CetiCeltic t1_ix9vzwh wrote
See, they say this, but when I went in to JV UC with a respiratory illness last month they only tested for covid and when I asked for RSV test because I work with babies the doc straight up told me adults don't get RSV. I'm still fucking sick. Going to get a health dept test.
DebbieDunnbbar t1_ixcn52n wrote
For what it’s worth, I’m a middle aged adult who tested positive for RSV over a week ago and it made me pretty sick. Not like full blown flu sick, but enough to ruin deer season for me. Lungs hurt when I breathed, coughing my brains out, snot, low energy, etc. Five of us in my house ended up getting it. My preschooler brought it home to us.
hedge_ball t1_ixgkj4v wrote
I was tested for flu and COVID with negative results. I've been sick for nearly 3 weeks with the same symptoms you had. I'm in my mid 50s. I think this is the first day I have not coughed. My wife got it but recovered quickly with little symptoms. I had COVID back in July and it was not as bad as this!
Zestyclose_Key_213 t1_ixa0b8j wrote
Yes they do... but Springfield medical care a joke. I heard some of the dumbest responses from doctors here. I think 90% of them
CetiCeltic t1_ixk42ky wrote
Yeah. My concern was my heart and lungs. I have POTS from Alpha COVID in Jan. 2020 before we knew it was in the US (visited best friend, stayed the night shared food/drinks, his wife is air traffic control for stl int. And her dad is a pilot that does international flights to China. They were SUPER sick a few days after my visit and two weeks after that I almost died. Cox workers were literally coming into my room in hazmat suits and I tested negative for the flu. They couldn't test for covid because they weren't created yet, so they told me to go home and everyone in my house to stay home for a week.) I have asthma, had pneumonia 9 times in my life, get chronic bronchitis, had COVID twice, and was in a house fire. But this jack around wants to tell me "it's just a bug." Okay Doc, how about you run a test to make sure this bug isn't going to kill me because I'm high risk???? Especially since I also work with a high risk population???
ShartsvilleDestroyer t1_ixa1rnw wrote
>See, they say this,
Say what?
From what I've read healthy middle aged adults will most likely only show cold like symptoms with RSV.
CetiCeltic t1_ixa8b4q wrote
"Encouraging people to work together to prevent the spread of RSV covid etc"
If they're not even testing childcare workers who come in for RSV how is that helping prevent the spread?
Also, specifically in my case, I am very much not healthy and fairly high risk. As before mentioned, I've been sick for over a month now. And when I came in I was extremely sick, so much so that the doc highly suspected COVID, and when it came back negative he said I have some "unknown virus" that "everyone is getting right now." When I told him I worked with children and I wanted to be tested for RSV he told me "Adults don't get RSV."
Wrinklestiltskin t1_ixcvqe5 wrote
I'm an unfortunate case in which I've been sick for a week now, with such bad chest congestion I can hardly sleep and sometimes I feel like I've got COPD with how little oxygen I get at times. I'm finally breaking up the chest congestion, but I've been closely watching for pneumonia.
I don't normally get sick, and I've got a great immune system. But this RSV has absolutely kicked my ass.... I read an article recently talking about how RSV is infecting more adults than usual this year, with higher likelihood of more severe symptoms than in the past.
RSV may not be as concerning for adults, but I certainly don't recommend it...
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