Bug going round?

[Sue]

Yet again I wonder if anyone else has what seems to be some kind of bug (Covid test negative).

Runny nose on and off for over a week, stuffy head, feeling tired and low energy and a bit crap and a bit headachy and dizzy, but no other cold symptoms. 

Just me?

Edited Sunday at 10:09 by Sue

[Jenijenjen]

I've been feeling the same on and off for the past week and have put it down to the muggy weather and thundery atmosphere.  Feeling much much better after last night's rain.

[Azalea]

New Covid strains are around and not picked up by a Covid test. Wear a good mask when you go out.

Edited Sunday at 11:58 by Azalea
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[Sue]

2 hours ago, Jenijenjen said:

I've been feeling the same on and off for the past week and have put it down to the muggy weather and thundery atmosphere.  Feeling much much better after last night's rain.

Glad for you, but I feel worse today! 😭 

A friend of mine just told me on Facebook he has been feeling like this on and off for SIX WEEKS 😭 

2 hours ago, Azalea said:

New Covid strains are around and not picked up by a Covid test. Wear a good mask when you go out.

Oh dear.

Thanks for that, I didn't know.

I will definitely wear a mask if I have to go out, but it feels like I need to rest at the moment.

At least I'm sort of glad to hear it's something going around, it's a bit worrying when you don't know what's wrong.

Edited Sunday at 12:41 by Sue

[Spartacus]

Sadly, despite the government ignoring it and not reporting on cases, covid hasn't gone away l

[ianr]

Rhinovirus seems to be a recent top of the pops.  https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/ 

[Sue]

2 hours ago, ianr said:

Rhinovirus seems to be a recent top of the pops.  https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/ 

When I googled rhinovirus, it said it was the common cold! 

I don't have what I would call the usual cold symptoms

[SpringTime]

Forget five a day. Try ten. Three litres of water per day. Ventilate your residence as much as you can. Cold shower in the morning. Spend as much time as possible outdoors. Hopefully you'll get better x

[Castleton]

I had pressure headaches for a couple of weeks until the cold finally came out.

Exacerbated by weird bloating and feeling nausea, thankfully a friend also had similar otherwise I'd have worried more.

Treated myself to some night nurse, rarely do that

[Hen123]

On 22/09/2024 at 10:34, Sue said:

Yet again I wonder if anyone else has what seems to be some kind of bug (Covid test negative).

Runny nose on and off for over a week, stuffy head, feeling tired and low energy and a bit crap and a bit headachy and dizzy, but no other cold symptoms. 

Just me?

Same. For over a week now. Feels similar to a my last Covid infection. 

[Rockets]

definitely something going around - a lot of people seem to have it - our family had it over the last week and a bit.

[Sue]

Thanks both.

I have heard of some people where a Covid test wasn't positive until several days after symptoms started.

Also it did belatedly occur to me that some of the symptoms eg the dizziness were similar to the first time I got Covid, shortly after the first lockdown.

But it's a bit pointless sticking a label on it, it's clearly some virus.

Commiserations to everyone else who has it. Let's hope we all recover quickly!

[NewWave]

Where I work virtually everyone has fallen ill with a sort of nausea/bloating bug with flu-ish symptoms.

This has been affecting various people for the past two weeks.

[teetomthomas]

People returning home from summer holidays, kids going back to school, change in temperature, central heating going on for the first time…. All adds up to a new strain of lurgy. ‘Tis the season to be jelly. 
 

get well soon all.