Dry cough, restricted breathing, fatigue.

Yes I did all of that. Told to just wait it out unless I get into an emergency situation. I have found quite a few other people with similar symptoms on the cv19 thread, so maybe it's that. Thanks for your reply.

I really hope it's not COPD. Is that what you were diagnosed with? I found a few other people with similar symptoms on the cv19 thread so it seems a coincidence..

Thanks for your reply. All the best to you.

I have lung disease yes caused from my old job and smoking

Oh by the way I gave up smoking thirty years ago.

Every one is obsessed by the Covid 19 virus, in the mean time other illnesses and afflictions that affect the lungs are being ignored. As far as I know Covid 19 has a fever with it. Both my grandsons, policemen, have/had it, both have/had different symptoms as regards it affecting their lungs, neither badly thank goodness but both have/had the massive headache and fever, aching, cramped limbs and the fatigue, over riding fatigue to the point where they couldn't stay on their feet for more than a minute or two. In fact like very, very severe flu.

You do need to be seen, don't just accept an asthma diagnosis, you need to ask to see a pulmonologist.

I completely agree with you. It is as if all other illnesses have been forgotten about. I would like to see someone so I can be examined and checked over but due to my symptoms the hospital won't see me unless I am in a worse condition, so they need my breathing to be worse than it is.

I am sorry to hear you have lung disease. Is it something that came on gradually or suddenly? What was your old job if you don't mind me asking?

Apparently there's a lot of people who don't get a fever with cv19 although people are only tested if they are in hospital so it could be any number of other illnesses/viruses that are going under the covid 19 umbrella. Frustrating.

Took nearly 25 years for my problems to show up, then it was fairly sudden after a bout of infection due to a heavy cold. I made up printed circuit boards, so soldering all day long, in those days no health and safety re getting rid of the smoke and the zinc chloride in the solder flux was the culprit, they use it in chemical warfare nowadays, in heavier doses of course, also in solder is lead and tin.

Both my grandsons were tested because of their job (police) even though luckily, still don't know if the youngest will stay out of hospital, they haven't been admitted.

Could you buy yourself an oximeter, to prove or disprove that your breathing is bad, they don't cost much at all, don't get a really cheap one though, about £15 is a good one.

Thank you very much for your reply and the advice to buy an oximeter. All the best to you.

You are welcome. A finger oximeter cannot be used properly when on the move, to have one that can do that cost an arm and a leg, do something normal then take a reading, write it down, and what the weather was like too, that affects me, then do something that makes you feel breathless, take a reading, if low, not how long it takes to bring your blood sats back up, write it all down. I kept a log of every activity for three days, then the docs took notice and it was panic stations, they wanted me in hospital right there and then, no needed a bit of organisation tile, was hospitalised for a week and came out on oxygen.

I can walk 4 kms daily with stops to get blood sats up, now know when I drop too low, shouldn't go below 88 but for me just moving does that so I go to 80 before I stop. Don't need any oxygen when sitting or sleeping, odd as just getting into bed will bring me down to 75 at times.

Good luck Sue

I casually smoked at weekends for a couple of years, but stopped over twelve years ago. I have never had breathing trouble before or persistent coughs.

I had your symptoms a couple of years ago and I was diagnosed with multiple pulmonary emboli. I would recommend getting a d-dimer blood test. PEs are overlooked by doctors at the best of times, but I can imagine now would be a time they are completely forgotten about, but they can be very dangerous so please ask for a d-dimer. Are you getting palpitations?

No palpitations luckily. Felt better these last three days so I hope that continues. I will see a doc as soon as they will allow me to go there.

I am glad you are starting to feel better, another couple of things if it isn't Covid 19, could be maybe very bad allergies or a hiatus hernia with bad reflux.