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That's great to know everyone is getting better.

I assumed there was no rash because you would have mentioned it. But I asked because I know a group of 10 local people (plus some neighbours of theirs) who recently had a rash with fever, headache plus general body pain and stinging eyes. The rash disappeared and in some cases it reappeared a few days later. I think the worse case lasted about 2 weeks and, as far as I am aware, no-one sought medical help.

The obvious thought here, due to the rash, was dengue - I know some members have experienced it and might see similarities if that was the cause. When reading a few days ago about an outbreak of leptospirosis in Bulacan, the article mentioned there were 10,000 dengue cases in the same area (but that is out of a population of almost 4 million). If the people I know did have dengue in such large numbers but never sought medical help, it would indicate that known cases are the tip of the iceberg.

Most of these symptoms are very general to a number of illnesses as partly they are due to the body's immune response and it can be difficult at times to figure out what exactly is going around here.

One important fact members would benefit from knowing (many will already know) is to test a rash for the effect of pressure - for example, by pressing with a glass. If the rash persist, then it might be bacterial meningitis and that can be extremely serious (i.e. fatal in about 14% of cases). If it is suspected (i.e. not yet confirmed), it is wise immediately to start antibiotic treatment of the sufferer PLUS close contacts.

It is worth being aware of this as bacterial meningitis can kill within hours.

 

We had similar symptoms (plus a persistent cough) starting a few days after our return from Europe early July (probably one of us got infected at Amsterdam airport), and all three of us tested positive for Covid-19.
We self isolated for two and a half weeks until all three tested negative again. Luckily I bought a bunch of self tests in The Netherlands because they're difficult to get here and expensive (the ones I saw in Lazada are about double the regular price in Europe).
Nobody got very sick, but the coughing was annoying, especially when it kept you awake at night.

 

Maybe this link will help

https://www.meningitisnow.org/menin...the side of a,pressure is a medical emergency