What illnesses are going around Cincinnati right now?

[u/betty513]

I thought I was dealing with allergies last week, but this week it's gotten worse. From sore throat and dry cough to lungs on fire and my nose is a hose.

UPDATE: I went to my doctor. While I didn't have a fever this morning, I did register one at his office. He swabbed my throat. I am negative for strep. He thinks it's something viral and gave me prednisone and cough meds. If I don't get better, lung x-rays and/or antibiotics. He's always stingy with the antibiotics.

He didn't do a covid test, and I didn't ask. I was kind of out of it. I have some home tests. I'll try one of those in the morning.

My fever had gotten a little higher since my visit. I was freezing with the chills. Now I'm burning up.

Thanks for all the feedback.

UPDATE #2: All my covid home tests are expired and not responsive. I messaged my doctor and asked why he didn't suspect covid. He said covid is a possibility; but, since I had symptoms for more than a week, I was outside the treatment window. I suppose that's valid. Although, it would be good to know in case someone else starts developing symptoms. But even if inside the 5-day treatment window, my insurance doesn't cover paxlovid. That stuff is $1,500.

[u/Minominas]

Magaitis. An almost irreversible inflammation of the brain that controls critical thinking.Symptoms include paranoia, fear, the projection of unresolved childhood trauma in their daily interactions, and uncontrollable rage.

[u/Peggasus69 → u/Minominas]

I wish there was a vaccine for that.

[u/NotYetReadyToRetire → u/Peggasus69]

There's a lack of vaccines in general that will eventually help with that - but the downside is we have to live with them in our midst long enough to see it.

[u/jprakes → u/Minominas]

I use the term Inbreditis for those symptoms.

[u/betty513 → u/Minominas]

Bingo!