R68 is a crashing bore and a would-be know-it-all. Overall in the US, nearly one in five PCR tests for RSV were positive for the week ending October 29, nearly doubling over the course of the month. Make sure to share it with your coworkers. Hack, gargle and blow your nose in the warm steaminess- get it all out. The NHS symptom, Celine Dion health: Star cancelled 16 shows due to spasms, Covid symptoms: Signs of a 'super cold' - GP, How a glass of orange juice can reduce inflammation, Kate Garraway marks daughter Darceys 16th birthday after tough week, Cheapest places to buy lateral flow test - top retail prices compared, New Omicron variant symptoms: XE variant mistaken for common cold. I've had it for 3 weeks+. I knew someone who had this and it turned out to be rabies. It helps loosen up those secretions and prevents drying and irritation of the linings your nose and throat, which worsen your cough. As a result, the scientists of the study propose that some ingredient in the soup may be responsible for slowing or blocking the migration of these WBCs to the upper respiratory tract and thus, aid in relieving cold symptoms. R68, "Relieving symptoms" makes almost everyone feel much better, more energetic, and less depressed. I remember very well : it started on Christmas eve, the first two days I was basically stuck in bed shaking with zero energy and a fever, I thought here we go, caught the actual flu, I'll be down for at least two weeks. As of September, 36% of organizations required workers to be in the office at least three days a week, up from 25% in August, according to a Gartner survey of 240 HR leaders "even though our data shows working remotely, for those who can, does not negatively impact performance and culture," Walsh says. You really start to run down, trust me. That is the best way to protect their health. Went to quick care and got prescription cough syrup and a shot and my constant hacking cough ended. I had this for the whole month of February - fever, body aches, constant and neverending hack. in October. It was really bad for 6 days on day 5 i started vomiting. Bump because I think I may have had the Coronavirus earlier than the pandemic broke out. Reported symptoms include "sandpaper throat", head and body aches, runny nose and fatigue, with the illness sometimes lasting weeks. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. R351, thank you for your comment. I got sick right after Thanksgiving. Some return to normal is exciting, but returning to normal pressures to go into the office when sick is something I had hoped we left behind.". Still have residual congestion. Take two extra strength Tylenol every 6 to 8 hours. The stupid things you do dont cure you of a virus. Im on three weeks and still coughing and runny nose! That is what I am afraid of. If I was a betting man, I would bet on man made. Do are your told. Fatigued for weeks. Yesterday it started getting worse again, and today I hardly have the energy to get out of bed. I started her on the Mucinex/, cough suppressant/ Tylenol regiment. The only thing is that COVID-19 spreads extremely quickly. Hello? Was this later proven to be early, undiagnosed Covid? CNN Government health officials on Friday warned of an early and severe start to cold and flu season in the United States, saying they were closely monitoring hospital capacity and medical. Chest pain or discomfort. I realize now that it was probably swollen glands fighting off something and putting pressure on my jaw and ear canal. Exhausting. Feel fine now but it was awful. recall, the flu has been around, in various strains, for centuries - covid, no. COVID-19 tests are also available at many health centers. There are many physical and mental benefits to fresh air, but it is often avoided while battling the common cold or flu, in fear of getting a chill in the colder months. The Dark Man. Dr Hespe also pointed out that a new cohort of the population may be especially vulnerable. Been a very, very long time since I was that ill. Those at high risk, such as the elderly, should ensure they are vaccinated each year. I have never had any noticeable side effects to the regular flu vaccine before, but this one has knocked me for a loop. Flu and COVID-19 also spread similarly. Hopefully that means we're closer to herd immunity than we think we are. I've never had the flu and I hope I never do. This thread was a warning of what was to come : (. I told him I had a cough. OP is right, this has been a bad one, gone around my office twice now, I've missed about 6 days work from it. I was taking NyQuil at first, that had everything; decongestant, cough suppressant, etc. no, I've had it twice, and you will never forget it, just like the covid test, it's a long swab stuffed into a nostril, it's super quick though, like maybe five minutes wait. Severe cough and fever. I've read a lot of the posters over again. I just started to feel better last week. No DM shit or anything with pseudoephedrine - they will only make the sinus pain worse. How is it different from the Wayback machine archive? 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I find that OTC meds really don't workAlka Seltzer plus works a bit but nothing else does. I'm coughing, but there's no congestion. We DLers know that a lot of people had undocumented 'Rona way before March 2020. no, just better aware of virology than you seem to be. Even these so called non profits. "If by two days after developing symptoms you're still not testing positive on those at-home tests, it's pretty unlikely you have Covid.". Yesterday was really bad. Then I stayed home for a month. Now, of course it sounds like the symptoms of covid-19, but we only had a few flu deaths reported in my state, and I don't know if they had the same symptoms as me. Theres no real mystery about why viral illnesses are on the upswing, said Dr. Michael Mina, who is an epidemiologist and chief science officer at eMed, a company offering telehealth test-to-treat services. Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]. :), Well I got sent to a pulmonologist in December who told me I have emphysema & that I didnt have a cold at all but had an exacerbation of emphysema.. I'm hoping it's just bad allergies (we already have pollen all over our cars in Atlanta). Wow.reading through the first hundred or so posts was creepy. I never got sick at all. But you need to make sure you expose yourself to the sun's UVB rays by going outside for at least 15 minutes per day - even if it's chilly., DON'T MISSCeline Dion health: Star cancelled 16 shows due to spasms [LATEST]Covid symptoms: Signs of a 'super cold' - GP [INSIGHT]How a glass of orange juice can reduce inflammation[REVEAL]. Been hacking up a lung since Thanksgiving. Has anyone done a study comparing chicken soup to other types of soup in its effect on cold or flu?A lot of people lose their appetite when they have colds or flu. Did you get the encephalitis with this virus that killed my friend's mother? The case numbers are still going up. This thread is almost two year old. I had a nasty cough that wouldn't stop. Hello and thank you for registering. Not in the sense that they are highly contagious or need to quarantine. r229. The flu has already entered Australia, it was detected in late December to late January with people coming in from overseas, which we knew would happen.. So sad. Any hot liquid will do. I got the flu shot a week ago, then this weekend got a little bit of sore throat and some runny nose. I took a few Covid tests near the beginning & was always negative. How the hell would that help OP now? Most Americans dont plan to get a flu shot this season, two new omicron subvariantsare spreading fast, and "the vast majority is behaving as if there's no pandemic," Swartzberg says. The way it COMPLTETLY knocked out my sense of smell- how it went away all at once, and seemed to come back all at once. What a strange feeling. There is another bad cold going around now. And it fucking SUCKS. From reading this thread, it was recommended to stop the decongestant, and concentrate on Mucinex ( I bought generic) a cough suppressant, and Tylenol (again I used generic acetaminophen) for the occasional fever feeling, and bought a cold mist humidifier for sleeping comfort. It would not go away. "That's probably a reflection of two things: one, most people have some degree of immunity, so it's playing out a bit differently when people get infected. Fortunately for you, R414, at this point in time you are most likely feeling the effects of allergy season in high gear. Even though I started feeling better about day 5 or so, the cough lasted for an entire month, despite taking cough syrup & occasional DayQuil/NyQuil to sleep. Beware, everybody. I was traveling in November and got a illness like no other the closest I can recall was pneumonia three years ago. I can confirm there was an especially robust cold going around in late December. America used to be a clean place, for all its other problems. Everything is so filthy these days and it makes for horrible flu seasons. I had never recovered so quickly before. Before this thread was created. Sounds like coronavirus. Thats all. There is going to be a lot of Thanksgiving traffic, shopping and holiday family events, and in the next few days and weeks, the infection rate will skyrocket. [quote] everyone knows there is no cure for the common cold. I am going to add a mucous reliever medicine, thanks to the suggestions in this thread. [quote] Anyway if cover-19 was going around USA in December, why weren't there more deaths? What a strange response R9. "The same things we can do to prevent Covid are the same things that'll prevent other respiratory tract infections.". PMID: 34752019. Walsh says that if you're a manager, tactfully nudging your employee to go home doesn't have to be awkward. At first, I thought I had Corona, now I realize I didn't have a fever last fall. [quote] Also suggest adding preferably raw garlic, onions, capsaicin - the active ingredient in chili peppers or use Louisiana hot sauce, as well as Tumeric and curry powder to your chicken or vegetable soup. When I would blow my nose in the morning, I would have thick, bloody mucus that was shaped like my sinus cavity. So what if they think they're helping 'cure' themselves. At least 60% of my co-workers has this weeks-long "cold" last December and January. Nevertheless, from this study of chicken soup (made from ingredients including chicken, onions, sweet potatoes, parsnips, turnips, carrots, celery, parsley, salt, and pepper), the researchers were unable to identify the biologically active compound [6-7]. I've had a terrible sore throat since Saturday. The only thing that helps, for me, is rest. I truly had forgotten all about this but it just showed up today when someone W&W one of my posts on this thread. There are always very bad colds and flus that go around. I got a flu shot this morning. As you'll see in this week's What's Going Around, the flu is impacting communities in the Local 6 area. According to this thread, it looks like coronavirus started in mid-November and some Datalounger from New York City gave it to some Chinese person in Chinatown who went back to Wuhan. These are the most common cold and flu remedies fact-checked. If mucus production become virulent, you MUST get to the hospital for a chest xray and blood gases. They died in huge numbers in April. Avoid allergens, such as pollen, house dust mites, mold, pet dander, cockroaches. Stay hydrated. A very BAD cold. This thread was created mid-December. You will be very tired with this cold, it more like a flu. R66 exactly. They don't need to get multiple PCR tests and get a rapid test daily. A virus either kills you or runs its course in its own due time, unless a dr gives you an antiviral drug like Tamiflu to shorten the duration. It's best to take time off from work until the worst of it is over. And who knows? A month ago I would have said my cold (which was almost exactly what OP described) might have been CV-19 because it was so severe and lasted for so long, but my fever only lasted half a day and didn't get above 100.8, so I doubt I had it. Dr Hespe explained that upper respiratory infection symptoms were also symptoms of influenza and COVID, so there was an overlap of symptoms like a Venn diagram which made diagnosing the illness difficult without a GP analysis. Slight (but not high) fever. Distinguishing COVID from flu can be difficult because the symptoms overlap so much, explains Dr. Brooke Bozick, an NIH expert on respiratory diseases that affect the lungs. The cashier at my grocery store had a cold, ACK now her germs are on everything I bought. sneezing. Heres when you can see it, Rajwinder Singh charged with alleged murder of Toyah Cordingley, Rajwinder Singh arrives in Cairns where hes accused of killing Toyah, Woolies recalls popular meat over contamination fears in one state, Child abuse squad investigating after baby seriously injured at dog beach, the floodgates have opened to a myriad of pathogens, Less likely to have a loss of taste or smell. He was right and I am beyond grateful. She was in good health otherwise. Itll be interesting to see how many people died from complications of diabetes, or pulmonary embolisms prior to COVID-19 coming into the lexicon. The UK as a whole has been classified as severe risk but there are regional fluctuations, with the North East, South East and East Anglia the worst hit. When I come down with a respiratory virus, I take elderberry and NAC in the AM & PM, oregano oil and ginger in the AM, and vitamin C as ascorbate sodium powder throughout the day in hot liquids, and zinc in the PM with dinner. And because of that overlap, testing is the only way to be sure, according to Cline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist and senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation. There's nothing particularly therapeutic in chicken soup. R10 I don't know where you got your flu numbers from but they are wrong and far too low. Underlying all of this is the need for psychological safety, she adds: "At the end of the day, workers have to know they're not going to be penalized for taking time off. THEN the next two days I couldn't eat anymore, I had a nasty gastro (BOTH diarrhea and vomitting no matter what I ate/drank) and when THAT cleared I caught a horrible cough that felt like my chest was being stabbed everytime I coughed, lost my sense of taste the whole thing, and that lasted for two days. The virus was just having a party in that environment. The results of this research (published in a 1978 article in CHEST) demonstrated that compared with hot water and cold water, hot chicken soup led to improved nasal mucus velocity [9]. Best to wait it out and keep yourself amused. The Coke always cheered me up because as a kid we didn't get soda much so it was a treat. Honey can be mixed into hot water with the juice of a fresh lemon, or simply spooned into your mouth on its own. [quote] As you see, you are unlikely to die from it, but people do. I don't think it's the flu. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. I demanded more tests, and a CAT scan found that I had pneumonia. If you have COVID-19 but don't have symptoms, don't take cold medications, acetaminophen (Tylenol), or over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil) and naproxen (Aleve). My doctor prescribed another, but I want to wait til I know everything I need from the drugstore before I go and pick it up. I had congestion and a few other symptoms that makes me think my February bug was something else. More than two in every 1,000 babies between 6 months and one year have been hospitalized with RSV so far this season, as have more than one in every 1,000 children between age one and two. ^^^^ Hopefully all those people coughing in church will die. For children, coverage looks about the same as last year, but those levels represent a 6% drop from what flu vaccinations in kids looked like before the pandemic, Brammer said. A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, in the village of Madudu, in the Mubende district of Uganda Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Mel B reveals her Spice Girls bandmates knew about the 'abuse' she suffered while she was married to Stephen Do YOU know how much a flooded home costs to repair - and is it covered on your insurance? I had this last year from mid December-January and had been traveling in Europe. Good enough for me. Sorry, Im forgetting all my symptoms now. My kids had it too. Could your sniffles be caused by COVID-19? Antibiotics didnt work any more. The 2021-2022 flu season has been mild, the CDC says, but it has come in two waves, with the second wave lingering longer than previous ones. I considered going to an ER a couple of times, but ultimately didn't, for the same reason. I remember that by the time this thread started, a Discord "friend" said he wasn't feeling very well, "If I don't show up it means I died lol". All Rights Reserved. Tel: 301-451-8224, Editor: Harrison Wein, Ph.D. 612,084 people tested . Fingers crossed I stay clear of it. Updated Another old thread. Chesty cough - you may cough up green or yellow mucus. The entire episode lasted from late November till mid-March --- three successive waves. But weve heard over and over, maybe 100 times on here, maybe 300 times? Its been months and I still have the flu.. I think the hydrogen peroxide killed off the germs causing my illness. "At this stage in the pandemic, it's really difficult to differentiate between the flu, Covid, common colds and even seasonal allergies," says Gounder. The doc said that I'd still get it, but both the vaccine and Tamiflu would reduce the severity of the symptoms. Over the last two years Dr Hespe said weve had a ridiculously respiratory-tract-infection-free zone, and weve become complacent with not having viruses around us. And while providing sick leave is one thing, it's also important for bosses to take sick time for themselves and proactively encourage their team to do the same. r245, I had what I assumed was a bad cold that started in mid-March and it lasted about 12 days. It took weeks to months to fully recover. "Newer associates who've entered the workforce during the pandemic really have no idea the norms of when it's OK to take time off," Walsh says. (Viruses) mainly affect either ends of our population - little babies and children, and the elderly as well as the immuno-compromised.. Even if you test negative on the first day, Gounder recommends retesting on day two to be sure. Usually we can give appropriate advice over the video. Wear a mask in indoor public places. 2022 Updated: 9:50 AM EDT April 29, 2022 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. If you have been battling . And, let me be clear, if it IS true, I have no argument with Asian people of any kind. Until then, the case fatality rates being bandied about are just speculation. You may have a runny nose, cough, congestion, and sore throat. The media has noticed these kinds of claims and basically pooh-pooed the idea that they could have been instances of the novel coronavirus, remarking that it cannot be verified. My older kid goes to a school with lots of international students, a lot of the parents travel to Asia for work/family obligations. When safety doesn't come first! It took about two weeks for it to go away. It lasted five weeks for me. A cold is caused by an adenovirus that is located in your nose and sinuses. Had another bad cough, severe headache, fever, chills, etc. Then I got poison ivy and I felt much better again - because my dr gave me a steroid pack. I told my boss no working for me, went home, find this thread and the new medication combo. 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