Recently, an elderly Italian man was disappointed after finding pasta running out of stock in stores. He went on to say that the panic surrounding coronavirus is worse than the panic during the start of World War 2! Regular household items are running out of stock in every other store. People are stocking up on goods so that they don’t have to step outdoors. With the rapidly increasing number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection, it is difficult not to panic.
However, one coronavirus survivor recently took to Facebook to share her story and asked people not to panic. According to a report by News18, the coronavirus survivor is 37-year-old Elizabeth Schneider from Seattle, a place which allegedly has the most number of deaths in the United States due to the virus.
In an elaborate Facebook post, Elizabeth goes on to talk about how she probably contracted the infection at a party.
“I believe I caught it when attending a small house party at which no one was coughing, sneezing or otherwise displaying any symptoms of illness. It appears that 40% of the attendees of this party ended up sick.”
She then went on to explain the kinds of symptoms that appeared.
“It was headache, fever (for first 3 days consistently and then on and off after 3 days), severe body aches and joint pain, and severe fatigue. I had a fever that spiked the first night to 103-degrees Fahrenheit and eventually came down to 100 and then low grade 99.5. I felt nauseous one day.”
She turned to regular “out-of-the-counter” flu medication to treat the flu-like symptoms and called a friend in case she had to be taken to the hospital. However, after a few days, the fever began to subside. But other symptoms continued.
As it turned out, the rest of the attendees of the party who felt sick showed similar symptoms. Some even had diarrhoea, mild itchy cough, and few had chest tightness and respiratory problems.
Elizabeth then went on to get herself tested. It was then when she found out that she had been infected by COVID-19.
As of March 9, it had been 13 days since the symptoms appeared and more than 72 hours since her fever subsided. However, she was asked by The King County Public Health Department to remain in isolation.
“I have surpassed both deadlines so I am no longer isolating myself. However, I am avoiding strenuous activity and large crowds and I obviously will not come near you if I see you in public. I was not hospitalized. Not every country is hospitalizing everyone with a COVID-19 infection and in my case, and in many other cases, I didn’t even go to the doctor because I was recovering on my own and felt it was just a nasty flu strain different from the ones I have been protected from with this season’s flu vaccine,” she writes.
Elizabeth also mentioned how she kept her sinuses clear by taking nasal spray which she believes prevented any serious respiratory problems.
Her message was simple: “Don’t panic.”
“The message is don’t panic. If you think that you have it, you probably do; you should probably get tested.”
“If your symptoms aren’t life-threatening, simply stay at home, medicate with over-the-counter medicines, drink lots of water, get a lot of rest and check out the shows you want to binge-watch,” she added jokingly.
You may read the entire post here:
I had COVID-19 and here is my story. I made this post public out of several requests from my friends who asked me to…
Posted by Elizabeth Schneider on Sunday, March 8, 2020
While there has been a significant number of deaths due to coronavirus, it is also true that thousands of people have also recovered from it. So the key is not to panic when symptoms begin to show, get ourselves tested immediately, and follow the medication procedure diligently.
Till then, we can all follow the basic precautions issued by the Health Ministry.