by Peacedog on Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:06 pm
I'm fairly convinced I contracted, and recovered from, this in Jan/Feb while in Thailand. The symptoms of a brief high fever, sore throat, weird headache and lingering breathing difficulties seemed to match. That said, I'm fully recovered now. In my case it was not all that serious, but sure was uncomfortable and scary. Chest X-ray indicated bronchitis at the time. I no longer have that, confirmed by CT.
The timeline looks good based off of all of the Chinese tourists in country, I was in the north where there guys congregate, and denials at the time from the Chinese government concerning the nature of what was going on. FWIW, I used Chinese herbal medicine to take care of the sore throat, fever and other initial symptoms. Mostly lung heat herbs. I followed up with azithromycin for five days to deal with the bronchitis and chest pain that followed.
When the main crush of cases has died down, I'll go get tested to see if I was exposed. I do have a meeting for a pulmonary function test tomorrow and with the pulmonologist. Hopefully no long term damage is done.
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Peacedog on Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:20 pm, edited 2 times in total.