Here is an interview with one of the first patients in Germany: https://www.br.de/radio/bayern1/coronavirus-in-bayern-100.ht...
The interview is in German but maybe Google Translate can help. His symptoms however have been very mild.
Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
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Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
#62Have 4 family members that have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Austria: - Male (56), no symptoms except weak voice - Female (55), no symptoms - Male (80), light fever (37,7C), weak voice - Female (81), no symptoms These cases are all connected, and we have talked with others that seem to have caught the same variant/mutation. None of them does really show symptoms, no hospitalizations, no real fever, and no har…
My best wishes for your family, i hope they don't experience any worse symptoms! Just out of curiosity, how long is it since they have been tested positive?
Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
#63Have 4 family members that have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Austria: - Male (56), no symptoms except weak voice - Female (55), no symptoms - Male (80), light fever (37,7C), weak voice - Female (81), no symptoms These cases are all connected, and we have talked with others that seem to have caught the same variant/mutation. None of them does really show symptoms, no hospitalizations, no real fever, and no har…
I hope you can update this this in 5 days, 10 days, and 15 days so we can see if/when symptoms change or appear.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's alarming and kind of ironic is that COVID 19 has a lack of symptoms compared to the common flu. Aches and pains sometimes for COVID 19 as opposed to aches and pains common for the common flu. Runny nose sometimes for COVID 19 but runny nose common for the Common Flu. Its almost to say if you feel really bad you probably don't have COVID 19 unless you really start having trouble breathing. It's helps me appreci…
The important thing is that achy muscles don't spread disease (quite the reverse) but coughing does . So people with a recent bad cough should stay at home.
Even if it's only flu people should try and avoid spreading it around at the moment.
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#65I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…
Some of the old-wives tales were descriptions of things that worked just like a lot of the herbal medicines. We didn't know why they worked so I agree it's hard to call them science. It's also possible it worked for you due to placebo effects, but you describe having a sample size of two! I hope we don't mock people for stating anecdotal evidence. I have seen mocking for statements that clearly contradict evidence (c…
> We didn't know why they worked so I agree it's hard to call them science.
Science doesn't always tell us why something works, but it may tell us "whether". The theory of whether something works is much easier to understand and test than the theory of why or how.
It may not be rigorous science with good experimental design, that's all.
Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
#66Have 4 family members that have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Austria: - Male (56), no symptoms except weak voice - Female (55), no symptoms - Male (80), light fever (37,7C), weak voice - Female (81), no symptoms These cases are all connected, and we have talked with others that seem to have caught the same variant/mutation. None of them does really show symptoms, no hospitalizations, no real fever, and no har…
I hope you can update this this in 5 days, 10 days, and 15 days so we can see if/when symptoms change or appear.
And how long ago, or what day, were they tested?
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60 What kind of nonsense rule is that? They're intentionally breaking the statistics. Which country is this, if you don't mind saying?
This is definitely happening all over the US. The reason the counts are so low is the CDC refuses to test anyone.
Not just in the US. In most countries tests are extremely limited so they screen out massively.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are there any major differences between this and the annual, regular flu?
It's essentially a somewhat more intense flu with no herd immunity, which means instead of spreading itself nicely throughout the year it comes in at once in a massive exponential spike that blows out the medical system I'm kinda curious though if this quarantining is also gonna significantly help with any other diseases already out in the wild. Would be nice if we ended up also clearing out some of the regular flu s…
I read somewhere the rate of colds and flu has fallen in Hong Kong.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
From what I've read sore throat is relatively rare as a symptom of covid-19: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-sympto... Notably, the COVID-19 infection rarely seems to cause a runny nose, sneezing, or sore throat (these symptoms have been observed in only about 5% of patients). That doesn't mean you didn't have it, of course, but does suggest it might have just been a cold.
Doesn't dry cough imply sore throat (ie you cough since your throat is sore and irritated)? So people having a cough wont also mention that their throat is sore since it is unnecessary information? Edit: The way I experience is is that there is a constant tickle in my throat. It sometimes get so strong that I can't hold back a cough but most of the time it just stays a tickle. I call that sore throat, when I got it i…
> ie you cough since your throat is sore and irritated
The cough is probably because of lung issues. Apparently sore throat is only a symptom in 1/6th of cases but the dry cough is present in 2/3rd. There's also sputum in 1/3rd of cases, that's lungs / trachea mucus.
Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?
#70Symptoms as described by WHO: - https://i.cbc.ca/1.5496615.1584111464!/fileImage/httpImage/i... - https://sm.mashable.com/mashable_sea/photo/default/coronavir...
Those two tables contradict each other. The first says runny nose is not a symptom of COVID-19, the other says "sometimes".
This just shows how little we know (and/or how much misinformation there is about it), and that a differential diagnosis based on symptoms is basically impossible (at least for a non-expert).