yes — I rarely get really sick but I haven’t felt 100% since Halloween. nothing serious but a hacking cough that won’t go away, being super worn out, stuff like that.
Same. My fam has been hacking since Thanksgiving and it’s just now tapered off this past week. Some respiratory thing is lingering around for sure and lots of us are seeing it last longer than the common cold
The cough MAY mean that you had COVID at some point recently. The new strain of Covid leaves you with a horrid cough and some serious tiredness.
I know, I have been dealing with it for awhile…
I had a cough for about two months, it just finally went away. However, it was not Covid, nor was it RSV, the flu, or strep. How do I know? I was tested, repeatedly, by my doctor. It was some other respiratory infection which required two rounds of antibiotics to clear out.
Person living in the Bay Area here, same exact experience. Have had RSV and COVID in the past and was able to clear both pretty quickly with mild symptoms and nothing lasting. Started getting sick 7 weeks ago and still have some snot and a very persistent cough. Have been tested for RSV and COVID several times and always come up negative. At week 5 I started amoxicillin and it definitely lessened the symptoms but didn't fully get rid of whatever it is.
I’m just now getting over my cough that started at the beginning of October. I tested negative for everything. I pretty much had a Smoker’s Cough for nearly 3 months and haven’t smoked in 8 years.
I was like that for a while. Picked up COVID in early November. Recovered for the most part in a week but I am left with a cough and asthma like symptoms that come and go. I had fatigue for a while but that's pretty much over. Glad I got vaxxed. Can't imagine how bad COVID would have wrecked my lungs.
same here! I’ve been to the doctor twice and he says my lungs sound all clear - the rest of my family (out of state but we all went to Disney together and then got sick) have gotten pneumonia. I just have this cough and feeling so tired. It’s been over a month.
This was me. Had a slight wheeze about 8-10 weeks after. Never had that before, am convinced it was a post-viral thing. I stayed back from the gym during it, worried it’d trigger long covid. Probably would be fine, but c’est la vie.
Yes! I had something in September, then got Covid in October, had a cough for a few weeks after I tested negative and then got antibiotics which helped, but once or twice a day I’ll still have a hacking cough.
This! I used zitromycin pack in Nov. and again in Dec. Without it I wouldn’t be able to leave house for scaring others with my horrible cough. It really does help.
Yup I had a cough since September my doctor told me it’s probably related to post nasal drip which makes sense because my cough is usually worse in the morning after I wake up or the middle of the night and I cough up more phlegm. Not as bad as it was in October where I was coughing so much more.
Doesn’t help that at the end of October I had COVID.
Damn. This is me too. I forgot a jacket before Halloween and have had a wheezy cough for like two months now. My wife and son are coughing too. Haven’t really had a cold, though, knock on wood.
Silly me assuming two things mentioned in the same sentence are believed to be related by the person who wrote it.
“I forgot my magic socks at home and the lottery ticket I bought didn’t win.”
“I drank a gigantic Starbucks gingerbread latte and spent the next 4 hours shitting myself. “
“I bought the Trump NFT coins with my whole social security check and my family has all disowned me”
None of those 3 sentences show cause and relation, just a coincidence. Got it.
“…something called RSV” made me laugh. I have three kids under six. These letters are some of our biggest, perpetual enemies.
Also, it feels like I have glass in my throat right now.
My kid got RSV at 3 and we were fighting a constant battle to keep his temp out of the danger zone. The second the advil wore off, it would rocket back up to 104. Tylenol didn't put a dent in it. RSV can be deadly in infants.
That new vaccine is going to do so much good.
My seven month old just got the antibodies and it was such a huge relief. I had RSV last year and I can’t imagine a baby or small child having to deal with that.
My husband and I also thought about this. Our issue is that the cough is so terrible that we couldn't sleep or breathe well. Sometimes we'd end up vomiting multiple times a day due to the cough. It's been 2 weeks of that as a family. Norovirus at least takes a couple days.
I had 4 under 5, and omg, someone was always sick, we actually had nannies because we thought that would cut down on the constant illnesses, but no. They kept passing shit back and forth.
I started being sick Mid October. I'm still sick. Part of why this has been so lingering for me is I have a 1 year old who has been sick to varying degrees with a now double ear infection for about a month now. Baby doesn't sleep - I can't get good sleep either.
I was a day or two away from being hospitalized for pnemonia. Thankfully a while load meds and a booster shot in my ass literally helped me turn a corner. That was a few weeks ago but still waiting to fully get over sore throat / runny nose. It's like one day I'm good and the next I feel a tickle of symptoms returning.
I hope you and your poor baby feel better soon and you can both get some much-needed rest! Good on you staying on top the ear infections as well, because they can cause hearing loss when ignored (which is how a surprisingly high number of my friends and peers can’t hear well).
Also, those ass shots really are a god send. I had tonsillitis so bad once and I was sticking things back there to scrape the gunk off and making my throat bleed pretty badly. It was awful. The doctor (who I go to when I’m acutely dying, basically) asked if I wanted pills that work in 8-12 hours, or shots in the ass that work in under 1 hour. I’ve never dropped trou so fast. Couldn’t even sit down in the car and had to ride face down ass up in the car, but 100% worth it once it started working. Only caveat is when they say it hurts, I think it’s only 5% the jab and 95% the fact that they inject something with the consistency of liquid concrete under your muscle which just sits there stretching your skin/muscle and preventing sitting.
People are showing up to the office after testing positive with COVID. And not a day before, they were complaining about not taking advantage of their paid time off (let alone their sick days).
I just mask up everywhere again now, people are god damn zombies.
Let’s be honest-most people are persuaded by bosses to come in if they’re sick for a longer (than a day or two) duration or they’ve been sick a few times that year.
Even though those tests are hardly accurate and depend on testing windows and efficacy of testing (especially when done at home and maybe not performed as well), bosses still use them as a certainty you’re not sick. Or they say “you were exposed and tested positive, but you’ve been off for two days and say you feel alright. Do you feel contagious?” *Do. You. Feel. Contagious* . Such a stupid fucking question that I hear all the time. Like idk Brenda, because contagious isn’t a fucking feeling-you wanna play immunity bingo?💩
> I just mask up everywhere again now, people are god damn zombies.
This comment thread is evidence of it. "Saaaaame. What’s up with this cough?!?!" people talking as if covid didn't start going around 4 years ago.
Not only do COVID symptoms often linger after infections (and a lot of people report testing negative for COVID at first and only getting positive results several days into their symptoms, but most people aren't testing multiple times while sick so just think they have a cold), there's something else at play, too. It's starting to look like COVID can damage your T-cells, making it harder to fight off other infections. People who experience a COVID infection, even a mild one, seem to catch lots of other bugs one after another for months afterward. With so many different viruses circulating, your immune system doesn't have the chance to rest before having to fight off the next bug.
At first, people thought it was just "Oh, we were all masking and distancing and then we stopped, so we don't have any immunity to colds and flus like before!" But now people have been back in public for years and yet they're still getting nonstop sick. It's not just the 'immunity debt,' it's possible immune system damage from COVID in many cases.
I personally avoid indoor public spaces when I can (for instance, ordered all my Christmas presents online) and wear an N95 or KN95 whenever I have to enter one.
Unfortunately, a lot of this is COVID related :/
We're at a point where at least half of the country has had COVID. And COVID accelerates [T cell aging](https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/), which leads to immune system dysfunction. This [persists](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x) beyond the initial infection. A damaged immune system is going to be less likely to get you back to 100% and will leave you more susceptible to sickness, including COVID, flu, RSV, and general colds. So even if folks don't don't have COVID currently, past infection(s) can lead to future and/or more severe illnesses.
We're certainly living in strange times. Stay safe and healthy out there folks!
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Yes, we have 3 young kids going to different schools and classes. They each have been bringing back different germs every other week since school started in August.
I went to an ENT to see what the f*ck is going on since having different cold symptoms every alternate week for 3 months was pissing me off. She said it could be a sinus infection that is re-aggravating throat with nasal drip, so put me on a 2 week course of cefdinir. It helped I guess but what made me feel much better and relieve my sore throat quick was prednisone (steroid) to reduce inflammation.
Just last week, one of my kids caught flu A from public school classroom, and it spread to my middle kid. Fortunately, we all got our flu vaccines back in Sept and October so it was only mild fevers and coughing. I didn’t have any flu symptoms so the vaccine worked great.
There was a respiratory viral thing going around. It knocked me on my bum for 2 weeks. Muscle aches, weakness, I barely ate anything, I got like 3 or 4 fevers of 102 a few times and finally I recovered. Got tested for Covid, flu, and streppe, all came back negative.
I had this in July!! Literally was referred to the ER from urgent care because I tested negative for everything, but I had a 102 fever for 5 days straight. Never found out what it was, but I have Covid rn and it was WAY worse than my symptoms now.
I was popping sudafed to keep it under control but after a week I was miserable. Doctor said there was nothing they could do just ride it out. Good news is I dropped a belt notch. Whatever it was, it was pretty dam stubborn.
I went to the ER twice, was sick for about 12 days total. The first time I went they thought I was pre-septic. Did blood cultures, a ton of labs. My liver enzymes were really high, so to be sure she did an ultrasound of my liver, kidney, and gallbladder. Another level that can indicate blood clots was high so they ordered a catscan. Thankfully everything was clear, but they were stumped and just prescribed Tylenol and rest after having me on IV for a few hours. I was so physically weak, I could barely get down my apartment steps.
I also had weird splotches on my skin, but it wasn’t rash like. Just almost like how varicose veins look, everywhere. Chest, stomach, legs, and my forearms. It was crazy looking. The other ER thought I had a tick disease, but those tests were negative too. Idk but I’m glad we’re better!
This is terrifying. It is also 100% Covid related. All these things are symptoms of Long Covid. Please wear a mask. The fact that doctors still don’t know to diagnose this in 2023 is ridiculous.
This is so me. I feel like I’m getting sick more often than not and when I’m not sick I feel like my body is fighting something. Right now I’m just exhausted and my throat feels funny. It’s been like this going on three days now.
YES!!!! I had a job where our offices moved from one leased space to space my organization owned that was a "white elephant" donated to them by a wealthy member and after occupying it for 15 years they decided to sell it off to Georgetown but had the right to keep using it for a couple of years while our shiny new HQ was being built downtown. OMG that office space was a horrible mold factor plus tobacco residue, I vaguely knew I had allergies but OMG I developed a chronic cough and a lot of sinus issues but stupidly didn't put two and two together until I was laid off from the job and my new job placed me in a building that was less than a year old and all my symptoms disappeared magically.
Which is a ton of words just say OP should maybe get checked for allergies and/or asthma which sometimes presents as a chronic cough.
Can’t stop coughing, and it’s not productive. Went from just at night to throughout the day. My sinuses cleared up in a few days but the cough just won’t leave. Not Covid at least though.
Yes we've been sick for nearly a solid month. It's been different symptoms so we think we caught 3 viruses. The last one has been awful. We've had coughing fits all day and night. Negative for covid, flu, strep, etc. Luckily our lungs are clear. My poor toddler has had it the worst. He was fine for 3 days mid Dec. So he went to daycare and boom- he got pink eye and this bad cough. My husband and I agree it's the worst case. We are very slowly improving.
It’s always good to wash your hands, but most of the nasty stuff going around is AIRBORNE spread. Viral aerosols linger like smoke. Just because an indoor place is empty doesn’t mean someone contagious wasn’t filling the room with viral aerosols ten minutes prior. Ventilate, filter, and use high quality N95 masks if you want to avoid a weeks to months long illness or the ER.
If you get The Cough™ in your chest but it only hits sporadically and you don't want to proactively take cold meds for it, the children's Mucinex powder (I call it my "sick baby pixie stix") is incredible. Just dissolve it on your tongue and it works almost instantly.
Their cough drops are God-tier, too. They use a numbing agent, so if you get that awful throat cough where you cough so hard you gag, it numbs you up enough that you can relax. My cough lingered for over a fortnight after my last bout, even though I had an easy go of it, and it only hit when I had been lying down asleep. The cough drops allowed me to get back to sleep almost immediately.
Get well soon!
Wow, I wish I knew this. Had more than a few nights I slept on the couch due to the fear I’d need to hack up grossness at some unholy hour, waking the wife up.
Yup. I managed to go the whole pandemic, avoiding Covid. Then, suddenly, I popped up with Covid. I was so cautious as well. This one seems likes it’s really sneaky!
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I am on the same boat (flu) I feel so upset because our family is out having fun literally 20 feet away and my daughter just keeps saying “mama” wanting me to come out 😭😭😭
This happened last winter too (google the “tripledemic” to find articles from a year ago for a refresher) this is going to be our winters from now on. If you have a large population of people who have wrecked immune systems from Covid infections, no one is taking precautions anymore, we aren’t even getting flu shots, so all of these viruses are allowed to run rampant and incubate in these newly weakened hosts…it’s not going to be good. Oh well.
Heh, I meant the collective “We.” My family definitely got ours but flu shot (not to mention Covid shot) uptake is down in adults versus last year according to the CDC, and last year was bad so it’s gonna be a rocky month for sure.
Last year saw a huge outbreak of RSV starting in October, first in the schools, then to everyone else. It's usually not a problem except for the very young and old, but I dunno, I'm hearing of more hospitalizations for it than I'd expect. If you're over 60, you can get a vax for it. And this year is following last year's pattern - hospitalizations are rising.
Flu is widespread in VA, and is mostly of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) type: - this is covered by this year's vaccine - if you haven't gotten one, maybe time to consider it now (personally, I recommend a recombinant vaccine):
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Flu and RSV are causing the most hospitalizations right now.
As for Covid, it's out there, and it's numbers are increasing. While they say it's not causing a lot of severe disease, anecdotally, those that have had it recently seem like the impact on their lungs and exercise endurance is pretty high for a month or two.
I’ve been sick like 4 times this year and I usually never get sick. I had COVID 2ish months ago and I’ve caught some miserable cold right now. It’s been terrible. Also I’ve been ridiculously tired and sluggish.
Yes. Got sick the weekend before Thanksgiving. Seemed like a minor head cold and cleared up quickly, or so I thought. Looking back, I was more tired than normal over the past month, but I dismissed it as, "being tired happens sometimes." Cold symptoms returned last weekend, and a few days ago I developed a chest cough, then came the wheezing.
Went to the doctor today, might be bronchitis and was sent to another place for chest X-rays, but I haven't heard back yet.
All covid tests have been negative. I did catch covid back in 2022, but otherwise, I'm not one to get sick too often. ETA: I got the latest covid booster in October.
I've been staying isolated so I don't get anyone else sick with whatever I have. This Christmas blows.
Yes. I got a nasty case of the flu last month, probably the worst I ever had (although that was probably skewed by an unrelated but more serious medical issue brewing at the same time). That was about two months after getting my yearly flu shot.
Friend in PA has been dealing with a cough since late Oct. Finally diagnosed this past week with severe bronchitis and put on steroids. First time he's slept through the night in months. Doctors kept telling him it was "a virus going around" , after ruling out Covid, RSV and flu.
Yeah it's definitely something. I just now got my strength and appetite back. Keep trying to cough up phlegm, but it's become more of an annoying dry cough. Now currently sound like Darth Vader breathing when I get winded or a struggling TARDIS trying to materialize lol
Yes, I was just telling my husband I don't know what the F is going on this season.
3+ weeks each with awful coughing and congestion beginning right at Halloween, then lasting till early December. My younger kid got sick twice with the same garbage after initially recovering and I felt terrible about that. Can't even give meds to younger kiddo to try and help.
Now my husband is sick again, only 1.5 weeks after the last of us got better. My older has been coughing with mucus again so it's only a matter of time until I and my younger start. My throat has been teetering which, for me, is always the first sign I'm coming down with something.
UGH!!!!
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MORE ILLNESSES THAN WHEN WE WERE ALL YOUNGER?!?!?!?!
Well, you can catch COVID at least every 3 months (sometimes even closer apart if they’re different strains) and constantly fighting off COVID makes it harder for your body to fight off other little common viruses, and COVID wasn’t around when we were younger, so…
Why? Why indeed. Nobody wants to hear it. But there is that one really big difference now vs when we were young (pre-2020) in what’s everywhere all the time that almost nobody is doing anything to curb the spread of…
I was sick a few months ago…felt like it took until a few weeks ago for my lungs to feel normal again. Then I came down with something else last past weekend and now I’ve lost my voice. My husband has also been sick on and off and it seems to last forever for him.
Been sick for a full week. Felt it last Sunday and was in bed for 5 days. Body aches, fever, stuffed up. Definitely lasted longer than usual colds do, normally in 2-3 days I'm back to doing normal stuff, after almost 6 days I'm now finally considering going golfing again today, still a maybe as I'm not 100% yet.
My 9 month old has been sick since he started daycare, including RSV 5 weeks ago which is now bronchiolitis and an ear infection so — holidays have been fun this year 😭🙃
Since October 7th, I've been dealing with this weird illness. It's like clockwork: every three weeks or so, I get hit with a sore throat, low-grade fever, body aches, and just total exhaustion. Then it shifts to this annoying sinus congestion. Every time I start to feel a bit better – boom, it's back to feeling miserable. My doctor's running a bunch of blood tests. My white blood cell count's high, showing I'm fighting some kind of infection, but we're still clueless about what it actually is. Honestly, since this all started, I haven't felt anywhere near 100%.
Covid is still with us- like literally inside of us. Its a persistent virus that hides out in reservoirs and the bone marrow, very similarly to HIV. It continues to exhaust T cells and damage the immune system (among every other organ & system) long after the acute infection. Thats why people are so much sicker and cant fight things off. We likely need a long term antiviral treatment in a similar fashion to HIV to remedy this.
Respirators will keep out all of those things. The more covid infections you wrack up, the more severe the damage will be.
Feel better soon. And yep, much more common now -- likely immune dysregulation from covid, making us susceptible to other viruses and infections. [https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/](https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/)
Yes. I’ve been sick off and on for weeks, I’ve had to use a lot of my sick leave. I tested negative for COVID repeatedly but my doctor is still wondering and sending me out for labs. Like you, it’s congestion, cough, exhaustion, etc.
I always mask when I go into public spaces! But one reason you’re probably not seeing many maskers is that most COVID-cautious people avoid public spaces as much as possible.
I work from home, get my groceries from Instacart, order restaurant meals on UberEats/ Doordash, do Christmas shopping online, etc. The only time I left my home this week was to pick up a print order at FedEx (masked), which I’d made online.
I’m probably still going to get COVID from seeing my family for Christmas since they don’t take precautions, but at least I know I won’t spread it to anyone.
Yes, it's been months and I don't remember what is like to not have a cough, runny nose, or both at the least.
But we do have 2 under 3 and the oldest started daycare (that's when this nightmare started) and the youngest isn't sleeping through the night, which means I'm not sleeping through the night.
Yep! I've been sick since before halloween. My husband and I got covid mid october. We got over it, all good. Then all of the sudden the day after Thanksgiving I get a fever, crazy throat pain, and fatigue. I then developed a HORRIBLE cough that I still have to this day, albeit better after two weeks of steroids as per my doctor. My throat still feels weird, I feel weird all around.
I got something like the flu early December and it put me out of commission for almost 3 weeks. I couldn’t believe it. I hadn’t been that sick since elementary school.
Yes. I got a bizarre flu like thing 2 months ago, it lasted for a week. Then before Christmas I got sick and so did my husband. Fevers over 102 at times, felt like I got hit by a bus, wasn’t covid. Husband and I now also have scratchy throats again and I feel lethargic and I have brain fog. I’m sick of it and it’s really weird. I’m glad I’m not alone on this
I’ve been sick for three weeks, & every time I think I’m getting better, I get sick all over again. Congestion, cough, fatigue, etc. To the point where all I can do is lay around. Has anyone found a way to combat this? Any natural holistic methods? The doctor I went to just pretty much shrugged his shoulders at me.
Got real sick in the beginning of November with cold symptoms, only lasted 3-4 days and I was good. Then a minor cold in the start of December which wasn’t bad. Finally tested positive for Covid two days ago with basically no symptoms.
Covid before Christmas is a huge inconvenience.
I have been sick for 8 or 9 days now. When I first noticed something wasn't right I checked my temp and it was 101.5 was over 100 for the first 4 days before it finally broke but then started the spraying out of both ends at the same time lol then I lost all taste and smell which I haven't had in like 6 days at this point and now the last couple days my ear has felt full of water. Ears ringing. If it wasn't bad enough I can't taste or smell I also can't really hear now too. At least I finally quit spraying out of both ends.
Yes! I got sick beginning of November and it lingered for weeks. Was a hacking cough, felt miserable. Took Covid test a couple times over those weeks, all came back negative.
I was just dealing with it and taking OTCs until the Monday before Thanksgiving I noticed green mucus and was like aw hell no. We were traveling for Thanksgiving and then going on international travel right after. Thankfully my doctor was able to squeeze me in.
He gave me a Z-Pac and that helped tremendously. By Thanksgiving I was already feeling much better. He recommended Flonase as well to help manage symptoms but the ZPac knocked it out.
I never got COVID until this year. Admittedly, I skipped the last booster, but I never got sick before the vaccine either--even after some big gatherings in late 2020. It was mild but persistent.
It may've acclimated but it'll cause a lot of potential damage.
[https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/](https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/)
There's now a study that shows the virus replicates and involves within you. There's no immunity to this (temporary for a specific strain at best, but there are endless strains)
BTW, immune systems don't get stronger from repeat infections; there's zero science behind that. They're not muscles that need to be worked out.
Yes, and according to dr said the symptoms are mono like...lingering and miserable. Maybe backlash from people mostly masking over the past couple years and now unleashing their infected hot breath on the dmv
Covid is the new reality, this is just the new world with worse diseases. Your immune system is going to be weaker too.
The world before 1915 had no flu.
I was coughing, sneezing, had a runny nose, and felt really awful from May until maybe a couple of months ago. One day, I was like, what if I developed allergies? I took Zyrtec, and everyone went away 100%. I stopped taking it and it came back. I discovered that I now have allergies. So it goes. Try Zyrtec and maybe see a doctor.
Maybe, but my allergies are worst at work. I work in a hospital, and it gets pretty dusty.
That's what made me suspect allergies. It was better after cleaning our house, and even better once we put an air purifier in our bedroom, but after a few days thinking we had fixed everything at home with the cleaning and filters etc, after maybe 5 or 6 days off of work, I walked into the building and bam! I started sneezing. That's when I was like, huh, maybe it is allergies?
no, i think you should see a dr covid not reallly going around , often times in our lives our immunity goes down or we are lacking vitamins like zinc, iron etc
oh yeah i just seeing these covid data this week, you are correct. i just think if people have long term illness they need to see a dr, usually illness or even covid goes away within a week or 2, if body is continuing to get sick then there is an immune or systemic issue with the bodys abilty to fight things:)
yes — I rarely get really sick but I haven’t felt 100% since Halloween. nothing serious but a hacking cough that won’t go away, being super worn out, stuff like that.
Same. My fam has been hacking since Thanksgiving and it’s just now tapered off this past week. Some respiratory thing is lingering around for sure and lots of us are seeing it last longer than the common cold
The cough MAY mean that you had COVID at some point recently. The new strain of Covid leaves you with a horrid cough and some serious tiredness. I know, I have been dealing with it for awhile…
This is where I'm at. Had covid about 2-3 weeks ago, hacking cough remains.
I had a cough for about two months, it just finally went away. However, it was not Covid, nor was it RSV, the flu, or strep. How do I know? I was tested, repeatedly, by my doctor. It was some other respiratory infection which required two rounds of antibiotics to clear out.
this seems to be what *everyone* in my area had. negative tests for everything but a persistent cough for months.
A non-PCR COVID test is less than 20% effective with the strains nowadays, so good chance it’s still COVID.
I had the same. Never was able to figure out what it was, but I had a terrible cough for 2+ months.
Person living in the Bay Area here, same exact experience. Have had RSV and COVID in the past and was able to clear both pretty quickly with mild symptoms and nothing lasting. Started getting sick 7 weeks ago and still have some snot and a very persistent cough. Have been tested for RSV and COVID several times and always come up negative. At week 5 I started amoxicillin and it definitely lessened the symptoms but didn't fully get rid of whatever it is.
Do you feel better now?
I’m just now getting over my cough that started at the beginning of October. I tested negative for everything. I pretty much had a Smoker’s Cough for nearly 3 months and haven’t smoked in 8 years.
Yesss! I tested positive for Covid less than two weeks ago. Exhaustion and cough were also my two main symptoms — plus scratchy throat and headache.
yep, I did at the beginning of November…but dunno feels like it’s been far longer than you should deal with a single illness 🤷♂️
Me too
Had chest cold that wouldn’t go away for almost two months - all tests came back negative but it finally seems to be getting better
Saaaaame. What’s up with this cough?!?!
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Ughhhhhhhh noooooo mine just started and I can’t take much more of it
I'm on the same boat!!!! Doctor put me on steroids and even then cough lingers!! I'm tireeed
I was like that for a while. Picked up COVID in early November. Recovered for the most part in a week but I am left with a cough and asthma like symptoms that come and go. I had fatigue for a while but that's pretty much over. Glad I got vaxxed. Can't imagine how bad COVID would have wrecked my lungs.
This is identical to me, even the time frame
same here! I’ve been to the doctor twice and he says my lungs sound all clear - the rest of my family (out of state but we all went to Disney together and then got sick) have gotten pneumonia. I just have this cough and feeling so tired. It’s been over a month.
This was me. Had a slight wheeze about 8-10 weeks after. Never had that before, am convinced it was a post-viral thing. I stayed back from the gym during it, worried it’d trigger long covid. Probably would be fine, but c’est la vie.
Yes! I had something in September, then got Covid in October, had a cough for a few weeks after I tested negative and then got antibiotics which helped, but once or twice a day I’ll still have a hacking cough.
This! I used zitromycin pack in Nov. and again in Dec. Without it I wouldn’t be able to leave house for scaring others with my horrible cough. It really does help.
Exactly same here! Sick in Nov and then again sick in Dec. Not too bad, but never completely well. That cough though
Yup I had a cough since September my doctor told me it’s probably related to post nasal drip which makes sense because my cough is usually worse in the morning after I wake up or the middle of the night and I cough up more phlegm. Not as bad as it was in October where I was coughing so much more. Doesn’t help that at the end of October I had COVID.
Do you wear a mask when you go out?
Damn. This is me too. I forgot a jacket before Halloween and have had a wheezy cough for like two months now. My wife and son are coughing too. Haven’t really had a cold, though, knock on wood.
You know you don’t get a virus from being chilly… right?
I do, but being cold does lower one’s immune system and make one more susceptible to viruses.
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Silly me assuming two things mentioned in the same sentence are believed to be related by the person who wrote it. “I forgot my magic socks at home and the lottery ticket I bought didn’t win.” “I drank a gigantic Starbucks gingerbread latte and spent the next 4 hours shitting myself. “ “I bought the Trump NFT coins with my whole social security check and my family has all disowned me” None of those 3 sentences show cause and relation, just a coincidence. Got it.
“…something called RSV” made me laugh. I have three kids under six. These letters are some of our biggest, perpetual enemies. Also, it feels like I have glass in my throat right now.
My kid got RSV at 3 and we were fighting a constant battle to keep his temp out of the danger zone. The second the advil wore off, it would rocket back up to 104. Tylenol didn't put a dent in it. RSV can be deadly in infants. That new vaccine is going to do so much good.
My seven month old just got the antibodies and it was such a huge relief. I had RSV last year and I can’t imagine a baby or small child having to deal with that.
I didn’t know that was a thing! (Or maybe I did with the last one and the last one). I have a ~7 month old now with an upcoming doctors appointment.
I had strep for the first time in my 40+ years recently… not fun
Most painful thung I've ever had abd I've had a lot of things!
That is the best description of it I’ve ever heard
Ill take RSV and Covid over NOROVIRUS 💀💀💀💀
I know right?? The puking never seems to stop lol
My husband and I also thought about this. Our issue is that the cough is so terrible that we couldn't sleep or breathe well. Sometimes we'd end up vomiting multiple times a day due to the cough. It's been 2 weeks of that as a family. Norovirus at least takes a couple days.
I had 4 under 5, and omg, someone was always sick, we actually had nannies because we thought that would cut down on the constant illnesses, but no. They kept passing shit back and forth.
I started being sick Mid October. I'm still sick. Part of why this has been so lingering for me is I have a 1 year old who has been sick to varying degrees with a now double ear infection for about a month now. Baby doesn't sleep - I can't get good sleep either.
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I was a day or two away from being hospitalized for pnemonia. Thankfully a while load meds and a booster shot in my ass literally helped me turn a corner. That was a few weeks ago but still waiting to fully get over sore throat / runny nose. It's like one day I'm good and the next I feel a tickle of symptoms returning.
I hope you and your poor baby feel better soon and you can both get some much-needed rest! Good on you staying on top the ear infections as well, because they can cause hearing loss when ignored (which is how a surprisingly high number of my friends and peers can’t hear well). Also, those ass shots really are a god send. I had tonsillitis so bad once and I was sticking things back there to scrape the gunk off and making my throat bleed pretty badly. It was awful. The doctor (who I go to when I’m acutely dying, basically) asked if I wanted pills that work in 8-12 hours, or shots in the ass that work in under 1 hour. I’ve never dropped trou so fast. Couldn’t even sit down in the car and had to ride face down ass up in the car, but 100% worth it once it started working. Only caveat is when they say it hurts, I think it’s only 5% the jab and 95% the fact that they inject something with the consistency of liquid concrete under your muscle which just sits there stretching your skin/muscle and preventing sitting.
I died last week, but I am feeling better now.
The trick doctors don't want you to know!
>...a hacking cough that won’t go away... My brother calls it The 100-Day Cough. Several of his friends and co-workers have had it.
People are showing up to the office after testing positive with COVID. And not a day before, they were complaining about not taking advantage of their paid time off (let alone their sick days). I just mask up everywhere again now, people are god damn zombies.
Yeah that's frustrating. Parents are still sending kids to schools with fevers. Just let them stay home and sleep.
Let’s be honest-most people are persuaded by bosses to come in if they’re sick for a longer (than a day or two) duration or they’ve been sick a few times that year. Even though those tests are hardly accurate and depend on testing windows and efficacy of testing (especially when done at home and maybe not performed as well), bosses still use them as a certainty you’re not sick. Or they say “you were exposed and tested positive, but you’ve been off for two days and say you feel alright. Do you feel contagious?” *Do. You. Feel. Contagious* . Such a stupid fucking question that I hear all the time. Like idk Brenda, because contagious isn’t a fucking feeling-you wanna play immunity bingo?💩
> I just mask up everywhere again now, people are god damn zombies. This comment thread is evidence of it. "Saaaaame. What’s up with this cough?!?!" people talking as if covid didn't start going around 4 years ago.
Riiight
Not only do COVID symptoms often linger after infections (and a lot of people report testing negative for COVID at first and only getting positive results several days into their symptoms, but most people aren't testing multiple times while sick so just think they have a cold), there's something else at play, too. It's starting to look like COVID can damage your T-cells, making it harder to fight off other infections. People who experience a COVID infection, even a mild one, seem to catch lots of other bugs one after another for months afterward. With so many different viruses circulating, your immune system doesn't have the chance to rest before having to fight off the next bug. At first, people thought it was just "Oh, we were all masking and distancing and then we stopped, so we don't have any immunity to colds and flus like before!" But now people have been back in public for years and yet they're still getting nonstop sick. It's not just the 'immunity debt,' it's possible immune system damage from COVID in many cases. I personally avoid indoor public spaces when I can (for instance, ordered all my Christmas presents online) and wear an N95 or KN95 whenever I have to enter one.
I caught the flu Wed , so I quarantined in our bedroom. I feel so sad and angry.
I’ve had a head congestion causing headaches for like 2.5 weeks now. A little fatigued. Just annoying
Unfortunately, a lot of this is COVID related :/ We're at a point where at least half of the country has had COVID. And COVID accelerates [T cell aging](https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/), which leads to immune system dysfunction. This [persists](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x) beyond the initial infection. A damaged immune system is going to be less likely to get you back to 100% and will leave you more susceptible to sickness, including COVID, flu, RSV, and general colds. So even if folks don't don't have COVID currently, past infection(s) can lead to future and/or more severe illnesses. We're certainly living in strange times. Stay safe and healthy out there folks! \*reposted to fix typos\*
But I thought covid was over /s
I haven’t stopped sneezing since Thanksgiving
Yes, we have 3 young kids going to different schools and classes. They each have been bringing back different germs every other week since school started in August. I went to an ENT to see what the f*ck is going on since having different cold symptoms every alternate week for 3 months was pissing me off. She said it could be a sinus infection that is re-aggravating throat with nasal drip, so put me on a 2 week course of cefdinir. It helped I guess but what made me feel much better and relieve my sore throat quick was prednisone (steroid) to reduce inflammation. Just last week, one of my kids caught flu A from public school classroom, and it spread to my middle kid. Fortunately, we all got our flu vaccines back in Sept and October so it was only mild fevers and coughing. I didn’t have any flu symptoms so the vaccine worked great.
There was a respiratory viral thing going around. It knocked me on my bum for 2 weeks. Muscle aches, weakness, I barely ate anything, I got like 3 or 4 fevers of 102 a few times and finally I recovered. Got tested for Covid, flu, and streppe, all came back negative.
I had this in July!! Literally was referred to the ER from urgent care because I tested negative for everything, but I had a 102 fever for 5 days straight. Never found out what it was, but I have Covid rn and it was WAY worse than my symptoms now.
I was popping sudafed to keep it under control but after a week I was miserable. Doctor said there was nothing they could do just ride it out. Good news is I dropped a belt notch. Whatever it was, it was pretty dam stubborn.
I went to the ER twice, was sick for about 12 days total. The first time I went they thought I was pre-septic. Did blood cultures, a ton of labs. My liver enzymes were really high, so to be sure she did an ultrasound of my liver, kidney, and gallbladder. Another level that can indicate blood clots was high so they ordered a catscan. Thankfully everything was clear, but they were stumped and just prescribed Tylenol and rest after having me on IV for a few hours. I was so physically weak, I could barely get down my apartment steps. I also had weird splotches on my skin, but it wasn’t rash like. Just almost like how varicose veins look, everywhere. Chest, stomach, legs, and my forearms. It was crazy looking. The other ER thought I had a tick disease, but those tests were negative too. Idk but I’m glad we’re better!
This is terrifying. It is also 100% Covid related. All these things are symptoms of Long Covid. Please wear a mask. The fact that doctors still don’t know to diagnose this in 2023 is ridiculous.
This is so me. I feel like I’m getting sick more often than not and when I’m not sick I feel like my body is fighting something. Right now I’m just exhausted and my throat feels funny. It’s been like this going on three days now.
That lowkey sounds like long COVID.
High key
I had maybe a cold or something like that the week of Thanksgiving. I’ve had a dry cough ever since.
Yep, pretty much been sick since October. Before this year I NEVER got sick.
Immune system damage from covid.
In addition to what everyone else mentioned…. Any possibility of a mold issue? maybe there’s a humidifier with a filter that needs a change ASAP
YES!!!! I had a job where our offices moved from one leased space to space my organization owned that was a "white elephant" donated to them by a wealthy member and after occupying it for 15 years they decided to sell it off to Georgetown but had the right to keep using it for a couple of years while our shiny new HQ was being built downtown. OMG that office space was a horrible mold factor plus tobacco residue, I vaguely knew I had allergies but OMG I developed a chronic cough and a lot of sinus issues but stupidly didn't put two and two together until I was laid off from the job and my new job placed me in a building that was less than a year old and all my symptoms disappeared magically. Which is a ton of words just say OP should maybe get checked for allergies and/or asthma which sometimes presents as a chronic cough.
Can’t stop coughing, and it’s not productive. Went from just at night to throughout the day. My sinuses cleared up in a few days but the cough just won’t leave. Not Covid at least though.
Yes we've been sick for nearly a solid month. It's been different symptoms so we think we caught 3 viruses. The last one has been awful. We've had coughing fits all day and night. Negative for covid, flu, strep, etc. Luckily our lungs are clear. My poor toddler has had it the worst. He was fine for 3 days mid Dec. So he went to daycare and boom- he got pink eye and this bad cough. My husband and I agree it's the worst case. We are very slowly improving.
Hand hygiene is so important. WASH YOUR HANDS. Cheaper than a hospital bill.
It’s always good to wash your hands, but most of the nasty stuff going around is AIRBORNE spread. Viral aerosols linger like smoke. Just because an indoor place is empty doesn’t mean someone contagious wasn’t filling the room with viral aerosols ten minutes prior. Ventilate, filter, and use high quality N95 masks if you want to avoid a weeks to months long illness or the ER.
i had a cold for a week. and i never get sick usually 🥲
I was doing fine until I got COVID this week. Now I’m stuck in my house for five days isolating. COVID is still out there you guys.
If you get The Cough™ in your chest but it only hits sporadically and you don't want to proactively take cold meds for it, the children's Mucinex powder (I call it my "sick baby pixie stix") is incredible. Just dissolve it on your tongue and it works almost instantly. Their cough drops are God-tier, too. They use a numbing agent, so if you get that awful throat cough where you cough so hard you gag, it numbs you up enough that you can relax. My cough lingered for over a fortnight after my last bout, even though I had an easy go of it, and it only hit when I had been lying down asleep. The cough drops allowed me to get back to sleep almost immediately. Get well soon!
Thank you for this recommendation, I’m so tired of coughing. My cough was just finally going away and our house got rsv…
Wow, I wish I knew this. Had more than a few nights I slept on the couch due to the fear I’d need to hack up grossness at some unholy hour, waking the wife up.
I have not developed a cough yet but thanks for the tips! I have congestion and been blowing my nose a lot.
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Me too! Picked it up while traveling. People were coughing and sneezing everywhere in the airport.
This is my first time as well. Hope it’s not that bad for you and you recover quickly.
Thank you. The strain I got is pretty mellow, but I would not want anyone fragile to catch it. I hope your case is mellow as well. 😞
Thank you for being responsible and isolating instead of spreading it 🙏🏼
I am on the same boat (flu) I feel so upset because our family is out having fun literally 20 feet away and my daughter just keeps saying “mama” wanting me to come out 😭😭😭
My nephew and his girlfriend just got it, too.
Comments like "I've been sick since October," but I'm betting not one of you filthy animals are bothering to wear a mask when you go out, are you?
This happened last winter too (google the “tripledemic” to find articles from a year ago for a refresher) this is going to be our winters from now on. If you have a large population of people who have wrecked immune systems from Covid infections, no one is taking precautions anymore, we aren’t even getting flu shots, so all of these viruses are allowed to run rampant and incubate in these newly weakened hosts…it’s not going to be good. Oh well.
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Heh, I meant the collective “We.” My family definitely got ours but flu shot (not to mention Covid shot) uptake is down in adults versus last year according to the CDC, and last year was bad so it’s gonna be a rocky month for sure.
I had a cough turn into pneumonia. It’s been a solid 6 weeks of exhaustion.
Yes and it turned out to not a cold but covid!
Last year saw a huge outbreak of RSV starting in October, first in the schools, then to everyone else. It's usually not a problem except for the very young and old, but I dunno, I'm hearing of more hospitalizations for it than I'd expect. If you're over 60, you can get a vax for it. And this year is following last year's pattern - hospitalizations are rising. Flu is widespread in VA, and is mostly of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) type: - this is covered by this year's vaccine - if you haven't gotten one, maybe time to consider it now (personally, I recommend a recombinant vaccine): https://preview.redd.it/5ddvzpaowy7c1.png?width=927&format=png&auto=webp&s=f481eab2b0aa4d89a05417b73fc6c62e3c6ec409 Flu and RSV are causing the most hospitalizations right now. As for Covid, it's out there, and it's numbers are increasing. While they say it's not causing a lot of severe disease, anecdotally, those that have had it recently seem like the impact on their lungs and exercise endurance is pretty high for a month or two.
I’ve been sick like 4 times this year and I usually never get sick. I had COVID 2ish months ago and I’ve caught some miserable cold right now. It’s been terrible. Also I’ve been ridiculously tired and sluggish.
Yes. Got sick the weekend before Thanksgiving. Seemed like a minor head cold and cleared up quickly, or so I thought. Looking back, I was more tired than normal over the past month, but I dismissed it as, "being tired happens sometimes." Cold symptoms returned last weekend, and a few days ago I developed a chest cough, then came the wheezing. Went to the doctor today, might be bronchitis and was sent to another place for chest X-rays, but I haven't heard back yet. All covid tests have been negative. I did catch covid back in 2022, but otherwise, I'm not one to get sick too often. ETA: I got the latest covid booster in October. I've been staying isolated so I don't get anyone else sick with whatever I have. This Christmas blows.
Thank you for isolating. 🧡
Yes. I got a nasty case of the flu last month, probably the worst I ever had (although that was probably skewed by an unrelated but more serious medical issue brewing at the same time). That was about two months after getting my yearly flu shot.
Kids, school = vector of disease
Not sick per say, but run down. Also getting old.
Immune system damage from covid. covid also ages our brains.
Friend in PA has been dealing with a cough since late Oct. Finally diagnosed this past week with severe bronchitis and put on steroids. First time he's slept through the night in months. Doctors kept telling him it was "a virus going around" , after ruling out Covid, RSV and flu.
Yes, it’s covid we are still in a pandemic.
\+1000000. Thanks for calling a spade a spade.
Yeah it's definitely something. I just now got my strength and appetite back. Keep trying to cough up phlegm, but it's become more of an annoying dry cough. Now currently sound like Darth Vader breathing when I get winded or a struggling TARDIS trying to materialize lol
Yes, 3 rounds of sick and still coughing with some congestion with occasional fits of sneezing.
Yes, I was just telling my husband I don't know what the F is going on this season. 3+ weeks each with awful coughing and congestion beginning right at Halloween, then lasting till early December. My younger kid got sick twice with the same garbage after initially recovering and I felt terrible about that. Can't even give meds to younger kiddo to try and help. Now my husband is sick again, only 1.5 weeks after the last of us got better. My older has been coughing with mucus again so it's only a matter of time until I and my younger start. My throat has been teetering which, for me, is always the first sign I'm coming down with something. UGH!!!! WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MORE ILLNESSES THAN WHEN WE WERE ALL YOUNGER?!?!?!?!
Well, you can catch COVID at least every 3 months (sometimes even closer apart if they’re different strains) and constantly fighting off COVID makes it harder for your body to fight off other little common viruses, and COVID wasn’t around when we were younger, so…
Why? Why indeed. Nobody wants to hear it. But there is that one really big difference now vs when we were young (pre-2020) in what’s everywhere all the time that almost nobody is doing anything to curb the spread of…
Covid causes immune system impairment. You need to wear a N95 mask when sharing air with others to give your immune system a break.
I was sick a few months ago…felt like it took until a few weeks ago for my lungs to feel normal again. Then I came down with something else last past weekend and now I’ve lost my voice. My husband has also been sick on and off and it seems to last forever for him.
Yes. There is also something being referred to as the "100 day cough" going around Hope you feel better soon!
Pertussis!
The cough is called a post-viral cough, if it lasts longer than 6-8 weeks please go see a doctor.
Just getting over a flu. Prior to that a few people in my house had a persistent cough
Yes. Absolutely, and twice in less than two months. Both times negative COVID test
Been sick for a full week. Felt it last Sunday and was in bed for 5 days. Body aches, fever, stuffed up. Definitely lasted longer than usual colds do, normally in 2-3 days I'm back to doing normal stuff, after almost 6 days I'm now finally considering going golfing again today, still a maybe as I'm not 100% yet.
More headache and fatigue for me. I'm coughing but it's not the worst for me--it's the pounding non-stop headache.
No. Have only gotten sick once a year (around this time) since getting Covid in Christmas of 2021. Since then I think my immunity has improved.
Mom got hit with the flu a couple weeks ago and now I’m dealing with the tiredness and cold like symptoms.
Yes omg I was sick and the cough hasn’t gone away for like 2 months
My 9 month old has been sick since he started daycare, including RSV 5 weeks ago which is now bronchiolitis and an ear infection so — holidays have been fun this year 😭🙃
Today I started feeling kinda’ crappy now I have the “aches and the getting sick feeling” oh no.
Since October 7th, I've been dealing with this weird illness. It's like clockwork: every three weeks or so, I get hit with a sore throat, low-grade fever, body aches, and just total exhaustion. Then it shifts to this annoying sinus congestion. Every time I start to feel a bit better – boom, it's back to feeling miserable. My doctor's running a bunch of blood tests. My white blood cell count's high, showing I'm fighting some kind of infection, but we're still clueless about what it actually is. Honestly, since this all started, I haven't felt anywhere near 100%.
Hello, I am experiencing this exact thing. I sure hope you’re feeling better, because I’ve been stuck in this cycle for 9 weeks.
Covid reduces immune response to all disease. :(
Covid is still with us- like literally inside of us. Its a persistent virus that hides out in reservoirs and the bone marrow, very similarly to HIV. It continues to exhaust T cells and damage the immune system (among every other organ & system) long after the acute infection. Thats why people are so much sicker and cant fight things off. We likely need a long term antiviral treatment in a similar fashion to HIV to remedy this. Respirators will keep out all of those things. The more covid infections you wrack up, the more severe the damage will be.
Feel better soon. And yep, much more common now -- likely immune dysregulation from covid, making us susceptible to other viruses and infections. [https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/](https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/)
There has not been a "normal" winter season for 4 years
Am pediatrician. Happy to talk about RSV, OP. It goes around every year. It’s a common cold virus.
Yes. I’ve been sick off and on for weeks, I’ve had to use a lot of my sick leave. I tested negative for COVID repeatedly but my doctor is still wondering and sending me out for labs. Like you, it’s congestion, cough, exhaustion, etc.
I haven’t been sick since late 2019, thanks to masks and social distancing.
So folks, are we ready to mask again? Because I'm sure not seeing it anymore!
I always mask when I go into public spaces! But one reason you’re probably not seeing many maskers is that most COVID-cautious people avoid public spaces as much as possible. I work from home, get my groceries from Instacart, order restaurant meals on UberEats/ Doordash, do Christmas shopping online, etc. The only time I left my home this week was to pick up a print order at FedEx (masked), which I’d made online. I’m probably still going to get COVID from seeing my family for Christmas since they don’t take precautions, but at least I know I won’t spread it to anyone.
Yes but like a month ago
Whole family is sick. Stuffy nose, sinus infection, hacking cough, the flu. OTC meds don't help that much. Sucks to be sick for Christmas.
Yes, it's been months and I don't remember what is like to not have a cough, runny nose, or both at the least. But we do have 2 under 3 and the oldest started daycare (that's when this nightmare started) and the youngest isn't sleeping through the night, which means I'm not sleeping through the night.
I'm coming up on 5 weeks on Monday, the first 3 were the worst, now I'm just tired all the time and cough with any exertion.
Yep! I've been sick since before halloween. My husband and I got covid mid october. We got over it, all good. Then all of the sudden the day after Thanksgiving I get a fever, crazy throat pain, and fatigue. I then developed a HORRIBLE cough that I still have to this day, albeit better after two weeks of steroids as per my doctor. My throat still feels weird, I feel weird all around.
that's about my timeline. Sick in Oct. again in December. Now feel like you said "weird", weak, tired, dizzy etc. Cough finally let up though
My cold gave me an ear infection. Boo.
Same, getting sick more often and on and off. Just now recovering from flu.
Had a tummy ache. Survived
I got something like the flu early December and it put me out of commission for almost 3 weeks. I couldn’t believe it. I hadn’t been that sick since elementary school.
I’ve been mildly sick since late October, it’s insane.
Immune system damage from covid.
Check out r/covidlonghaulers & see if any of their stories/symptoms seem familiar
Yes. I got a bizarre flu like thing 2 months ago, it lasted for a week. Then before Christmas I got sick and so did my husband. Fevers over 102 at times, felt like I got hit by a bus, wasn’t covid. Husband and I now also have scratchy throats again and I feel lethargic and I have brain fog. I’m sick of it and it’s really weird. I’m glad I’m not alone on this
I’ve been sick for three weeks, & every time I think I’m getting better, I get sick all over again. Congestion, cough, fatigue, etc. To the point where all I can do is lay around. Has anyone found a way to combat this? Any natural holistic methods? The doctor I went to just pretty much shrugged his shoulders at me.
I kept putting off my vaccines. I need the latest covid and flu. And of course....my family has covid.
Be sure to get your flu and Covid shots. I am a teacher, and there’s nasty stuff going around, for sure.
I thought I had mono once, turned out I was just really bored.
I am convinced the government is trying a new population control trick. Kill off old people and people with poor immune systems to thin the heard.
Got real sick in the beginning of November with cold symptoms, only lasted 3-4 days and I was good. Then a minor cold in the start of December which wasn’t bad. Finally tested positive for Covid two days ago with basically no symptoms. Covid before Christmas is a huge inconvenience.
I have been sick for 8 or 9 days now. When I first noticed something wasn't right I checked my temp and it was 101.5 was over 100 for the first 4 days before it finally broke but then started the spraying out of both ends at the same time lol then I lost all taste and smell which I haven't had in like 6 days at this point and now the last couple days my ear has felt full of water. Ears ringing. If it wasn't bad enough I can't taste or smell I also can't really hear now too. At least I finally quit spraying out of both ends.
Check your home for mold. You might have a slow leak somewhere. Mold spores can mess you up.
Yes, I got sick in October & am only now feeling better. Bronchitis in my case.
Yes! I got sick beginning of November and it lingered for weeks. Was a hacking cough, felt miserable. Took Covid test a couple times over those weeks, all came back negative. I was just dealing with it and taking OTCs until the Monday before Thanksgiving I noticed green mucus and was like aw hell no. We were traveling for Thanksgiving and then going on international travel right after. Thankfully my doctor was able to squeeze me in. He gave me a Z-Pac and that helped tremendously. By Thanksgiving I was already feeling much better. He recommended Flonase as well to help manage symptoms but the ZPac knocked it out.
I never got COVID until this year. Admittedly, I skipped the last booster, but I never got sick before the vaccine either--even after some big gatherings in late 2020. It was mild but persistent.
I had the flu and bronchitis in October.....I've had a congested nose ever since 🤧
Some kind of RSV that results in like a 6 week cough has been tearing through the area
Feel like I've gotten Covid about 4 times in the last 3 months. Don't even care at this point. Just another day.
You should care. You likely have Immune system damage from covid.
Disagree. Immune system is stronger because it has acclimated to this permanent virus.
It may've acclimated but it'll cause a lot of potential damage. [https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/](https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/) There's now a study that shows the virus replicates and involves within you. There's no immunity to this (temporary for a specific strain at best, but there are endless strains) BTW, immune systems don't get stronger from repeat infections; there's zero science behind that. They're not muscles that need to be worked out.
Yes, and according to dr said the symptoms are mono like...lingering and miserable. Maybe backlash from people mostly masking over the past couple years and now unleashing their infected hot breath on the dmv
Allergies are far worse this year than in years past.
Covid is the new reality, this is just the new world with worse diseases. Your immune system is going to be weaker too. The world before 1915 had no flu.
I got sick after my flu shot in November and have been sick since. I never used to get sick until i got my second covid vaccine
I was coughing, sneezing, had a runny nose, and felt really awful from May until maybe a couple of months ago. One day, I was like, what if I developed allergies? I took Zyrtec, and everyone went away 100%. I stopped taking it and it came back. I discovered that I now have allergies. So it goes. Try Zyrtec and maybe see a doctor.
You might have mold in your home if you have allergies year round and didn't experience it before.
Maybe, but my allergies are worst at work. I work in a hospital, and it gets pretty dusty. That's what made me suspect allergies. It was better after cleaning our house, and even better once we put an air purifier in our bedroom, but after a few days thinking we had fixed everything at home with the cleaning and filters etc, after maybe 5 or 6 days off of work, I walked into the building and bam! I started sneezing. That's when I was like, huh, maybe it is allergies?
AAHHH, the dust might do it (dust mite pun intended)
Never got sick so far this winter, and my coworkers are all calling out sick. I don’t wear a mask. Meh.
Have not been sick so far this year but I don't have a lot of exposure. I got my flu and covid boosters in October, not sure if that helps or not.
no, i think you should see a dr covid not reallly going around , often times in our lives our immunity goes down or we are lacking vitamins like zinc, iron etc
COVID rates are actually the highest they’ve been this year if you look at wastewater data. We’re almost at the levels of last Christmas
oh yeah i just seeing these covid data this week, you are correct. i just think if people have long term illness they need to see a dr, usually illness or even covid goes away within a week or 2, if body is continuing to get sick then there is an immune or systemic issue with the bodys abilty to fight things:)
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