I have a persistent dry cough and shortness of breath. Well it feels like a shortness of breath. My throat feels like it has closed in a little bit so in trying cough it better if that makes sense. I've no other symptoms i.e fever, body aches or anything like that. I've not been in contact with anyone since Thursday, except for my mum who is staying in the same household, she has only been to the shop and back really. She has no symptoms.
I feel like I have a slight fever now, my arms and body having this burning sensation like I've sat out on the sun a bit too much. Nothing drastic but it's there. I also still have a slight cough but shortness of breath isn't there but then again, I've done nothing but layed in bed all day. I have this lethargy as well, physical and mental.
I have what feels like a shortness of breath. I'm not sure if I'm imagining it or what. I feel pretty much exhausted after going down the stairs and back up again. I've a mild headache. I also still have a cough which is fairly mild as well, it's not like it's coming down from the bottom of my lungs but it is producing sputum sometimes. I've also checked my oxygen levels and it's at 94%. I'm 30 years old and slightly overweight. I mean about 110kg for 181cm height but even when I was running 10 miles a day I was 80kg. I'd say my optimum peak fitness weight would be 85kg now, maybe slightly more so I guess. So what I'm trying to say -- I've always been deceptively heavy so it difficult to say exactly how overweight I am. I should also add that I quit smoking 15 months ago after smoking for 12 years. Anyway, I'm having bouts of dyspnoea or at least that's what it feels like. The key thing is, I don't seem to have a fever? I don't have a thermometer and everywhere I checked is out of stock so I can't even check my body temperature. If I do have a fever it would be a very low grade fever, I mean, I feel slightly off at times, like previously mentioned -- like I sat out in the sun for slightly too long but nothing major. I get slight chills or something, but theses symptoms are so minimal, I'm left wondering if I'm just imaging it.
So definite symptoms are: cough for past 6-7 days. Lethargy and tiredness mental and physical for past 5 days. Shortness of breath on three different occasions in past 5 days lasting entire time I've been awake. Chest pain but it comes and goes. Fairly mild but nevertheless noticeable headache for periods during the past 5 days. And no fever, if there is, I can't tell for sure. And my oxygen level is 94% lying down, resting. I'm wondering do I have this thing or not.
@Arruda I realise you're probably flat out by now, but maybe if you could take a few minutes to read through 2 of my previous posts that I've quoted and give me bit of advice. I'd very much appreciate it. I am self isolating but reading about people deteriorating very quickly does make my panicky. On the other hand is this even Covid, if I can't really tell if is as I can't tell if I have a fever or not. I really don't know, and I already rang my out of hours GP, they advised me to ring my local GP who will then decide to whether book me in to one of the dedicated covid clinics or whatever. Problem is, I don't want him to get me to go and get checked out and still not get tested as they only test people that are admitted to hospital. I don't want to go where I could catch the bloody thing anyway hence I decided against ringing my GP as my symptoms seem to be manageable thus far. Anyone else who has medical expertise is obviously free to answer my query with Arruda, and thanks in advance mate. I really appreciate it.
EDIT: I should also add that I check my 02 saturation levels on my note 9 so I guess it's not going to be as accurate but it does seem to fluctuate between 94 and 97%. It went to 85% at one point but I'm pretty sure that was a glitch as I've tested it again straight away and it was 96%.