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I'm home with Covid-19 right now. I'm an intensivist and probably got infected at work. That's also why I had access to PCR testing to confirm the diagnosis aft
by bobowzki 6y ago
I'm home with Covid-19 right now. I'm an intensivist and probably got infected at work. That's also why I had access to PCR testing to confirm the diagnosis after only two days of symptoms.
I'm 36, in good shape, was lucky, and one week in I'm feeling stronger every day.
It wasquite unlike any other "flu" I've had.
- mancerayder 6y agoWhat was the symptom progression like? Did you feel better and then worse again at any point before feeling better again?
- bobowzki 6y agoFirst a cough that got a bit worse over a night shift. Then fever. Lots of clear mucus from the lungs. I never had any problem breathing but got a bit worried with the amount of mucus and coughing. Like many have reported my sense of smell is completely gone. That happened after about two days. About 5-6 days in now I still feel tired and probably have a light fever although I haven't bothered to measure. I'd say I've been getting steadily better but slowly.
- skizm 6y agoIs the lose of smell due to mucus build up? Or something more scary like directly affecting the brain's ability to process smell based input? (Or more likely somewhere in the middle?)
- bobowzki 6y agoIt's not because of mucus. Unlike a normal flu I've not had a runny nose, at all.
- neuronexmachina 6y agoA potential mechanism is discussed in the article: > Last month, Sherry Chou, a neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, began to organize a worldwide consortium that now includes 50 centers to draw neurological data from care patients already receive. The early goals are simple: Identify the prevalence of neurologic complications in hospitalized patients and document how they fare. Longer term, Chou and her colleagues hope to gather scans, lab tests, and other data to better understand the virus’ impact on the nervous system, including the brain. > Chou speculates about a possible invasion route: through the nose, then upward and through the olfactory bulb—explaining reports of a loss of smell—which connects to the brain. “It’s a nice sounding theory,” she says. “We really have to go and prove that.”
- Buttons840 6y agoI heard the median time for hospitalization is 10 days after first symptoms, so continue resting and taking care of yourself.
- boomer_joe 6y agoI am also a healthy man in my mid thirties, and like you, got infected and quickly recovered. That a was a month ago. It would be good to know if the organ damage detailed in the article also affects those that recover without significant symptoms. I fear it does, because I have lost and not regained my sense of smell.
- bobowzki 6y agoI'm not too worried about that (yet). I think you have a good chance to get it back but it will probably take a while.
- fasteo 6y agoGlad you are recovering so quickly ! Quick question: is 'viral load' a thing ? I have read in several places that repeated contact with infected people is an important factor to determine disease severity.
- bobowzki 6y agoI'm not an expert in virology but I think there are some theories that a larger exposure could potentially lead to more serious disease.
- nso 6y agoI think I had it as well. A good month and a half to two months ago. But there was no testing where I live, and antibody tests doesn't exist here yet. But as you say, a weird "flu".
- jgalvez 6y agoMy doctor recommended minimal doses of Cyproheptadine+DHEA+Progesterone to help heal my ex-smoker lung. I'm guessing the same could be useful for recovered COVID-19 patients and am not seeing it mentioned much, so I thought I'd chime in. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-09/p-pph090816.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-09/p-pph090816....