Healthcare/Symptoms - Do I Have COVID-19?
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Contents
Your Health: Personal and Home
Symptoms
How to tell if you have flu, coronavirus or something else
- Note potential early warning symptom is loss of sense of smell:
- additional citation: https://www.entuk.org/loss-sense-smell-marker-covid-19-infection
| Symptom | Symptom Description | Likelihood of Symptom to appear if sick | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fever | - Fever early on is a distinguishing symptom. | High | |
| Dry cough | - Dry coughs follow in cases that become moderate or severe. | High (if sickness is getting worse) | - |
| Shortness of breath | - Shortness of breath is a telltale and dangerous development distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza or a cold. | High | |
| Loss of sense of smell | Loss of smell or taste not related to sinus issues | 70% | Coronavirus: New symptom of virus could be loss of taste and smell, top UK doctor says |
What to do
Hygiene & Cleaning
Prevention
Mask Making
- How to Sew a Face Mask
- How to make a continuous strip of bias tape
- Sewing Masks for Atlanta Hospitals - a group dedicated to coordinating mask-making efforts and getting them to partnered hospitals in ATL. Most cities seem to have them now. Also has many validated resources on mask-making.
Boosting Your Immune System
- Doctor offers coronavirus protection advice - long interview where various approaches and supplements which may help boost your immunity and lessen symptoms
More information on Personal Health Issues
- Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired - we needed to conserve the N95/respirator style for medical workers, but cloth masks are better than nothing. -
