Both still have symptoms - should we sleep separately?

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My wife and I have both had covid symptoms for about 3 weeks. They have settled a bit but are still not going away, with occasional flare ups, evening chestiness etc. but otherwise we are up and about as normal.

I'm wondering if we're slowing our recovery by sharing a bedroom. One of us could sleep in the spare room but there no point if there's no benefit. Any advice?

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  • Posted

    hi was you experiencing heart palpitations with your symptoms ? as ive had covid 19 symptoms , tight chest ect and ive been having palpitations !

    And if you both have it i dont see why you cant share the same room it should be fine as you both are showing mild symptoms

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    There is a train of thought that says the more you are exposed to the virus the worse the symptoms will be, but I am not sure if that would be 3 weeks in or the incubation period. So you could try to sleep apart, but I suspect the worst of your symptoms are over. It would take more than sleeping apart though, you would have to completely socially distance which when you aren't feeling well can be quite depressing. With a lot of viruses one day you feel like you are getting better and the next day you can feel really grotty again. Take some vitamins, particularly the all the B vitamins, vit C and vit D to strengthen your immune system get back to normal.

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