I think we have all had COVID-19 in this house and some relatives we saw a couple of weeks ago too. I will describe below for general interest and as a warning of a symptom which was not mentioned at the time but has been mentioned since (still not on NHS website)
We all lost our sense of smell about 10 days ago. Mine started to come back 3 days ago and is pretty much OK now, my wife's has not (yet?) - still can't smell ammonia that normally 'knocks you out'.
My nose was not blocked or runny but had a strange sensation like when you enter a dry sauna and breathe in. Sometimes had phantom smell like sawdust, grain or cereal. Throat seemed a bit sore too in the mornings, not like an infection but more like after a bonfire or doing DIY without a mask. We had no coughs or sneezes or difficuluty breathing.
We did have a really mild fever at the start, so mild I would ordinarily just have put it down to something like eating too much MSG or having too much wine. The other possible symptom was brain fog and fatigue.
I hope we can have antibody tests soon and be declared immune. I do wonder if millions in the UK have had it and not realised.
It seems rather like peanuts. - a delicious snack or an awful death and everything in between.
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