I am 49. I smoke a roll-up once a day most of the time. I'm actually an expert in health so my smoking is sort of experimental in that context.
The symptoms I didn't mention were the fever, which was not very strong, and the sore throat, which was unlike anything I've experienced. My whole neck and throat / oesophagus / trachea was aching for about five days. Paracetamol took the edge off that. My glands weren't swollen but it felt like they should be.
the cough was dry and relentless. All symptoms worse at night. My ribs and intercostals were aching and that intensified towards the end, around day 7 I suppose. I started waking up with coughing fits. The crushing chest pains came right at the end - say day 7 thru day 11 and only a little left today. It feels like the virus has done some damage to the organs in the thorax. It remains to be seen how permanent that is.
I had been preparing and stockpiling some Chinese herbal formulas to distribute to people with pneumonia, which is the thing that seems to kill people, but so far I am the only one who has had to take them. Although I didn't develop pneumonia, they really helped me to sooth the coughing fits and allowed me to get back to sleep again.
I think vitamin C is a good preventative. I have also got hold of some chaga mushroom powder, both of which seem to have anti-viral capacity. But I can't vouch for them as I wasn't taking them before I contracted the disease. I also have some other formulations which are less commonly available which I have been distributing (and which I am more certain of).
Bookmarks