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I had delirium to the point I could not construct a thought, together with severe body pain and a dry cough back on January 19, 20 in a hotel room in Minnesota.

I had delirium to the point I could not construct a thought, together with severe body pain and a dry cough back on January 19, 20 in a hotel room in Minnesota. Finally was able to get an antibodies test in July, which came back negative - antibody levels probably dropped too low by then? https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-study-antibodies-covid-19-patients-fade-quickly https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-...

Mikeb85 6y ago
Yeah, pretty much any kind of high fever can cause temporary delirium and body aches. Whether caused by Covid, influenza or a bacterial infection.
jacquesm 6y ago
(1) you don't always develop antibodies; (2) you don't always develop a lot of them if you do; (3) you don't necessarily create them in a given time frame, some people are faster, others slower. Typically it will take at least 3 to 4 weeks post infection before antibodies will show up. (4) tests are never perfect. (5) you may have had something else entirely.
- koheripbal 6y ago
  >you don't always develop antibodies I'm not sure this is accurate. Testing negative to a serology test just means that the test tested different proteins than your body did. If you recover, you've created antibodies.
  - tim333 6y ago
    Recovery can be from T cells too https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/no-antibodies-could-still-have-had-covid-fighting-t-cells/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/no-antibodie...
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    > I'm not sure this is accurate. I'm pretty sure it is, and the CDC seems to agree with me: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-o... "Some people may take even longer to develop antibodies, and some people who are infected may not ever develop antibodies." This is a well known phenomenon in other diseases as well, why should COVID-19 be the exception here? > If you recover, you've created antibodies. No, that is not a valid line of reasoning. There is a high likelihood that you did, but not a 1:1 correspondence.
_wldu 6y ago
If you did have COVID-19. You may have no antibodies after three to four months, but T cell immunity. "Our results indicate that roughly twice as many people have developed T-cell immunity compared with those who we can detect antibodies in." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-immunity-covid-higher-shown.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-immunity-covid-higher...
heavyset_go 6y ago
Did you get a chest scan? CoVID cases are easily detected though CT scans of the chest, where viral pneumonia can be obvious.
- LeoNatan25 6y ago
  Not all infected develop the viral pneumonia, and not all that do have such damage that won’t heal in 6-7 months.
noja 6y ago
Sleep loss?
cvhashim 6y ago
The brain is deprived of oxygen due to lack of breathing

Mikeb85 6y ago

Yeah, pretty much any kind of high fever can cause temporary delirium and body aches. Whether caused by Covid, influenza or a bacterial infection.

jacquesm 6y ago

(1) you don't always develop antibodies; (2) you don't always develop a lot of them if you do; (3) you don't necessarily create them in a given time frame, some people are faster, others slower. Typically it will take at least 3 to 4 weeks post infection before antibodies will show up. (4) tests are never perfect. (5) you may have had something else entirely.

koheripbal 6y ago
>you don't always develop antibodies I'm not sure this is accurate. Testing negative to a serology test just means that the test tested different proteins than your body did. If you recover, you've created antibodies.
- tim333 6y ago
  Recovery can be from T cells too https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/no-antibodies-could-still-have-had-covid-fighting-t-cells/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/no-antibodie...
- jacquesm 6y ago
  > I'm not sure this is accurate. I'm pretty sure it is, and the CDC seems to agree with me: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-o... "Some people may take even longer to develop antibodies, and some people who are infected may not ever develop antibodies." This is a well known phenomenon in other diseases as well, why should COVID-19 be the exception here? > If you recover, you've created antibodies. No, that is not a valid line of reasoning. There is a high likelihood that you did, but not a 1:1 correspondence.

_wldu 6y ago

If you did have COVID-19. You may have no antibodies after three to four months, but T cell immunity. "Our results indicate that roughly twice as many people have developed T-cell immunity compared with those who we can detect antibodies in." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-immunity-covid-higher-shown.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-immunity-covid-higher...

heavyset_go 6y ago

Did you get a chest scan? CoVID cases are easily detected though CT scans of the chest, where viral pneumonia can be obvious.

LeoNatan25 6y ago
Not all infected develop the viral pneumonia, and not all that do have such damage that won’t heal in 6-7 months.

noja 6y ago

Sleep loss?

cvhashim 6y ago

The brain is deprived of oxygen due to lack of breathing