A Persitstent Cough

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There seems to be a lot of debate around the definition of this. What are people presuming this means? Purely continuous coughing over a reasonable time period or

Is an infrequent cough that lasts a long time considered persistent?
Or is a period of frequent coughing over short period (say less than a day) persistent

For me you have to assume all cases and play it safe, but there's going to be an awful lot of self isolation (not a bad thing) over the coming weeks
 
Plus, if people are not tested they could presumably have a cough and cold and might think they endured a mild form of the virus. They might then put themselves forward to help out when they could be a risk to themselves and others.
 
It's a tricky one isn't it! :)

I've had a cold for over two weeks now. Not a bad one. Just a bit sinusy, a bit sniffly, occasional sore throat, and generally feeling a bit knackered. With wall-to-wall Coronavirus coverage, it's hard not to think "I wonder" (When they talk about the really mild cases).

However, I've had no fever, no cough, no headache, no breathing problems, no aching.... so it's clearly 'just a cold'. (After all, other viruses are still available) :giggle:

Edit: Someone posted an interesting graphic on another thread yesterday (I forget where). It was a list of all symptoms, and the % of cases which had them. (I think the cough was the most common, but even 12% didn't get one).
 
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It's strange because the other day a lady was on LBC radio from Yorkshire.... she went to hospital after falling over in her home and was automatically tested for C19 in hospital...

test came back positive but she had no 'symptoms' and said she would have gone to work as normal, had she not fallen over

She works in a care home :oops:
 
Yeah but I don't think anything can be done about that Juninho other than minimizing social contact as much as possible to prevent spreading it when you don't know you have it.
 
I just hope people take self isolation serious, because that will be the key in preventing lots of deaths. If my own family are anything to go by they might not. I've been pretty ill the past few days with a fever but no cough. My partner insists that it isn't likely the virus and has gone to work, and allowed the kids to college and school.
 
I’m not sure what’s what concerning my situation as I’ve had a chesty cough for two weeks and in that time I’ve struggled to breathe for a couple of hours on one occasion and woke up breathless on two or three other occasions. I usually get a chesty cough for around a month at this time of year and the breathing problems could be caused by that I suppose. Apparently coughs have to be ‘new’ though, so I don’t think I have the virus. Also, does ‘breathing problems’ mean being continuously short of breath or would my incidents count?
 
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Same here. A niggly dry cough on and off for about 2 weeks but no fever or aching bones as they are a couple of crucial symptoms to be aware of.
I felt a bit hot yesterday afternoon but took my temperature and it was fine. Probably something to do with wearing a hazmat suit to cut my grass.
 
SocraTees said:
Same here. A niggly dry cough on and off for about 2 weeks but no fever or aching bones as they are a couple of crucial symptoms to be aware of.
I felt a bit hot yesterday afternoon but took my temperature and it was fine. Probably something to do with wearing a hazmat suit to cut my grass.
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No problem then because the fever and fatigue are the first thing you get and over 99% of people get it. All the others are varying percentages and a runny nose is definitely not a sympto.
 
We're quite a way into this virus. You'd think by now there would be lots of testing kits available for us who are out working and those going to school.

MPs obviously have no problem getting to use them, same goes for those involved in football etc.

Why aren't those actually keeping the place ticking being tested?
 
Exactly CtC. Had this conversation earlier, you can swab your gob stick it in the post and they know which caveman your related to in a week. How the hell can they not have cheap kits to test for this.
Perhaps I‘ve answered it already....there’s no money in it.
 
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No problem then because the fever and fatigue are the first thing you get and over 99% of people get it. All the others are varying percentages and a runny nose is definitely not a sympto.
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Well that's not right because a good percentage of people have no symptoms so how can 99% have a fever?!

As to the topic completely agree I've had a dry cough and soar throat, they've gone but have I had it .. probably not.
So what's the point in isolating (which I did and am working from home etc) when we all then go back outside and it turns out we didn't have it and here comes the second wave. The way this is playing out it utterly surreal .
 
Alvez_48 said:
Well that's not right because a good percentage of people have no symptoms so how can 99% have a fever?!

As to the topic completely agree I've had a dry cough and soar throat, they've gone but have I had it .. probably not.
So what's the point in isolating (which I did and am working from home etc) when we all then go back outside and it turns out we didn't have it and here comes the second wave. The way this is playing out it utterly surreal .
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It's obviously 99% (though I read 97%) of people who have tested positive suffer from fever. Just like something like 75% of positive tested people get the cough.
 
WoodallServices said:
No problem then because the fever and fatigue are the first thing you get and over 99% of people get it. All the others are varying percentages and a runny nose is definitely not a sympto.
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That's not entirely correct... according to WHO

"The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don't feel unwell. Most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment. "

So a runny nose can be a symptom, although not a major one
 
I don't know how to identify a persistent cough 100% but my interpretation is that if you have a cough where coughing doesn't clear anything then it is persistent. If you are mucusey then coughing moves something. That isn't persistent because it goes away when it's clear. A persistent cough is caused because the lungs are inflamed/irritated so can't be cleared.
 
I think if you develop a cough or have a fever then the likelihood is that it will be CV. Do you know when some people say "oh yeah that's been going around" well this is going around. It's no coincidence. The real number of cases is likely to be in the high tens of thousands now and doubling every few days.
 
I’ve got a dry cough. Woke up really early and feels worse this morning. Feel really guilty as was out all day yesterday visiting friends and family.
But other than that I feel fine. Head feels a bit hot but don’t think I’ve a temperature.

there really does needs to be some kind of basic testing kit, it is ridiculous that no one knows if they’ve had it or not.
 
The advice is if you have a persistent cough but no high temperature you still self isolate.

So this has to be hammered home to the public time and time again.
 
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