These were my symptoms, I ached all over, worst I've ever had, my knuckles even ached...I had fever, lost my sense of taste and smell....I was so bad the first day I didn't get dressed, didn't wash my face, brush my teeth, slept all day...could barely function...my first covid test was negative, 48 hours later I tested positive for covid,,,this was last month, Feb 2023...in Feb 2020 I was sick, looking back I think it might have been covid, but I didn't have the fever or difficulty breathing they talked about and at that time no tests were available.
Hi again Seth! Interesting, my wife and I got hit with a bad "cold/flu" in early February 2020 here in Hawaii too. I had such a bad cough that some blood came up a few times. Also, I did lose my sense of smell/taste for a few days. It took about 2-3 weeks to shake the cough but I eventually got back to 100%.
Loss of taste and smell has been said to be just as confirmative for COVID as an actual positive test. I'd say for nearly certain, based on what I know now from the news, that you had COVID. Have you ever been that sick before? Did you find your illness to be unlike others you've had before?
Dang. Just seeing that you made this video. I'm no expert, but it sounds pretty COVID-y to me. Everyone I know that's experienced it has reported similar symptoms, and nearly all of them say it's the worst they've ever felt in their lives. So glad you two got through it without any major complications.
IKR? I don't see how it wasn't COVID. I've known a couple who were confirmed cases that barely felt sick. Others who were sicker than they've ever been. It seems so random. If I did have COVID, there were aspects that were unbearable, but overall I have had flu's much worse where I felt like I was dying. I hope we did have COVID for the sake of immunity.
In November 2019 my son was having trouble breathing and chest pains and we found out he had pneumonia. February 2020 he had the same problem. So I do think it's been around for a while. Maybe even since early 2019.
Seth, my cousin from Milan died from Covid in March. My younger brother had just been in Milan on business in January, and took time to even visit our cousin before returning to the USA. He didn't get it. My wife's extended family suffered a few deaths, but nobody real close to her. We lost many Mexican neighbors at our house in central Mexico, I could not leave the country due to travel restrictions, both sides of the border were being prohibitive, because I was coming up from a central Mexico "red flag hotspot." It was serious. I got a one month window to come into the USA after 8.5 months stuck at home there, so I took it. Now the borders are closing again... And it's a rush to finish what I'm doing and go back. Not liking this because, my wife stayed down home and if I can't get home, well... I'll be stuck HERE for a while.. I've been very fortunate to not get it, and I am at risk if I do, because of a heat stroke 7 years ago. Glad you all recovered, and from your detailed explanation it sounds to me that you had Covid. Science has been saying it alters your health and even your DNA but... I'm a firm believer that God is a healer and that's why ANY of us are still here at all. Take care, and enjoy that beautiful California weather! Loved it when I worked there... You're fortunate in a lot of ways.
I'm sorry for your loss! I too lost a family member to this. I've now known a few people personally who got it. Let's hope we can get the vaccine sooner than later!
February 7th I too got sick, and it was the most sick I got in my entire life, horrible body ache and fever , followed by the most painful cough I’ve ever had, my lungs still wheez on occasion
Hi, I'm just wondering how you are with the vestibular condition you had? I've just watched your exercise video you made several years ago, thank you Also, I visited Disney world from the UK in February 2020, both my daughter and I had very odd sicknesses whilst there. I had a very runny nose, food was tasteless, felt very cold and tired. My daughter had an excruciatingly painful stomach ache and a cold. All very odd. I wonder if it was Covid. I think it definitely sounds like you all experienced Covid.
That definitely sounds like COVID! My condition is the same since I posted that video. I've gotten to a point where I won't get any better, due to the fact that both my ears are affected. But I manage the symptoms very well and don't suffer much anymore because of the exercises I do every day and the fact I stay very physically active.
Ty 4 this video. I had all those symptoms when hiking across Spain October 2019. Went to hospital (never done that before for flu/cold). For me, started with very soar throat, then cough. Didn't have thermometer, but had fever, headache, loss of taste, fatigue, extreme body aches.was heavy in chest with stressed breathing. No runny nose. I took ibuprofen, as needed for symptoms. During the walk/hike of the Camino Frances there were many Europeans, South Koreans, Japanese, but not many Chinese. I'm convinced Covid19 was wide spread, outside of Wuhan, in mid 2019, but scientists want to just focus on Wuhan Dec 2019 and USA Feb/March 2020. To all, I wish you good health and peace.
I can't even imagine getting so sick in the middle of a cross-country backpacking adventure. Even on shorter hikes, I always think about what would happen if I fell ill miles from my car. I've had many flus where one hour I'm fine and the next I can barely stand up because I'm so sick. Albeit COVID comes on more gradually than the flu, on a backpacking trip, it may come on a lot faster than you can get to shelter. The fact you had loss of taste is a very strong indicator you had COVID. And I agree with you that COVID has probably been around a lot longer than scientists know.
Fascinating video! Back in February myself, wife and son all got horribly sick at different times and a wide variety of symptoms. I thought i had a horrible flu that lasted 5 days. Wife said she had a cold that lasted 3 weeks. 10 year old son needed to go to urgent care for appendicitis symptoms... turned out was not that at all, just a random virus. He's a very healthy boy and never needed hospitalization ever. Months later, we all have been exposed but haven't gotten sick.
I had the EXACT same symptoms in March of that year! They weren't testing for covid just yet but my flu tests were all negative. That spaced out feeling like your gonna faint feeling was awful and scary! I also had a cough for over a month. About a week later my daughter her boyfriend and his parents all tested positive for covid. They just started testing at that point. Sounds like we had covid including you.
I’m at day 12 and you sound like me but I also had headaches and could not eat for a week because of nausea. I’m feeling better now, I go back to work tomorrow ❤️👍🏻✊
I was hit with something back in March, but it was before the Covid was officially announced in the US. I wish I could remember the timeframe but I can't exactly. It was strange because I ended up with a really bad ache, but it was mostly in my lower back. My lower back has always been susceptible to injury and pain, but this was different, way different. It started at work and as the day went on, I started getting very woozie and unaware of some of my actions. I had actually forgotten to punch out for the day and just left but when I got to my car, I started feeling like I was going to throw up but it never actually happened. I went home and tried laying down, but I couldn't do that because of the pain. No matter which position I tried, I could not sleep. But then I developed a bunch of gas but I thought I had to go to the bathroom but I never was able to really go. But by now my stomach was starting to hurt too and the pain was hopping around. I finally did manage to get a few hours of sleep in after I had my mother run to the store to get some Pepto for me. The next day I went to the doctor for a routine appointment, nice timing of course. He even didn't really know what was going on with me. But he gave me a steroid shot because to be honest, I don't even know how the hell I managed to drive out there. I was so out of it, I just felt like a freight train hit me head on. After about an hour after the shot, I started feeling much better. Things just improved from there. So I dunno what in the heck I had, if I got the touch of the virus, or if it was something else. But it was a feeling I never ever felt before.
I think I may have had Covid. I was mildly sick with sore throat, bit of congestion and cough. But what really was unusual was that when I walked to the corner store I had to stop several times because I was having trouble breathing. It got so bad I had to turned around and go back home. Didn’t last longer than about 48 hours. I had that little dry cough too. Don’t remember having smell, taste issues.
The human body fights viruses better at higher temperatures. 102 F is not alarmingly high temperature. Cats and other animals have normal body temperature around 102.5 . If the temp is good enough for your cat, it's good enough for you. Don't worry, you will not get organ damage if you have a fever of 103 F.
Well, it wasn't the fever itself that scared me. It was how utterly fast it shot up and the fact the fever accompanied such an unusual illness, it had me worried if I was headed for the ER. When I have the flu, I never ever treat the fever (mine rarely exceed 104). I let the fever run its course for the reason that you mentioned; viruses have a hard time thriving in feverish temps and that a fever is the body's defensive mechanism. I would only recommend (personal, non-doctor opinion) treating a fever if the fever causes unbearable discomfort or if it gets above 104. My understanding is that anything above 105 gets into the danger zone. The safety limit could be slightly lower for adults. A friend of mine had a fever of 106 and incurred a little brain damage.
"I'm really anal about taking my body temperature" best quote ever lol. Symptoms seem similar enough that it sounds like you might have had it, hard to know and who knows if the antibodies would have lasted long enough to show up in a test nowadays.
Yeah, funny things come out of my mouth when I talk sometimes. lol Unintended humor. Hahaha! So, antibodies are said to fade quickly, so this long after being sick it may be unlikely a test will show anything.
Its really very possible, and very interesting too, because, i myself, and others, also got really sick just before Covid broke out, like January 2020 or so...And i felt terrible, like a flu with a pounding headache and serious cough...It cleared away, but it always left me wondering about what it was...
Interestingly, both my cousin and mom had similar symptoms around late February/early March of last year and both actually had to be briefly hospitalized. I wondered if it was Covid at the time but I never got sick and we all just moved on. Now I realize that I could well have actually gotten others sick with COVID back then without realizing it at the time, having no idea just bad things were about to get! 😰😢 Interestingly, I have myself had a few episodes similer to this in the past at a time when there was no known pandemic. I suspect they were likely new, more nasty then usual varient's from among the countless types of common cold viruses endemic to humanity.
@@jaspalrama4041 for me most of my issues were caused and are caused by TMJ disorder of the joints in your jaw where they meet under your ear canal and from what I've figured out and doctors I've spoken to and things I've researched it causes my inner ear canals to become inflamed disturbing the balance mechanism inside of your inner ear and it causes me vertigo from time to time sometimes the vertigo is very severe and I'm basically debilitated and can't walk or drive a car sometimes it's very slight and sometimes it's not at all but try researching TMJ in conjunction with the vestibular disorder
@@MarkfromNewYork Having Harleen research TMJ would just be a stab in the dark though. There is literally a plethora of things that can cause balance and dizziness issues. What Harleen needs to do is see some specialists for examination and testing. I wouldn't waste time focusing too much on researching just one issue that is statistically just as likely to be the cause as any of the other hundreds of conditions that cause dizziness. Only a doctor or specialist can diagnose Harneen's condition.
@@bwelmhouse1 I agree, but she could add to repertoire of ideas that she could present to a qualified neurologist that specializes in vestibular disorders. While I agree what happened to me is likely different than what could happen to anyone else It was just an idea.
Strange Skin Rashes, Living in Los Angeles. same time frame, lots of fatigue and strange skin rashes on feet, elbows, lower back and hands, and under arms. Rash was severe and lasted from january until end of April. i began to suspect Lymphoma, rash was very very slow to go away,
I was in LHC Arizona on Cali border end of January beginning of February. I got the sickest I have ever been. I was so weak I couldn’t lift my arms. I got very worried about the toll on my heart. Our realtor got really sick and ended up in hospital with pneumonia. My grandkids got sick, daughter in law, me and my husband. I went to urgent care and they said I had bird flu, the nurse said there was some nasty flu going around that everyone was getting sick from. They said maybe desert fever. Lasted months with me, we got tested for antibodies, but that wasn’t till September and they said no antibodies. Maybe too much time passed. Husband just got weak and tired, and miserable. He ended up needing a pacemaker/defibrillator put in. Horrible start and end to 2020.
Were any of you tested for flu to rule that out? It sounds to me like you guys all got COVID, due to the severity and complications involved. There is a lot of talk that this virus has been around months longer than the first confirmed cases.
@@bwelmhouse1 I agree that we probably had covid, I did go to urgent care and they stuck the swab up to my brain. They said bird flu. I just don’t believe them.
as for me.. i DON'T have NO FEVER.CHILLS.COUGH.SNEEZING or HEADACHES..BUT I have severe bodypain/aches,fatigue.malaise. can't smell/taste foods. GI ISSUES.. WTF!????
I would ask to get an antibody test. If you are positive in that then you know. It was a while ago - so you may no longer have them or never developed them (some don't). You could always ask under the guise of blood donations - you want to donate the antibodies, but they gotta check first!
Yeah, that's the issue. Antibodies don't hang around for very long and many people don't even produce adequate levels of them after infection. It's been long enough now that any antibodies I would've had are probably in such low quantity they might not show up on a test.
Dizziness has improved because I'm still doing VRT a couple times per day and I hike a lot to keep myself moving and my balance system compensated. I do not have vertigo anymore. Hope your test went well!
@@bwelmhouse1 it went well besides the ending I was super dizzy. I don’t have vertigo either, I just have dizzyness, not sure what type. I have a MRI soon as well. I’ve been having dizzyness for 3 years now and nothing helps. Any tips? Still waiting or results for the VNG test.
@@queensarah9622 It really depends on what the actual cause is, so I don't want to give you bad advice. However, if your inner ears aren't enduring constant insults, like say vestibular migraines or something central nervous system related, I think you'd probably benefit from VRT exercises. Disclaimer though; I'm not a doctor or health professional, so take what I say at your own risk. But VRT exercises can retrain your brain to ignore the bad signals coming from your inner ear and reduce or eliminate your sense of dizziness. It's also recommended to be as physically active as you can.
@@queensarah9622 Ah. I don't know much about that particular condition, so you should probably ask your doctor or contact the Cleveland Clinic to find out if VRT exercises (including gaze stabilization exercises) would be beneficial to you. Several years ago I was able to chat online with a dizziness specialist at the Cleveland Clinic which was very useful to me in getting me started on my journey to getting rid of the dizziness. I may have had to pay a small fee, but it wasn't much. You should definitely look into it.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time.
@@bwelmhouse1 SARS COV 2 and MERS antibodies have been seen to last over a year. These virus is a very similar. So maybe get the test just to see if the same holds true for Covid 19. Many studies seem to pointed that the antibodies might last for years.
@@MarkfromNewYork Not true for COVID-19, but true for MERS. Those viruses are similar but not the same, as indicated by research on both viruses and their differing antibody persistence. And I think you're confusing antibodies with memory immune cells. No study has shown COVID-19 antibodies to last more than several months. Memory immune cells for COVID-19 on the other hand, are showing a predictive indicator that they can last for almost 20 years. But there's no available blood test for the memory immune cells yet. Here are some sources to back that up: asm.org/Press-Releases/2020/October/In-Recovering-COVID-19-Patients,-Antibodies-Fade-Q www.news-medical.net/news/20201109/After-SARS-CoV-2-antibodies-fade-B-and-T-cells-persist.aspx
@@bwelmhouse1 the initial animal bats->Pangolins->human SARS-COV-2 is the same initial strain as SARS-COV-1 and MERS but just different host animal bats are the prime host just goes through a different middle host.. MERS is camels and SARS-COV-1 is sevic cat.. but you can't get the virus directly from bats.. example H1N1 aka swine flu is gotten from pigs to humans from geese.. so technically a different virus but just mutate a little bit different.. so the data is very close..
Hi seth the same thing happened to myself and my husband in February 2020 i had the same symptoms you had and felt terrible and my husband lost sence of taste and smell and still hasent got that back. Like you there was no tests to check for covid but i have never felt so bad so think we also had it.
Hlo seth how are you, how is ur body balance issue while walking unow, I am suffering from balance problem and and when I see something while standing I cant see anything stable. It seems like it's going left to right everything . I did brain MRI and blood test. Everything seems fine. I had bppv two months ago since then I have problem. I am feeling swaying problem while laying down.please help me and suggest me. How can I get rid of inner ear problem. Please help me I am fan of your after watching your vrt videos
My suggestion is for you to consult with your doctor about seeing some specialists who can examine, test and diagnose you. Balance issues can be caused by literally hundreds of different conditions. Only a qualified medical expert can give you the answers that you need. I know it's frustrating and scary and you want answers, as did I. But unfortunately, until you know what is actually causing it, you won't know how to go about solving it. You'll need more than just an MRI and blood testing. See if you can find an ENT, a neurologist, an audiologist, etc. Even things like heart problems, cervical spine issues, vision problems, TMJ, sensory issues in your feet or legs can all cause stuff like this.
Hlo seth, how r u, I just tested all the ent balance test.and doctor tell me that that I have bilateral problem. That my nerves got weaker in both the ears. That's why I am feeling shaking vision and balance problem. How can a infection infect both the ears same time. 3 months ago I was perfect doing everything . Now my life is completed changed I feel that I can breathe and eat only i.am not able to go to job . I have lot of plans for future. Everything is changed. Please suggest me can I do all your vrt and exercise and I want to contact you please suggest me and please help me and also about the food , can I take sugar and salt In my diet. In India, no one doctor I think completely knows they are saying u can eat whatever you want. They didnt recommended anything. Any suggestion plss and also about the implantation. Did u think about it yet or not.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time. It's memory T and B cells that are shown to linger, not antibodies. At this time there isn't widespread testing for memory immune cells available to the general public.
Sounds like covid , ive got covid now , but I'm wondering that if the early version of the virus was quite different than what's going around now like every one loses their taste and smell now that wasn't prevalent in the begging of the pandemic
@@iranpop80slover My understanding is that the symptoms aren't really different between the older and newer strains, just that the newer strains are more infectious because of the increase in number of protein spikes on the virus's outer shell that can attach to receptor sites within the human body. Are you hearing reports of loss of taste and smell not being prevalent in the beginning? I haven't heard of any yet, but I'll look into it.
i rember back in nov 2019 my grandma got this horrble cough i mean bad then my nephew had a high feaver dry cough truble breathing turns out they had phemmona they bot were negtive for flu then my grampa had truble breathing and had to go to hosptal i think it was covid
Very possible COVID was circulating that early. Their symptoms sure sound like COVID! Negative flu test....that's more evidence. Our friends tested negative for flu also.
From what I've heard so far, the new variant (and actually there are a few now) is more infectious but not any worse with symptoms. I'm a little concerned that it's believed to spread even more easily, but researchers don't believe it will evade vaccination efforts and is not any more deadly. So, a little concerned but not panicked.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time.
@@bwelmhouse1 my sister had covid in March and still had antibodies as of November 2nd. It couldn’t hurt. The test is $10 here through quest diagnostics no insurance required.
@@thedavephan Some people certainly do, but in others there are no detectable antibodies months later, and even some that don't even produce them at all and false positives are known to occur. I can look into it though.
I'm not sure, because I have chronic swollen turbinates that makes it difficult to breathe through my nose, so I already have a poor sense of smell to begin with. There were a couple cases in our group that got sick along with us that swear they had a loss of smell or at least a severely distorted version of smell.
Thank you for all your videos. Your such a sweet caring person. Love your personality.
Thank you! I'm working on another video currently. It's been awhile since I've uploaded anything.
Sounds to me you had COVID.
It's been a tough year. Prayers you stay well and continue your channel. Always look forward to what you have to share.
Yeah, it was just such an unusual illness for me and others and too many similarities to dismiss the possibility. Hope you're doing well!
These were my symptoms, I ached all over, worst I've ever had, my knuckles even ached...I had fever, lost my sense of taste and smell....I was so bad the first day I didn't get dressed, didn't wash my face, brush my teeth, slept all day...could barely function...my first covid test was negative, 48 hours later I tested positive for covid,,,this was last month, Feb 2023...in Feb 2020 I was sick, looking back I think it might have been covid, but I didn't have the fever or difficulty breathing they talked about and at that time no tests were available.
Hi again Seth! Interesting, my wife and I got hit with a bad "cold/flu" in early February 2020 here in Hawaii too. I had such a bad cough that some blood came up a few times. Also, I did lose my sense of smell/taste for a few days. It took about 2-3 weeks to shake the cough but I eventually got back to 100%.
Loss of taste and smell has been said to be just as confirmative for COVID as an actual positive test. I'd say for nearly certain, based on what I know now from the news, that you had COVID. Have you ever been that sick before? Did you find your illness to be unlike others you've had before?
This is a good walk through, I had it but nothing other than a cold with a lingering dry cough. I'm glad you recovered :)
Me too!
Dang. Just seeing that you made this video. I'm no expert, but it sounds pretty COVID-y to me. Everyone I know that's experienced it has reported similar symptoms, and nearly all of them say it's the worst they've ever felt in their lives. So glad you two got through it without any major complications.
IKR? I don't see how it wasn't COVID. I've known a couple who were confirmed cases that barely felt sick. Others who were sicker than they've ever been. It seems so random. If I did have COVID, there were aspects that were unbearable, but overall I have had flu's much worse where I felt like I was dying. I hope we did have COVID for the sake of immunity.
In November 2019 my son was having trouble breathing and chest pains and we found out he had pneumonia. February 2020 he had the same problem. So I do think it's been around for a while. Maybe even since early 2019.
There is definitely evidence that this has gone on way before it was ever thought to be present here in the states.
first case was nov 2019 i believe
Seth, my cousin from Milan died from Covid in March. My younger brother had just been in Milan on business in January, and took time to even visit our cousin before returning to the USA. He didn't get it.
My wife's extended family suffered a few deaths, but nobody real close to her. We lost many Mexican neighbors at our house in central Mexico, I could not leave the country due to travel restrictions, both sides of the border were being prohibitive, because I was coming up from a central Mexico "red flag hotspot."
It was serious.
I got a one month window to come into the USA after 8.5 months stuck at home there, so I took it. Now the borders are closing again... And it's a rush to finish what I'm doing and go back. Not liking this because, my wife stayed down home and if I can't get home, well... I'll be stuck HERE for a while..
I've been very fortunate to not get it, and I am at risk if I do, because of a heat stroke 7 years ago.
Glad you all recovered, and from your detailed explanation it sounds to me that you had Covid. Science has been saying it alters your health and even your DNA but... I'm a firm believer that God is a healer and that's why ANY of us are still here at all.
Take care, and enjoy that beautiful California weather! Loved it when I worked there... You're fortunate in a lot of ways.
I'm sorry for your loss! I too lost a family member to this. I've now known a few people personally who got it. Let's hope we can get the vaccine sooner than later!
@@bwelmhouse1 Thanks brother. God bless and may he keep you safe!
February 7th I too got sick, and it was the most sick I got in my entire life, horrible body ache and fever , followed by the most painful cough I’ve ever had, my lungs still wheez on occasion
Could very well have been!
Hi, I'm just wondering how you are with the vestibular condition you had? I've just watched your exercise video you made several years ago, thank you
Also, I visited Disney world from the UK in February 2020, both my daughter and I had very odd sicknesses whilst there. I had a very runny nose, food was tasteless, felt very cold and tired. My daughter had an excruciatingly painful stomach ache and a cold. All very odd. I wonder if it was Covid.
I think it definitely sounds like you all experienced Covid.
That definitely sounds like COVID! My condition is the same since I posted that video. I've gotten to a point where I won't get any better, due to the fact that both my ears are affected. But I manage the symptoms very well and don't suffer much anymore because of the exercises I do every day and the fact I stay very physically active.
It definitely sounds like Covid 19 but some thing's one can just never know for sure. Take care and stay healthy!
Ty 4 this video. I had all those symptoms when hiking across Spain October 2019. Went to hospital (never done that before for flu/cold). For me, started with very soar throat, then cough. Didn't have thermometer, but had fever, headache, loss of taste, fatigue, extreme body aches.was heavy in chest with stressed breathing. No runny nose. I took ibuprofen, as needed for symptoms. During the walk/hike of the Camino Frances there were many Europeans, South Koreans, Japanese, but not many Chinese.
I'm convinced Covid19 was wide spread, outside of Wuhan, in mid 2019, but scientists want to just focus on Wuhan Dec 2019 and USA Feb/March 2020.
To all, I wish you good health and peace.
I can't even imagine getting so sick in the middle of a cross-country backpacking adventure. Even on shorter hikes, I always think about what would happen if I fell ill miles from my car. I've had many flus where one hour I'm fine and the next I can barely stand up because I'm so sick. Albeit COVID comes on more gradually than the flu, on a backpacking trip, it may come on a lot faster than you can get to shelter.
The fact you had loss of taste is a very strong indicator you had COVID. And I agree with you that COVID has probably been around a lot longer than scientists know.
Fascinating video! Back in February myself, wife and son all got horribly sick at different times and a wide variety of symptoms. I thought i had a horrible flu that lasted 5 days. Wife said she had a cold that lasted 3 weeks. 10 year old son needed to go to urgent care for appendicitis symptoms... turned out was not that at all, just a random virus. He's a very healthy boy and never needed hospitalization ever. Months later, we all have been exposed but haven't gotten sick.
Very interesting! Could definitely have been Covid.
I had the EXACT same symptoms in March of that year! They weren't testing for covid just yet but my flu tests were all negative. That spaced out feeling like your gonna faint feeling was awful and scary! I also had a cough for over a month. About a week later my daughter her boyfriend and his parents all tested positive for covid. They just started testing at that point. Sounds like we had covid including you.
Yeah, I really believe I had COVID.
Seth how are you feeling with the dizzy spells? Any follow up?
Hope you are doing better 😊
Hi there! Yes, I actually just posted an update: th-cam.com/video/YuKCWc6ywo0/w-d-xo.html
I’m at day 12 and you sound like me but I also had headaches and could not eat for a week because of nausea. I’m feeling better now, I go back to work tomorrow ❤️👍🏻✊
I was hit with something back in March, but it was before the Covid was officially announced in the US. I wish I could remember the timeframe but I can't exactly. It was strange because I ended up with a really bad ache, but it was mostly in my lower back. My lower back has always been susceptible to injury and pain, but this was different, way different. It started at work and as the day went on, I started getting very woozie and unaware of some of my actions. I had actually forgotten to punch out for the day and just left but when I got to my car, I started feeling like I was going to throw up but it never actually happened. I went home and tried laying down, but I couldn't do that because of the pain. No matter which position I tried, I could not sleep. But then I developed a bunch of gas but I thought I had to go to the bathroom but I never was able to really go. But by now my stomach was starting to hurt too and the pain was hopping around. I finally did manage to get a few hours of sleep in after I had my mother run to the store to get some Pepto for me. The next day I went to the doctor for a routine appointment, nice timing of course. He even didn't really know what was going on with me. But he gave me a steroid shot because to be honest, I don't even know how the hell I managed to drive out there. I was so out of it, I just felt like a freight train hit me head on. After about an hour after the shot, I started feeling much better. Things just improved from there. So I dunno what in the heck I had, if I got the touch of the virus, or if it was something else. But it was a feeling I never ever felt before.
Very interesting. You never know!
I think I may have had Covid. I was mildly sick with sore throat, bit of congestion and cough. But what really was unusual was that when I walked to the corner store I had to stop several times because I was having trouble breathing. It got so bad I had to turned around and go back home. Didn’t last longer than about 48 hours. I had that little dry cough too. Don’t remember having smell, taste issues.
Definitely could've been COVID. How long ago was this?
@Maggies Farm, I love that scene in Little Rascals lol. Glad you guys fully recovered :)
The human body fights viruses better at higher temperatures. 102 F is not alarmingly high temperature. Cats and other animals have normal body temperature around 102.5 . If the temp is good enough for your cat, it's good enough for you. Don't worry, you will not get organ damage if you have a fever of 103 F.
Well, it wasn't the fever itself that scared me. It was how utterly fast it shot up and the fact the fever accompanied such an unusual illness, it had me worried if I was headed for the ER. When I have the flu, I never ever treat the fever (mine rarely exceed 104). I let the fever run its course for the reason that you mentioned; viruses have a hard time thriving in feverish temps and that a fever is the body's defensive mechanism. I would only recommend (personal, non-doctor opinion) treating a fever if the fever causes unbearable discomfort or if it gets above 104. My understanding is that anything above 105 gets into the danger zone. The safety limit could be slightly lower for adults. A friend of mine had a fever of 106 and incurred a little brain damage.
"I'm really anal about taking my body temperature" best quote ever lol. Symptoms seem similar enough that it sounds like you might have had it, hard to know and who knows if the antibodies would have lasted long enough to show up in a test nowadays.
Yeah, funny things come out of my mouth when I talk sometimes. lol Unintended humor. Hahaha! So, antibodies are said to fade quickly, so this long after being sick it may be unlikely a test will show anything.
Its really very possible, and very interesting too, because, i myself, and others, also got really sick just before Covid broke out, like January 2020 or so...And i felt terrible, like a flu with a pounding headache and serious cough...It cleared away, but it always left me wondering about what it was...
Interestingly, both my cousin and mom had similar symptoms around late February/early March of last year and both actually had to be briefly hospitalized. I wondered if it was Covid at the time but I never got sick and we all just moved on. Now I realize that I could well have actually gotten others sick with COVID back then without realizing it at the time, having no idea just bad things were about to get! 😰😢
Interestingly, I have myself had a few episodes similer to this in the past at a time when there was no known pandemic. I suspect they were likely new, more nasty then usual varient's from among the countless types of common cold viruses endemic to humanity.
That reminds me of having a vestibular disorder...the symptoms changed during the course of the illness
I have suffered off and on for years with vestibular disorder, most people think im crazy.
@@MarkfromNewYork I am suffering from.balance problem and shaking vision. Please suggest me
@@jaspalrama4041 for me most of my issues were caused and are caused by TMJ disorder of the joints in your jaw where they meet under your ear canal and from what I've figured out and doctors I've spoken to and things I've researched it causes my inner ear canals to become inflamed disturbing the balance mechanism inside of your inner ear and it causes me vertigo from time to time sometimes the vertigo is very severe and I'm basically debilitated and can't walk or drive a car sometimes it's very slight and sometimes it's not at all but try researching TMJ in conjunction with the vestibular disorder
@@MarkfromNewYork Having Harleen research TMJ would just be a stab in the dark though. There is literally a plethora of things that can cause balance and dizziness issues. What Harleen needs to do is see some specialists for examination and testing. I wouldn't waste time focusing too much on researching just one issue that is statistically just as likely to be the cause as any of the other hundreds of conditions that cause dizziness. Only a doctor or specialist can diagnose Harneen's condition.
@@bwelmhouse1 I agree, but she could add to repertoire of ideas that she could present to a qualified neurologist that specializes in vestibular disorders. While I agree what happened to me is likely different than what could happen to anyone else It was just an idea.
I think I might have had it back in February. I had a headache for a bit over two weeks it was horrible.
Strange Skin Rashes, Living in Los Angeles. same time frame, lots of fatigue and strange skin rashes on feet, elbows, lower back and hands, and under arms. Rash was severe and lasted from january until end of April. i began to suspect Lymphoma, rash was very very slow to go away,
Sounds very COVID-like
Will there ever be a test to find out for sure even with no antibodies left? I SWEAR I had it January 2020
Hope you’re doing well Seth
Doing very well, thank you!
@@bwelmhouse1 glad to hear!!
Absolutely, it sounds like Covid. Glad you are better!
Thanks! I'm seriously hoping it was because that would mean I have some level of immunity to where maybe I won't get as sick the next time.
I was in LHC Arizona on Cali border end of January beginning of February. I got the sickest I have ever been. I was so weak I couldn’t lift my arms. I got very worried about the toll on my heart. Our realtor got really sick and ended up in hospital with pneumonia. My grandkids got sick, daughter in law, me and my husband. I went to urgent care and they said I had bird flu, the nurse said there was some nasty flu going around that everyone was getting sick from. They said maybe desert fever. Lasted months with me, we got tested for antibodies, but that wasn’t till September and they said no antibodies. Maybe too much time passed. Husband just got weak and tired, and miserable. He ended up needing a pacemaker/defibrillator put in. Horrible start and end to 2020.
Were any of you tested for flu to rule that out? It sounds to me like you guys all got COVID, due to the severity and complications involved. There is a lot of talk that this virus has been around months longer than the first confirmed cases.
@@bwelmhouse1 I agree that we probably had covid, I did go to urgent care and they stuck the swab up to my brain. They said bird flu. I just don’t believe them.
@@tammyhensley3575 That's weird. I haven't heard any talk about bird flu going around last winter.
We live in up state Ny we were also very sick in February.Painful chest not able to breath and body aches.
Sounds just like COVID!
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as for me.. i DON'T have NO FEVER.CHILLS.COUGH.SNEEZING or HEADACHES..BUT
I have severe bodypain/aches,fatigue.malaise. can't smell/taste foods. GI ISSUES..
WTF!????
I would ask to get an antibody test. If you are positive in that then you know. It was a while ago - so you may no longer have them or never developed them (some don't). You could always ask under the guise of blood donations - you want to donate the antibodies, but they gotta check first!
Yeah, that's the issue. Antibodies don't hang around for very long and many people don't even produce adequate levels of them after infection. It's been long enough now that any antibodies I would've had are probably in such low quantity they might not show up on a test.
how is your dizzyness? i just watched your VNG test video from 3 years ago. I have the test tommorow. im 16,, a little nervous. do you have vertigo?
Dizziness has improved because I'm still doing VRT a couple times per day and I hike a lot to keep myself moving and my balance system compensated. I do not have vertigo anymore. Hope your test went well!
@@bwelmhouse1 it went well besides the ending I was super dizzy. I don’t have vertigo either, I just have dizzyness, not sure what type. I have a MRI soon as well. I’ve been having dizzyness for 3 years now and nothing helps. Any tips? Still waiting or results for the VNG test.
@@queensarah9622 It really depends on what the actual cause is, so I don't want to give you bad advice. However, if your inner ears aren't enduring constant insults, like say vestibular migraines or something central nervous system related, I think you'd probably benefit from VRT exercises. Disclaimer though; I'm not a doctor or health professional, so take what I say at your own risk. But VRT exercises can retrain your brain to ignore the bad signals coming from your inner ear and reduce or eliminate your sense of dizziness. It's also recommended to be as physically active as you can.
@@bwelmhouse1 I believe I have PPPD.
@@queensarah9622 Ah. I don't know much about that particular condition, so you should probably ask your doctor or contact the Cleveland Clinic to find out if VRT exercises (including gaze stabilization exercises) would be beneficial to you. Several years ago I was able to chat online with a dizziness specialist at the Cleveland Clinic which was very useful to me in getting me started on my journey to getting rid of the dizziness. I may have had to pay a small fee, but it wasn't much. You should definitely look into it.
I can tell you it was 100% covid..i have the same thing I tested positive for covid
How are you doing with your illness?
You could get an antibody test like i did and solve all the mysteries.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time.
@@bwelmhouse1 SARS COV 2 and MERS antibodies have been seen to last over a year.
These virus is a very similar. So maybe get the test just to see if the same holds true for Covid 19. Many studies seem to pointed that the antibodies might last for years.
@@MarkfromNewYork Not true for COVID-19, but true for MERS. Those viruses are similar but not the same, as indicated by research on both viruses and their differing antibody persistence. And I think you're confusing antibodies with memory immune cells. No study has shown COVID-19 antibodies to last more than several months. Memory immune cells for COVID-19 on the other hand, are showing a predictive indicator that they can last for almost 20 years. But there's no available blood test for the memory immune cells yet. Here are some sources to back that up: asm.org/Press-Releases/2020/October/In-Recovering-COVID-19-Patients,-Antibodies-Fade-Q
www.news-medical.net/news/20201109/After-SARS-CoV-2-antibodies-fade-B-and-T-cells-persist.aspx
@@bwelmhouse1 the initial animal bats->Pangolins->human SARS-COV-2 is the same initial strain as SARS-COV-1 and MERS but just different host animal bats are the prime host just goes through a different middle host.. MERS is camels and SARS-COV-1 is sevic cat.. but you can't get the virus directly from bats.. example H1N1 aka swine flu is gotten from pigs to humans from geese.. so technically a different virus but just mutate a little bit different.. so the data is very close..
@@bwelmhouse1 they have tested patients that recovered from SARS-COV-1 with a SARS-COV-2 virus and they detected a immune response to SARS-COV-2..
Hi seth the same thing happened to myself and my husband in February 2020 i had the same symptoms you had and felt terrible and my husband lost sence of taste and smell and still hasent got that back. Like you there was no tests to check for covid but i have never felt so bad so think we also had it.
Yikes! After almost a year, he still hasn't gotten his sense of taste and smell? Wow, that really sucks.
No its not good seth and i have had one illness after another since February so we think we definitely have had covid.
@@philomenataylor2337 Chances are probably high.
Hello. How are you dealing with Vertigo?
Fairly well these days.
@@bwelmhouse1 Is there any other Way i can chat with you? I've been dealing with it for about 3 months and its 24/7 Vertigo.
Hlo seth how are you, how is ur body balance issue while walking unow, I am suffering from balance problem and and when I see something while standing I cant see anything stable. It seems like it's going left to right everything . I did brain MRI and blood test. Everything seems fine. I had bppv two months ago since then I have problem. I am feeling swaying problem while laying down.please help me and suggest me. How can I get rid of inner ear problem. Please help me I am fan of your after watching your vrt videos
My suggestion is for you to consult with your doctor about seeing some specialists who can examine, test and diagnose you. Balance issues can be caused by literally hundreds of different conditions. Only a qualified medical expert can give you the answers that you need. I know it's frustrating and scary and you want answers, as did I. But unfortunately, until you know what is actually causing it, you won't know how to go about solving it. You'll need more than just an MRI and blood testing. See if you can find an ENT, a neurologist, an audiologist, etc. Even things like heart problems, cervical spine issues, vision problems, TMJ, sensory issues in your feet or legs can all cause stuff like this.
Hlo seth, how r u, I just tested all the ent balance test.and doctor tell me that that I have bilateral problem. That my nerves got weaker in both the ears. That's why I am feeling shaking vision and balance problem. How can a infection infect both the ears same time. 3 months ago I was perfect doing everything . Now my life is completed changed I feel that I can breathe and eat only i.am not able to go to job . I have lot of plans for future. Everything is changed. Please suggest me can I do all your vrt and exercise and I want to contact you please suggest me and please help me and also about the food , can I take sugar and salt In my diet. In India, no one doctor I think completely knows they are saying u can eat whatever you want. They didnt recommended anything. Any suggestion plss and also about the implantation. Did u think about it yet or not.
As far as I know you CAN still HAVE the covid anybody... up 2 almost 2 years out
I have it showed my illness in February was NOT covid.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time. It's memory T and B cells that are shown to linger, not antibodies. At this time there isn't widespread testing for memory immune cells available to the general public.
Sounds like covid , ive got covid now , but I'm wondering that if the early version of the virus was quite different than what's going around now like every one loses their taste and smell now that wasn't prevalent in the begging of the pandemic
Im in Iran btw
@@iranpop80slover My understanding is that the symptoms aren't really different between the older and newer strains, just that the newer strains are more infectious because of the increase in number of protein spikes on the virus's outer shell that can attach to receptor sites within the human body. Are you hearing reports of loss of taste and smell not being prevalent in the beginning? I haven't heard of any yet, but I'll look into it.
I tell you guys
i rember back in nov 2019 my grandma got this horrble cough i mean bad then my nephew had a high feaver dry cough truble breathing turns out they had phemmona they bot were negtive for flu then my grampa had truble breathing and had to go to hosptal i think it was covid
Very possible COVID was circulating that early. Their symptoms sure sound like COVID! Negative flu test....that's more evidence. Our friends tested negative for flu also.
are you worried about the new
variant ?
From what I've heard so far, the new variant (and actually there are a few now) is more infectious but not any worse with symptoms. I'm a little concerned that it's believed to spread even more easily, but researchers don't believe it will evade vaccination efforts and is not any more deadly. So, a little concerned but not panicked.
Get an antibody test.
Antibodies fade rapidly. So even testing negative can't rule out a past infection. A negative test doesn't tell you for certain that you didn't have COVID. It only tells you there isn't a detectable amount of antibodies in your blood stream at this time.
@@bwelmhouse1 my sister had covid in March and still had antibodies as of November 2nd. It couldn’t hurt. The test is $10 here through quest diagnostics no insurance required.
@@thedavephan Some people certainly do, but in others there are no detectable antibodies months later, and even some that don't even produce them at all and false positives are known to occur. I can look into it though.
Was it Chinese tourists from Wuhan or red indians? Just say it = they were Chinese = another woke man. He talked so boring I had to cut short.
LOL, I'm not a "wokie"
Did u lose ur smell and taste?
I'm not sure, because I have chronic swollen turbinates that makes it difficult to breathe through my nose, so I already have a poor sense of smell to begin with. There were a couple cases in our group that got sick along with us that swear they had a loss of smell or at least a severely distorted version of smell.
Sounds like it was .