My wife was exposed about 10 days ago best we can tell. She took a quick test on Thursday and a PCR test on Friday of last week. The quick test came back negative and then the PCR test came back negative today. She started feeling bed yesterday with flu-like symptoms so we put her in isolation in the back of our house (fortunate to have a guest suite). She went in today to get retested and get a flu test and the quick test today came back positive and flu was negative. Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that even five days after exposure might be too early for the test to come back positive.

Also, they just told her to continue to stay home, monitor her O2 and fever, treat the symptoms (Theraflu), and take deep breaths every hour and get up and walk around. They didn't prescribe anything for her. Should we try to get her in with another doctor? She was just at the urgent care place and doesn't really have a primary doctor.

I gave her 50,000 IU of Vitamin D when she started feeling bad and have been giving her zinc and quercetin.

Thanks.

BourbonAg said:

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My wife was exposed about 10 days ago best we can tell. She took a quick test on Thursday and a PCR test on Friday of last week. The quick test came back negative and then the PCR test came back negative today. She started feeling bed yesterday with flu-like symptoms so we put her in isolation in the back of our house (fortunate to have a guest suite). She went in today to get retested and get a flu test and the quick test today came back positive and flu was negative. Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that even five days after exposure might be too early for the test to come back positive.

Also, they just told her to continue to stay home, monitor her O2 and fever, treat the symptoms (Theraflu), and take deep breaths every hour and get up and walk around. They didn't prescribe anything for her. Should we try to get her in with another doctor? She was just at the urgent care place and doesn't really have a primary doctor.

I gave her 50,000 IU of Vitamin D when she started feeling bad and have been giving her zinc and quercetin.

Thanks.

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Hope she feels better soon.

This is what Reveille recommends:
Quercetin from 250mg up to 1g twice per day Remember this is a Zinc ionophore.
Vitamin D3 Take this for sure if you are deficient and I now recommend taking it either daily or weekly as long as your values are not too high. Remember too much vitamin D can cause issues. However, if you are diagnosed with Covid-19 take 50,000IU immediately as this appears to have significant benefits.
Sleep greater than 8 hours per night
CoQ10 100-300mg per day: a potent antioxidant that potentially helps balance oxidative stress, increase vasodilation, prevent clot formation and decrease vasoconstriction.
Zinc any amount is probably good but take what you can tolerate without making you feel bad up to 40mg. You do not want to be Zinc deficient as it is how many drugs like HCQ work.
Melatonin 0.1mg to 10mg at night. Take what you can tolerate and what helps you sleep without making you feel drugged or tired in the morning. If you are diabetic watch your sugars.
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) - 600mg twice per day shown to decrease severity of influenza, improve lung functions in COPD, antioxidant properties, potentially helps prevent clotting and with mental disorders. Caution for asthmatics as there is potential for bronchospasm but this is rare.
Vitamin C 250mg to 500mg twice per day. Effects debatable in oral form but IV did help in China. But is proven to strengthen immune system
Famotidine 10-20mg twice per day potentially inhibits viral replication and helps with heartburn
Baby Aspirin 81mg aspirin to thin blood and help prevent clots but only after discussing with your physician to make sure you have no contraindications to its use.

Thanks for sharing her experience. I hope she feels better quickly.
My daughter's worst symptom so far has been the headache, followed by fatigue. She started drinking water with Liquid IV added on Saturday and took both Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen that day. She woke up without a headache on Sunday. We've cut back on the acetaminophen, but she's drinking a Liquid IV per day now and still no headache.
Just thought I'd share since it was so awful for her.

Thanks for the info. I have been following Reveille for a while and taking all of that but not her.

Hope she feels better soon.


Currently in the midst of potentially similar situation and I had hoped that we were out of the woods but your post just brought me back to reality.

Nanny calls last Tuesday night to notify us her 20 year old live in son has tested positive. Only wife and 6 month old daughter had CDC definition of close contact (Monday and Tuesday two consecutive days immediately prior to Nanny testing positive on Wednesday morn). I've been a close contact to them but not the nanny. Nanny's Wednesday morn rapid test comes back positive. Wife and I have both tested negative 2x rapid and PCR (Wednesday and Sunday).

Pediatric nurse recommends no test for baby only monitoring symptoms. No one in our house has shown any symptoms yet. Nanny has headache and runny nose.

Fingers crossed we got lucky and dodged it. Trying to care for a infant while we both work during the day without any outside help is freaking rough.

Just a reminder, there is minimal utility in testing sooner than 7 days post exposure, unless you're symptomatic. And even then, if the symptoms are minimal, you may still test negative depending on the test and technique in which it is performed.

The rapid antigen tests are falsely negative about 50% of the time (in my personal experience). I've seen it negative even in people with loss of smell/taste and with fever.

Something like 92% of people that will develop symptoms will develop them by day 7.

To the OP: I wouldn't worry about finding another doctor, or a real doctor instead of a PA/NP. It won't change management. If your wife is older, or has lung issues, is diabetic, overweight, or has some other high risk factor then just keep a close eye on her and have a short fuse to going to an ER or checking in with her primary doctor (if she has one). That supplement cocktail posted above is, in my opinion, probably not worth the squeeze in 99% of people, and there is minimal evidence to support most of it. Just treat it like a regular flu and you'll probably be fine.

bigtruckguy3500 said:

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Just a reminder, there is minimal utility in testing sooner than 7 days post exposure, unless you're symptomatic. And even then, if the symptoms are minimal, you may still test negative depending on the test and technique in which it is performed.

The rapid antigen tests are falsely negative about 50% of the time (in my personal experience). I've seen it negative even in people with loss of smell/taste and with fever.

Something like 92% of people that will develop symptoms will develop them by day 7.

To the OP: I wouldn't worry about finding another doctor, or a real doctor instead of a PA/NP. It won't change management. If your wife is older, or has lung issues, is diabetic, overweight, or has some other high risk factor then just keep a close eye on her and have a short fuse to going to an ER or checking in with her primary doctor (if she has one). That supplement cocktail posted above is, in my opinion, probably not worth the squeeze in 99% of people, and there is minimal evidence to support most of it. Just treat it like a regular flu and you'll probably be fine.

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Let's see, "supplemental cocktail" posted by a doctor who tells us who he is and is very active in treating this disease v. a "bigtruckguy" who says it "isn't worth the squeeze".

I'll continue to take the supplements as recommended by the infectious disease practitioner.

Just FYI, BigTruckGuy is also a doctor and is treating COVID patients.

She feels a little better today. O2 is staying up and fever is down.

She woke up feeling much better today and has been out of bed most of the day so far. She is in a much better mood overall as well.