People tell of symptoms coming and going weeks after falling ill, even in mild cases.
Six weeks after first feeling unwell, Jenny* is still recovering from what she believes was Covid-19.
On 17 March she, like many others, began preparing for an expected lockdown in the UK, stocking up on supermarket essentials. She was feeling a little flushed – something she put down to a reemergence of cold-like symptoms from a few weeks before.
Then the other symptoms began, including a runny nose, sneezing and phlegm. “At that time, everybody was saying that runny noses and sneezing were not symptoms of coronavirus so I still didn’t think I had it,” the 33-year-old said. “Then I started coughing.”
As the days marched on, other symptoms developed, including chest pains, shortness of breath and marks like dappled bruising on the feet – something Spanish doctors have suggested could be a sign of the disease.
“It really was like one thing after another,” Jenny said, adding that on attempting to get back to work, typing in bed, she developed muscle pains in her wrists.
Her flatmate also became ill – with symptoms including a fever and loss of taste and smell. Without testing, it is impossible to be sure, but it seemed highly probable that the cause of the illness in both flatmates was Covid-19.
Jenny still feels exhausted, with days of feeling better followed by setbacks. “I still don’t feel better because a few days ago I started shivering, like I got a chill somehow,” she said…
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