Current Events > I have a fever of 100, this is the first day I've felt anything.

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I felt kinda weird like 5 days ago, but I don't think it was anything. This fever has me a bit concerned though.

I've barely interacted with anybody the past few days. My roommate and maybe one person at a drive through but I washed my hands like crazy there and was careful.

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How concerned should I be?

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Is your immune system compromised or do you have any respiratory conditions?

Just try to stay calm and monitor your symptoms. Youll almost certainly be fine.

NeoShadowhen posted...

Is your immune system compromised or do you have any respiratory conditions?

Just try to stay calm and monitor your symptoms. Youll almost certainly be fine.

I am very obese so I use a CPAP machine for sleep apnea. Otherwise I'm relatively healthy, I know that's bad though.

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FUCK it's 101.3

WTF?

I felt fine like 2 hours ago.

Now I just feel a little feverish but nothing else. WTF?

I guess a medium fever and no other symptoms is better than nothing.

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Had a similar experience earlier this month. Ended up taking 13 days before I felt I had recovered. After the first day the fever was on and off and mild to the point I didn't take any sort of medication.

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Zaltera posted...

Had a similar experience earlier this month. Ended up taking 13 days before I felt I had recovered. After the first day the fever was on and off and mild to the point I didn't take any sort of medication.

What happened next though?


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Can I have ur Karma after u die

Just calm down and be aware of your fever and especially your breathing. Don't stress or else you'll make it worse
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Checked again: 101.4

idk

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ffmasterjose posted...

Can I have ur Karma after u die

Dude wtf

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joe40001 posted...

What happened next though?

One day a spot on my tongue started tingling immediately after I put food on it and the taste wasn't as strong as I was expecting. It was almost like I had burned my tongue without actually burning it. At night I was breathing through my nose and I felt almost like it was burning, sort of similar to what happens if you are breathing in very cold air. I put my head under the cover where it was warmer and it still did that. This also went away within a couple of days. I never noticed any sort of loss of smell.

Nothing major overall. Could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: Ah, there were a couple of days of mild weakness earlier on. Occasionally I also felt a chill for a second or two. I believe the tongue and nose symptoms were on what I believe to have been either day 8 or 9.

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Zaltera posted...

One day a spot on my tongue started tingling immediately after I put food on it and the taste wasn't as strong as I was expecting. It was almost like I had burned my tongue without actually burning it. At night I was breathing through my nose and I felt almost like it was burning, sort of similar to what happens if you are breathing in very cold air. I put my head under the cover where it was warmer and it still did that. This also went away within a couple of days. I never noticed any sort of loss of smell.

Nothing major overall. Could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: Ah, there were a couple of days of mild weakness earlier on. Occasionally I also felt a chill for a second or two. I believe the tongue and nose symptoms were on what I believe to have been either day 8 or 9.

Did you contact doctors? When did you?

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Never contacted anybody so I am not completely certain what it was. I suspect it was this shit virus but I haven't confirmed it.

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101.2

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watch out for headaches. apparently completely healthy young people are dying of blood clots/strokes in the brain due to the virus...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/strokes-coronavirus-young-adults/index.html

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monkmith posted...

watch out for headaches. apparently completely healthy young people are dying of blood clots/strokes in the brain due to the virus...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/strokes-coronavirus-young-adults/index.html

Dang ok.

I'm very obese so this is scary. I need to lose this weight. I should have done it ages ago but I've got so many mental health issues that I struggle to find hope/motivation. I need to stop making excuses though. After this I need to change.

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Get tested if you think you have corona. Could just be peoples immune systems from lack of sunshine and exercise kinda ruined with all the staying home so one trip outside makes you catch something you normally wouldn't.

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Lebronwon posted...

Get tested if you think you have corona. Could just be peoples immune systems from lack of sunshine and exercise kinda ruined with all the staying home so one trip outside makes you catch something you normally wouldn't.

what state do you live in? there is no 'getting tested' in mine unless you're either dying in a hospital or you work in one.

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monkmith posted...

what state do you live in? there is no 'getting tested' in mine unless you're either dying in a hospital or you work in one.

I'm in Washington County Utah.

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monkmith posted...

what state do you live in? there is no 'getting tested' in mine unless you're either dying in a hospital or you work in one.

Im in New York. It is the state with the most cases and there are options to get tested here. I guess I forgot other areas aren't hard hit and even are protesting the stay at home orders since they think their areas safe.

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Lebronwon posted...

Im in New York. It is the state with the most cases and there are options to get tested here. I guess I forgot other areas aren't hard hit and even are protesting the stay at home orders since they think their areas safe.

living in virginia, we still dont have enough test kits for anything beyond 'essential workers'.

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101.1

It's weird it fever doesn't feel as bad right now though.

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joe40001 posted...

Dang ok.

I'm very obese so this is scary. I need to lose this weight. I should have done it ages ago but I've got so many mental health issues that I struggle to find hope/motivation. I need to stop making excuses though. After this I need to change.

Have you seen a doctor for mental help?

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

Have you seen a doctor for mental help?

yes, different psychologists for the past 15 years.

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still 101.1

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Did you call your doctor?

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@joe40001 , checking your temperature every hour or so isn't going to help your mental situation. What you need to do is just monitor your symptoms beyond the fever. Stay hydrated, make sure you eat. Don't really change much beyond what you normally do in so far as food or beverage intake so that you can be sure whatever symptoms you have come from whatever the illness is rather than a headache from lack of caffeine or feeling faint from blood sugar issues.

If you start feeling flushed, or get chills, sweats, and shit like that then yeah check your temperature. If you go above 102 contact a doctor, urgent care, ER, whatever you feel most comfortable with. If you start having breathing issues, contact someone immediately. Headache is also something to look out for, along with lose of taste of smell. Please don't forget that while Coronavirus is the thing now people are still getting strep throat, colds, sinus infections, influenza, and all the normal illnesses that the world has to offer. My mom was convinced she had Corona, turned out it Influenza B. I'm not saying to downplay anything. Just be conscious of everything, not just what it is that is giving you your anxiety. I know that's easier said than done, since every time I have so much as a muscle spasm near the location of where my cancer was i'm immediately like "welp, it's back, guess i'm dying".

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I don't think we really need your temperature updates every hour. Others have already given you good advice: stay calm, monitor your symptoms, consult a doctor if you start feeling worse or you get new symptoms. Use common sense. Before covid when you got a fever was the first thought you had "I'm going to die. I need to freak out"? No? Then you probably don't need to do it now.

I don't know what your health care situation is like, but for mine I can video chat remotely with a doctor and he can even prescribe me medication. Might be something to look in to.

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Sorry I'm also kinda posting my temp for my own records since it's saved with a timestamp, but I can do that different ways I suppose

Honestly without a thermometer I wouldn't really know I had a fever. I feel relatively normal.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

@joe40001 , checking your temperature every hour or so isn't going to help your mental situation. What you need to do is just monitor your symptoms beyond the fever. Stay hydrated, make sure you eat. Don't really change much beyond what you normally do in so far as food or beverage intake so that you can be sure whatever symptoms you have come from whatever the illness is rather than a headache from lack of caffeine or feeling faint from blood sugar issues.

If you start feeling flushed, or get chills, sweats, and shit like that then yeah check your temperature. If you go above 102 contact a doctor, urgent care, ER, whatever you feel most comfortable with. If you start having breathing issues, contact someone immediately. Headache is also something to look out for, along with lose of taste of smell. Please don't forget that while Coronavirus is the thing now people are still getting strep throat, colds, sinus infections, influenza, and all the normal illnesses that the world has to offer. My mom was convinced she had Corona, turned out it Influenza B. I'm not saying to downplay anything. Just be conscious of everything, not just what it is that is giving you your anxiety. I know that's easier said than done, since every time I have so much as a muscle spasm near the location of where my cancer was i'm immediately like "welp, it's back, guess i'm dying".

Thanks, I'm trying.

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99.4 now so that's probably a good thing.

Unrelatedly I had hurt my knee a few days back and now I have to craw to the bathroom. :/

But at least I probably won't die of the rona! :)

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Fever totally gone, I guess I'm fine. That was scary for a minute though.

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We forget sometimes how lucky we are when things are normal.

My leg which was hurting me also feels better.

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