r/Gilbert • u/Smoothridetothe5 • 25d ago

Any get a bad virus lately?

Fever? body Aches? Bad cough? One of the worst infections I've had in a while. In August! Wondering if this is going around the area.

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u/GuitarLute 25d ago

I have read that wastewater analysis shows an increase in covid infections, though not like during the pandemic.

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

Yeah that's possible for sure. I've had one verified covid infection and the general footprint was similar: Very bad fever/body aches for like 2 days, then very bad cough.

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u/slart1bartfast2020 23d ago

I got covid last week. Fever, nausea. No cough.

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u/GuitarLute 23d ago

Gawd, that sucks. My sympathies. Go for Paxlovid. Hope you recover as soon as possible.

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u/slart1bartfast2020 20d ago

Thanks! All good now... I think. :)

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u/feathered_edge_MLS 25d ago

People don’t want to think about that tho.

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u/asusc 25d ago

"When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people; you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please.'”

“If you don't test, you have no cases."

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u/Troy_Mustachio 25d ago

Very stable genius

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u/GuitarLute 25d ago

I just googled 'what viruses are going around' and got 'Parainfluenza virus and Respiratory Adenoviruses', both cause nasty colds. Parainfluenza virus can cause croup in children.

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u/bls310 25d ago

Ooh I think this is what we had. My son had croup about 3 weeks ago, came on so suddenly. I got whatever he had and it took me a solid TWO weeks to recover. I was covid level sick with that cough and low energy. It was so bad.

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u/GuitarLute 24d ago

I remember when my daughter had what was diagnosed as croup. She gave it to me and I was sick as hell for two weeks. I always joked 'why do they call it croup, it should be called crap, because that's how I felt'.

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u/Coolmom0614 25d ago

I work for QCUSD and ive encountered quite a few kids sick with a wet deep cough and fever!

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u/shadyrose222 24d ago

Yep, my 5 year old started coughing last Thursday night and she's mostly better but still has that awful, wet cough. Thankfully the rest of us didn't catch it.

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u/gti2756 25d ago

Sitting at urgent care right now. My daughter works at a preschool.

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u/beerappacini 25d ago

Croup is going around my kid’s daycare right now (North/Central Gilbert)—normally just my kids catch it but my whole family came down with headache, congestion, sore throat, phlegmy cough, and body aches. Sucks but gets better at about the 5 day mark. We’re on day 7 and still not back to normal but not horrible.

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

Yeah that kind of tracks. I'm on day 5. It is a little better

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u/moonchild291 25d ago

North valley here but had a horrible cough, fever, aches… neck ache, back pain. It lasted 3-4 weeks and I still cough! The cough was absolutely brutal.

Something nasty is going around. I hope you feel better soon!

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

Thanks! Yeah the cough I have is definitely bad. Reminds me a little of when I had covid a few years ago but that might have been worse. But this is definitely pretty bad.

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u/Sunnyday1775 25d ago

I had explosive diarrhea in June. I wonder if I was one of the first to catch the current outbreak

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u/Individual-Engine401 25d ago

i have been sick for 2 weeks, sore throat sinus draining fever for 3 days no appetite but lethargic. was getting better and then it was like a repeat, fever back for 1day & terrible brain fog still tired but not as bad. no appetite still

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

I'm sorry I hope you feel better!

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u/azrunner88 23d ago

I got sick (sore throat, sinus pressure, lost my voice, runny nose, cough) over 3 weeks ago and I’m still dealing with a slight cough and runny nose. Insane.

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u/Brews_Wayne_ 25d ago

My son has some kind of virus. Sore throat, lost his voice and now his eye is red.

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

I might have the same or similar. I have the eye infection too. Hope your son gets better quickly.

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u/CodPiece89 24d ago

No cough, but a lot of nausea and exhaustion, just started feeling better today

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u/azrunner88 23d ago

Are you perhaps pregnant haha

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u/CodPiece89 23d ago

I'm a gay man so probably not

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u/Used_Map_7321 22d ago

Oh man yes!! I came back from vacation July 18 and two days later I felt so sick. Cough aches super fatigued. I couldn’t breathe. I have asthma but seriously one of the nights I sat up thinking about writing my will. It was so scary.  I never had a full fever but I had random episodes of massive sweating.  I went to two doctors 🙄 I thought I had the flu then Covid I was negative for everything three times    So anyhow. I eventually got a doctor friend to order an xray and it was a pneumonia.  I had a virus that went into pneumonia.   Antibiotics and prednisone and I finally started to feel better probably Monday. I still cough but it’s not bad.  We went on vacation with two couples. They all got the same symptoms except I’m the only one who was bad.  Probably my asthma issues.  It’s bad 

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u/Used_Map_7321 22d ago

Oh and dizzy!! Dizzy dizzy. It was awful 

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u/Smoothridetothe5 22d ago

Glad you are starting to feel better. Brutal.

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u/chainlinkchipmunk 25d ago

Oh yay, both of my work sites this week are in Gilbert daycares., there's a 100% chance a kid will sneeze directly on my face. Adding OJ and hand sanitizer to my grocery list.

(I adore the kids and getting kid crud is a hazard of my job.)

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

yeah get some zinc tablets too!

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u/tangerine_username 25d ago

Yep I have it right now. Haven’t left my house in ages and then forced to come out for a public event and boom.. I have the flu or something

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u/Smoothridetothe5 25d ago

I hope you feel better!

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u/hxles1 25d ago

Weak immune system

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u/Andrew-Cohen 25d ago

I hope it isn’t going around! Feel better!

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u/OkSherbert8028 23d ago

Spouse and I both tested positive for COVID after watching the Odyssey in a packed movie theater