My experience of very mild Coronavirus

[Nighttime pacer]

Hi all,

I just wanted to tell you what happened to me with my very mild version of Coronavirus.

I don't for certain that it definitely was Coronavirus but NHS 111 told me to self isolate and I had a few of the symptoms.

It began with a slight headache over my eyes and some hoarseness.
4 days later I cooked some spicy food which tasted really bland. The next day I realised I had completely lost my sense of smell and sense of taste.

I phoned NHS 111 and they confirmed that was a symptom.
I've since read that hoarseness and headache are also symptoms.
I had no fever and no cough.

I then a few days in got very painful eyes in the middle of the night, as if some grit was in them and they were streaming for about 15 mins.
It seems this is also a symptom.
Since then they've occasionally been painful and a little watery.

I felt occasionally hot and then cold and generally exhausted.

One day early on I felt like I couldn't get completely warm and turned my heating up to 24 when the most I usually set it at is 20.

On day 11 since losing it my sense of smell and taste started to come back a little.

I'm now 13 days since the loss of sense of smell and taste started and it is much better, though not fully back.

I'm no longer hoarse, tired, hot & cold, no more headaches and my eyes are much better.

A pharmacist said after about day 8 if it hasn't gone to your lungs you're probably ok.

I feel like I'm now when and truly on the mend and because mine was such a mild case (though not proven, I'm pretty sure I've had Coronavirus) I wanted to share as so many stories are sooo scary.

I just hope this may help some of you to realise you can and often get it very mildly.

Take care all and stay safe.

Nighttime Pacer

[WiseMonkey]

Thanks for posting this but you/we have no way of knowing for sure that yours was a case of covid19 as no testing was done. It could have just been the 'flu.
Glad you are feeling better

[Nighttime pacer]

Hi Wisemonkey,
It is true I haven’t had a test but for me the really odd thing was losing all sense of smell and taste. I’ve never had that, and also I had no nasal congestion at all.
Even with a bad cold or allergies I’ve never totally lost my sense of smell.
Also, the eye thing has been widely reported too.
I’ve 2 friends who’ve had the fever and cough and also lost their sense of smell & taste.
I’m sorry if it sounds like I’m arguing as I don’t mean to.
Maybe we’ll be able to get antibody tests, maybe not. It’s a very difficult situation.

[dorabella]

I had similar back in early February - two doses one in January and a worse dose in February. Day 1 fever and feeling a bit rough, day 2 felt like head cold, day 3 -4 dry cough, day 5 wet cough started and which lasted for over 2 weeks, day 6 lost both sense of smell and taste which has never happened before with a heavy cold - only occasionally lost sense of smell because nose blocked up but never both together. This lasted for nearly four days.

Lot of people reported similar with all sorts of weird symptoms such as you have described back in February and even in January. Of course no-one suspected it was anything other than usual winter bugs and there was no testing then. Just felt different from usual winter viruses - and I had not had the winter bug for nearly 5 years at that point.

We will never know until the government starts antibody testing but it's not beyond the realms of possibility that a lot of the population caught it really mild at a much earlier point in the year. It was know to be circulating back in December 2019.

[WiseMonkey]

We will never know until the government starts antibody testing but it's not beyond the realms of possibility that a lot of the population caught it really mild at a much earlier point in the year. It was know to be circulating back in December 2019.

Yes this will be very interesting as they'll likely test for antibodies before giving a vaccine to covid19 (when it's produced). I've read that some people in USA experienced a 'flu like virus with pneumonia earlier in the year, which may indicate it's been circulating around the community for a while

[Carnation]

I had something similar in January / February and a lot of people I know had a strange flu type bug, where they were ill for 3-5 days and groggy for a long time after. We've discussed whether that could have been the coronavirus.
I had the sore throat, shivery then hot, constant runny nose and zero energy and tasteless food until I made some chicken broth a few times and it helped a lot. I actually lost my voice, which was so weird as it returned to normal the following the day. And coughing what felt like all through the night. I generally cough anyway because of my sinus issues and I smoke, but this was different because it was a repetitive dry cough.
I'm sure loads of people have already had it.

[WiredIncorrectly]

I had something similar in January / February and a lot of people I know had a strange flu type bug, where they were ill for 3-5 days and groggy for a long time after. We've discussed whether that could have been the coronavirus.
I had the sore throat, shivery then hot, constant runny nose and zero energy and tasteless food until I made some chicken broth a few times and it helped a lot. I actually lost my voice, which was so weird as it returned to normal the following the day. And coughing what felt like all through the night. I generally cough anyway because of my sinus issues and I smoke, but this was different because it was a repetitive dry cough.
I'm sure loads of people have already had it.

Yes Carnation, me too and I posted it about it on here when I was going through it. Same with my partner and friends/family. My brother had it bad back then too. But now, his wife has it, and his 1 year old. His wife is over it, still bit of repetitive cough. She's had it 4 weeks and was bed ridden for almost 2. The 1 year old is improving daily. He doesn't have it this time.

My best guess based on symptoms, and the repetitive cough + difficult breathing, makes me think some people did have it back in Jan/Feb.

[Panicattacka]

This raises an interesting question: if you think many people were getting this as far back as January, what were the death stats like back then? Surely someone must've died from it and just been recorded as a flu death or pneumonia case?

[Carnation]

That is a very interesting point panicattacka.
All the people that had this virus / flu thing recovered.
Notice also the newsreader quotes 'with' not 'from' the coronavirus. I also wonder how many people have had this and not realised it.

[Noivous]

I had something similar in January / February and a lot of people I know had a strange flu type bug, where they were ill for 3-5 days and groggy for a long time after. We've discussed whether that could have been the coronavirus.
I had the sore throat, shivery then hot, constant runny nose and zero energy and tasteless food until I made some chicken broth a few times and it helped a lot. I actually lost my voice, which was so weird as it returned to normal the following the day. And coughing what felt like all through the night. I generally cough anyway because of my sinus issues and I smoke, but this was different because it was a repetitive dry cough.
I'm sure loads of people have already had it.

Carnation! Hope you are well my friend! You are so right loads of people have already had the virus. Far more than have been tested for it. Which means the mortality rate is far lower than what we're seeing.

I got sick in late January. Fever/chills/headache/slight nausea. The weird thing was I knew 4 or 5 people personally who had a very similar illness at the same time. I remember thinking... this is weird.

My wife is a medical worker on the front lines in a busy hospital where we live. Prayers are appreciated.

Hang in there gang. We'll get through this.

N.