Anyone else catch this horrible cold that's going around?

[bif]

My wife's been hacking away for at least three weeks. I managed to not catch it until this past weekend. It's a killer!

[GreenWave]

1. I had something in center of chest for weeks.

Yesterday it exited. No drugs or expectorants taken.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. My adult son just had it for a whole week.

And he’s as healthy as a horse normally. He did go to an Urgent Care and they gave him some antibiotics. Said he couldn’t stop coughing for days. Wiped out. Sore throat. Congestion. Aches.

Hope you feel better soon, bif!

[dweller]

3. So far no one has mentioned

a Covid test ? +/- results ?


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[bif]

8. My wife took a Covid test

Negative.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Hubby and I both had this about three weeks ago.

It was really bad for a cold, and that's what it was.
We did each test for COVID.

Hope y'all are feeling better soon, Mark.

[gopiscrap]

5. Yup I got it, it sucks

[cbabe]

6. New Covid variant

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/2-new-covid-variants-called-flirt-are-spreading-in-the-us-what-are-the-symptoms/ar-AA1o6moR

2 new COVID variants called 'FLiRT' are spreading in the U.S. What are the symptoms?
Story by Caroline Kee

…

The symptoms of the FLiRT variants are similar to those caused by JN.1, which include:

Sore throat
Cough
Fatigue
Congestion
Runny nose
Headache
Muscle aches
Fever or chills
New loss of sense of taste or smell
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea

…more…

(Pharmacist said it’s going around. Robutussin honey to sleep through the two weeks and manage symptoms.)

[Deuxcents]

7. I have a bacterial lung infection..some kind of bronchitis..

Runny nose n coughing before I had to go to the dr for antibiotics, which I don’t like taking but I was knocked out with this bug. Just now getting over it. Keep well 😷

[Trailrider1951]

9. Yeah, I've got something

Cough, low fever, aches, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, no appetite. The only things I can keep down are Tylenol and water. I'm on day 8 of torture by virus.

[Paladin]

10. My f___ing allergies don't allow any room for colds. (nt)

[beaglelover]

11. I was going to say, maybe it's allergies and not a cold. I'm in a new location this spring and my allergies are

very severe this year.

[lark]

12. My husband is sick as a dog right now.

Our Covid tests are out of date by a few months, but still showed negative. He's got a ton of chest congestion, a lot of coughing, and an on and off lowgrade fever. He had a teladoc appt. and was given 3 rx's. He seems to be a little better today, so that's good news.
Hope I don't get it too as my oxygen gets low way too easily! I've taken zinc and Vit C for an immune system boost.

[Ocelot II]

13. A friend got a horrendous case of some respiratory bug -

At first it was a bad cold, then it turned into pneumonia and pleurisy. It wasn't covid; it was a bacterial thing - he found out that there are a whole lot of different bacteria that can cause pneumonia. Anyhow, he wound up in the hospital and had to have surgery to clear the infection from his lungs. He's finally home now but was in and out of the hospital since early March. The doctors said there's a lot of weird shit going around.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Thankfully No

But, winter before last I caught one and I had forgotten how bad a cold could make me feel.
Probably 6 or 7 years between colds & it was not the "no big thing" I had stuck in my head. I don't remember ever having a fever from a cold. My temperature hit 100.8° with this one. Tested negative for everything, and drainage was clear & colorless. Doctor said "Just a cold". Just? I felt rotten.
Took 2 & ½ weeks to clear, but my singing voice didn't come back for 4 months! Felt fine, but had under half my normal range. I was worried it would never come back.

[bif]

15. It's not Covid

I took a test yesterday just to make sure. Just a cold.

[ailsagirl]

16. No cold but I have a moderate case of poison oak

Fortunately, it's almost healed