I have had a sore throat since january, and post nasal drip. I really think it's the same thing I had last year, but I can't be sure. I'm seeing a doctor this morning.
@enkasongwriter If your Mom has a repeat of that chest pain, she should go to the emergency room and have a cardiac work-up.
@elaineg, glad to hear it wasn't anything serious. Besides my allergies, I've had some wacky and unsettling physical responses since this pandemic started. Because I have various autoimmune problems I already had a lot of strange symptoms pre-Covid, but some new ones popped up. It's amazing what stress can do.
I really try to limit my news watching, recognize and appreciate all of the good around me, and be grateful for what I have. I also get my daily dose of Governor Cuomo, who calms me. I don't always succeed staying in that peaceful place, but I do the best I can. One day at a time, my friend.
i have had a stuffy nose since February. I finally went last month because my ears and throat were bothering me. I also was told I have allergies. I have never Jn my life suffered from allergies. I still have those symptoms I have been taking allergy medicine and nothing really. I have no fever that’s good.
I have allergies and drink a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water with honey or something to sweeten. It controls my symptoms.
@lawrence and @triciact: Re allergies: I agree about the ACV. Also best to stay away from dairy. My integrative doc recommended the product D-Hist -- contains quercetin, bromelain, stinging nettle, NAC, Vitamin C. You begin with a loading dose for 7-10 days, then reduce to maintenance dose.
A zoo in Germany may need to feed some of their animals to other animals because of the virus shutdown. They are now relying only on donations since revenue isn't happening and the supply chain is in question. They don't want their animals to starve and would rather humanly kill them if it comes to that.
My first thought is why is this a problem in Germany of all places?
My second thought is that the zoo went to the press to avoid needing to do this so perhaps the German government will step in, or at least they will get donations from people.
My next thought is, how are our zoos doing? I know many are doing free educational programs online right now but what about revenue for their expenses?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/europe/german-zoo-crisis-slaughter-animals-pandemic-trnd/index.html
i keep having this feeling that things are going to go back to a kinda normal for me really soon i also keep seeing the date april 25th still the president is going to announce something big that day about the virus. has anyone else been having any good intuitions lately and keep seeing the date april 25th?
New Covid-19 symptoms are emerging.
Neurological issues including dementia like behavior and strokes are now associated with the disease.
Notice if someone you know has sudden confusion or dementia type behavior where none existed previously. Also stoke symptoms. Both have been noted by doctors. Strokes are occurring even in young patients perhaps from blood clots caused by the virus. The loss of sense of smell and taste is also part of the neurological angle of the virus as we already know. Some experts believe that the virus is invading the brain. A study looking at the brains of people who have passed away from the virus in now being conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Make sure that if you know someone with stroke symptoms that they go to the ER.
Wondering if this resonates with you medical intuitives, since many of you have seen a breakthrough coming soon:
Just saw a discussion online that the presentation of the coronavirus is in reality closer to high-altitude sickness, which is why ventilators are frequently failing to help. (There has been some discussion that ventilators are doing more harm than good, and I've linked to a few here.)
In this case, acetazolamide could be a better option, and, of course, since that treatment option already exists, that could be the breakthrough many of you have seen. Acetazolamide helps reduce fluid buildup (ie, such as in glaucoma) and would work to reduce the fluid in the lungs.
Curious what you brilliant minds think!
There seem to be two kinds of severe cases: traditional Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) which often does need ventilation, and a different kind that mimics high altitude sickness, where the lungs don't look cloudy on imaging and which seems to not respond well to being on ventilators (at least not at full pressure).
The first postmortems of these have come back and they've found that the reason these people have low oxygen levels but clear looking lungs is that the small blood vessels of their lungs are full of micro-clots, which are not being found elsewhere in the body. In this case, it sounds like anticoagulants might be the way to go, as suggested by a number of Chinese physicians.
It's time for my Irregularly Scheduled PSA.
There are now more than 2 million confirmed COVID cases worldwide. Most likely an undercount for many reasons.
Here in the US we are above 30,000 confirmed cases (again, severe undercount). Even so, at a minimum, this means 10 times more Americans have died of COVID than died on 9/11.
Think about that. No one in the Regime is expressing any condolence, sympathy, sadness, or even humanity. At least Bush Jr. had the humanity to pretend he cared.
@jessi1978 It is not uncommon to develop seasonal allergies over time. Often a OTC decongestant like allegra or clarinex can help relieve symptoms and not make you feel drowsy.
Hi all, This is my first post and hope that everyone is doing OK over there in the US (if indeed that is where most subscribers are living). I am in the UK and although we are guessing we may be reaching some sort of peak the death toll each day remains around 800.
I started drawing my predictions in August 2017 and drew what I saw later as an avalanche/ landslide, hurricane and volcanic eruption. All of these things happened over the next few months. What surprised me was that I also drew some triangles with a circle in the middle and a few squiggley lines between them. I can now interpret this as cells with strands of RNA among them. I guess that may be a push but then in January of this year I drew what looks like the folds of a brain but may be folds of lung tissue followed by a picture of choppy waters followed by what looks like the triangular cells again in a row. Underneath this I had written PAST PRESENT FUTURE in capitals. On the next page I wrote FUTURE and drew what looks like a maze, one square and looking down on it it looks like the old puzzle you had with a small metal ball that you had to navigate round the maze. Underneath this was another maze but a circular line radiating out. Then, you will be happy to know, a flower, sunshine, sailing boat, rainbow picture.
I started to focus thoughts on a treatment for Covid 19 and wrote GLU. With a bit of research, I found a cancer treatment that acts to inhibit glutamine metabolism. There is a glutamine protein on the attachment area of the virus and glutamine is also required for nucleotide synthesis for the RNA strands. Whether this would be anywhere close to the mark at slowing its entry and replication who knows and I know that scientists are looking at cancer treatments. Feel free to pass on to anyone who can look into this further. I have added this as an idea to explore at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in UK but not sure if they will glance at it as I am not attached to an institution.
Thats all for now, Jane x
@ Laura F -- regarding the true number of Covid cases.
We keep hearing in the news and via direct reports of friends that the U.S. health authorities are not testing symptomatic people unless they are high risk or suffering shortness of breath. Symptomatic includes people suffering a painful case of the flu, not just mild. This lack of testing means that the true number of cases is astronomically higher than what we are being told.
Epidemologists are calculating the true number of cases using valid statistical research methods.
In late March two renowned researchers, Vollmer and Boomer,said the US's detection rate was just 1.6% of true Covid cases versus about 6% on average across all countries. Only the UK was worse in detecting COVID among the population. Most people who get Covid are told to stay away from clinics and they never get tested.
As of March 31, Vollmer and Bommer calculate, confirmed cases represented just 3.5 percent of infections in Italy, 2.6 percent in France, 1.7 percent in Spain, 1.6 percent in the United States, and 1.2 percent in the U.K. In other words, the true number of infections was between 29 and 83 times as high as the official tallies in those countries.
On April 14th the researchers upped their US estimate to 6%, but they say the true number will take time to determine. Also the CDC, who are working on the true number, work for Donald Trump so I would not trust their figures. When pressured by politicians, as in climate change, scientists become more conservative.
If we are to believe the latest estimates in the U.S., we would have 2.5 million people who have become sick from the virus. If we are to believe earlier estimates, the number is many times higher.
Covid is showing US citizens why we have been ranked 32 in the world's health care systems, not number 1.
Cuomo extended state lockdown until mid-May. Likely it will get extended until late May.