long gone, mutated into a relatively harmless cold virus. By your own account, your fever is already gone.
Stay home. Watch a funny movie, play some video games, eat some chicken soup.
But new variants have been out. How come the home test kit has a dark line on T?
I took Elderberry supplements, Vitamins C, D3, Zinc, Multi, etc. I had a very mild case. Stay well-hydrated and sleep as much as you want to.
I found Jamba Juice smoothes to be helpful in hydrating when I had a sore throat. I ordered two extra large berry smoothies and froze one and had DoorDash deliver. It was well-worth it - very soothing and enjoyable when I didn't really want to eat.
New variants are always going to be coming out. Cold and flu viruses are the same way--they're always changing. That's why people get colds and flu every season instead of becoming immune to them. You'll probably get other variants of COVID in the future, and you'll probably get through them just fine.
Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Except for the stomach problems, that's a cold. And the CDC recommends exactly what I said to the OP: stay home.
While Phetaori and I disagree on just about everything, I support him here. It's not a cold. The current symptoms may be similar to a cold, but that doesn't make it a cold. That doesn't mean to panic, but it does mean to follow your doctor's advice based on the diagnosis. None of us on CD can provide better advice than the OP's doctor.
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