IAMAMORON wrote: » This is garbage, where did you read that?
Phone your doctor if you need to - do not visit them.
iguana wrote: » One of the other reasons that testing is important is so that other ailments causing symptoms can be diagnosed and treated. This is my 9th day of shortness of breath and constricted chest. I have no respiratory condition, have never had so much as a chest infection and normally have genuinely excellent levels of cardiovascular fitness. I can do several hours of high intensity exercise without feeling in anyway breathless. On the 18th I exercised at a really moderate pace for about 30 minutes. I got breathless quite quickly and it took ages of resting to regulate my breathing afterwards and since then I started to get breathless from any sort of effort. For days, a few minutes of a phone conversation or making lunch would leave me gasping for breath. I also developed a severe sore throat, headaches and muscular aches and pains. I have brief spikes of high temperature (38.1 at the highest) followed by chills but nothing sustained. I'm averaging between 8-9 hours of sleep and staying in bed most of the day but was absolutely exhausted. After two days of this, I called my GP who referred me for a test. She wasn't overly concerned about me having Covid 19. She said if I have it, she thinks I was very likely to recover with a week or two of home rest. But that under normal circumstances shortness of breath can be a symptom of a more serious issue and ideally she'd like to examine me and listen to my lungs. She was worried that I might have a blood clot. She referred me for a test and said that if I got a negative result and was still experiencing shortness of breath to come in and she could work out what was causing it. That if it got worse in the meantime to call an ambulance immediately. Respiratory issues can be very serious and shouldn't be ignored. So now, I'm bumped off the list. Still experiencing the same symptoms though I think I'm slowly improving. Unfortunately as soon as I think I'm mostly better I do a bit more physical activity and breathing gets harder again. Yesterday evening I washed the ware and wiped down the kitchen counters while listening to upbeat music and I haven't been able to catch a satisfactory breath since. I don't want to go near a doctor as I've read reports of people with confirmed Covid 19 having exactly my symptoms and know a lot of people who can't get a test are experiencing exactly this right now. If I do have it, I really don't want to infect anyone, if I don't have it but should be on antibiotics for a chest infection, I can't access that treatment. I fully appreciate that in a situation where the HSE has limited capacity to test, they need to test people at higher risk. I get that completely. But that is not in anyway a good thing. There is value in negative results because a negative result would allow me to get health treatment I may need. And a positive result would mean that anyone I was in contact with would be contacted and tested. I didn't have a huge amount of contact with people but I had some and those people really should be traced and checked. It is a very real failure on the part of the Department of Health that we can't do that. They are currently doing the best they can with what they have and I'm confident we won't suffer as badly and Italy, Spain and possibly the UK. But they prepared too late and are not able to do what they actually should and we will do worse than countries like Korea, Singapore and maybe Germany. So it's understandable that they have changed the criteria for testing. It's the best they can do with what they've got. But it's still a failure and it still has numerous negative consequences for many people.
IAMAMORON wrote: » Your GP is being asked to refer you based on your medical history. They are a first point of call and will be aware if you have an underlying medical condition. They will also be fully aware if you don't have any symptoms or have an underlying condition. The purpose of this is too ease the burden on A&E or ICU, which you will most certainly need should your condition become critical. If you are experiencing critical conditions I would get yourself off the computer immediately and down to hospital... if you have the energy. Trust me if you are critically ill with Covid 19 you won't be thinking about logging on to bitch about the HSE or your negligent doctors.
Bojill wrote: » My wife was tested on 20th, no results back she still has cough and chest tightness but improved slightly. I have no symptoms but I'm due in work (pharma) tomorrow night. I presume I can't go in until she gets a negative or the 14 days from 1st symptoms are up?
LashingLady wrote: » I don’t think you can to be honest. When did she start getting symptoms? As I said above they should be doing some analysis of the positive but mild symptoms and giving presumptive diagnoses based on that.... many reported positives without fever.... I can’t believe the test results are taking so long although I was told 3-5 working days so I suppose you’re still in that timeframe... I suppose they must/should be prioritising healthcare workers.
Bojill wrote: » Symptoms started on 16th, so 14 days are up on Monday. Surely everyday is a working day? She was told 36 hours at the time of the test. And yes they should be prioritising.
iguana wrote: » On the phone. That's the official recommendations. If you have symptoms you phone your GP and do a phone consult during which the GP will advise you on what to do. If I have Covid and went to the GP in person I could literally kill someone. No-one with respiratory symptoms or fever is meant to physically go to any medical facility without prior arrangement with the doctor/medical staff.
Beasty wrote: » It's been all over the news - you should contact your GP by phone before attending Indeed I would suggest in the current climate you contact them by phone for anything. My own GPs are only accepting any appointments by phone - their doors are locked, although they may be accepting certain patients into the practice with prior notice
Beasty wrote: » If it's an emergency call the emergency services. Do not turn up without warning. That is negligent in the current situation TBH
iguana wrote: » WTAF are you actually on about? You are like a broken record on here pontificating about something you lack the most basic knowledge of, not even knowing the basic advice about first calling a HCP when you have symptoms or how referrals are being made to testing centres. All you are doing is belittling people who are sick and demonstrating a lot more knowledge about what's going on than you are.
iguana wrote: » The WHO advice is literally (actual literal quote of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization) "We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test." "Test every suspected case, if they test positive, isolate them and find out who they have been in contact with two days before they developed symptoms and test those people too." So yup, straight question, why do you think the HSE should contravene WHO advice? Obviously we don't have the capacity to actually do what would be best practice and carry out that testing. But lets not fuçking pretend that not having the ability to do what is recommended as best practice is somehow a good thing.
IAMAMORON wrote: » I should not have used the word garbage, apologies if I raised any feathers. The tone of my post has been incorrectly interpreted. I am not apologising for that, I should not have to. What I was trying to state was that no medical facility, hospital or doctor is currently turning anyone away. But as I stated the current protocol is for people experiencing symptoms to get in contact with their GP's and seek treatment.@ Iguana - Your statement about people being disallowed to attend a medical appointment without an appointment is very true. However if you read you post you are implying that people are not being treated, this is not correct. I respect that you are inferring that no one should attend with symptoms, for sure at a GP, but if you are seriously ill you need to be calling an ambulance, as @ Beasty has advised. I don't appreciate the tone of your final post either. It is quite uncivil, I am not a broken record. I respect that you are ill at the moment. I am not prepared to get into an online spat with you either, but I am not belittling anyone. In fact I find it trite that you are taking this angle given the critiquing prose you managed to compose this morning, especially considering your symptoms I would have imagined you might be better advised focussing your energy on dealing with your illness rather than coming down hard ( and with foul language I might add) on any poster who seems to be disagreeing with you. I don't agree with your criticism of the HSE on this point. They are making a judgement based on how they should manage a crisis. It is impossible to test everyone at this point, the virus won't exist by the time 6 million people have their swab tests. I respect that you are currently ill and I hope you recover soon. I mean that sincerely.
mugsymugsy wrote: » Seems strange! Best of luck with it.
Deirdre5 wrote: » 8th day waiting for a test, should I give up hope? Rang GP yesterday and she said i still meet the criteria so to keep waiting and I "might be tested".
Bojill wrote: » Hse said you would need to be referred again.
Deirdre5 wrote: » yeah that's what I thought but GP never mentioned it, didn't want to tell her how to do her job, assuming she knows what she's doing
wat24 wrote: » As mentioned before I’m a nurse in local hospital was waiting for a test. My occ health department did it for me yesterday at 3pm and I had the result today at 1pm negative result. Very quick turnaround in fairness!
deise18 wrote: » Are gps calling with results or public health?
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