11-12-2023, 04:42 PM
rgG wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
A new COVID variant, HV.1, is now dominant. These are its most common symptoms
https://www.aol.com/news/covid-variant-hv-1-now-023335640.html
What are HV.1 symptoms?
The symptoms caused by infection with HV.1 are similar to those caused by recent variants, says Schaffner, which include:
Sore throat
Congestion or stuffiness
Runny nose
Cough
Fatigue
Headache
Muscle aches
Fever or chills
“Congestion, sore throat and dry cough seem to be the three most prominent symptoms right now,” says Schaffner.
Increasingly, doctors report that COVID-19 symptoms appear to follow a pattern of being concentrated in the upper respiratory tract, starting with a sore throat and followed by congestion or a runny nose, NBC news reported.
Coughing isn't typically a primary symptom, but it can persist. "The virus seems to produce a kind of a chronic bronchitis, so that you can have a cough syndrome that lasts beyond the period where you’ve recovered from other symptoms," says Schaffner.
Another trend is that COVID-19 seems to be causing milder infections, likely because people have some prior immunity. “By milder, we mean it doesn’t require hospitalization even though you can feel quite miserable for several days,” says Schaffner.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-summary
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After reading the symptoms and seeing they matched the ones I had been experiencing, I took a Covid test which was positive. I felt miserable for about three days and now just have a sore throat and resultant cough. My wife had it, we suspect, and had recovered several days before I became symptomatic. Her case wasn’t quite as miserable. We are fully boosted and this was our first time with Covid.
Sorry to hear that. Aren’t you the one who is more than fully boosted, like you had several extra shots?
Glad you and your wife are both better.
Yes, got a couple of extra doses early on by changing states and not presenting a CDC card. Nothing extra in the last year though. I was last boosted September 18, 2023.
RgrF wrote:
Speedy, did you go to a paxlovid treatment?
No, I tested positive on Saturday after a miserable Friday but by Saturday I no longer had any fever and was doing well except for the cough and sore throat. Today, Sunday, I still have the cough but just a very minor twinge in my throat. Because it was the weekend, I decided not to pursue any of the treatment options like Paxlovid. I’m isolating for five days once my cough goes away.
My wife has had a number of close contacts with our (immunosuppressed) daughter lasting several hours each time including while she was symptomatic. Daughter has not shown any signs. I did some electrical work on daughter’s house for four hours the day before I had any symptoms. Fingers crossed. Daughter was boosted in early September and is due for another booster this week according to her MyChart; her doc just needs to send the order to Walgreens.
My wife has no idea where she got it and we didn’t test her because her symptoms mimicked a mild cold. We even did our daily three mile walk throughout her infection. I only tested because my symptoms were more severe and because I read the article I referenced, checking the box for every symptom plus loss of appetite.