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轉FB原文過來。
英文沒有很好，有翻錯再請指教。
www.facebook.com/EbethBerkeley/posts/10110434821081713


I had COVID-19 and here is my story. I made this post public out of several
requests from my friends who asked me to share. I hope it gives you some good
information and peace of mind!

以下是我得了武漢肺炎/新冠肺炎的故事。
許多朋友希望我分享我的經驗，於是我將這則貼文公開。
期待能提供大家一些有用資訊及稍微放鬆一點。


First how easily you can get it. I believe I caught it when attending a small
house party at which no one was coughing, sneezing or otherwise displaying
any symptoms of illness. It appears that 40% of the attendees of this party
ended up sick. The media tells you to wash your hands and avoid anyone with
symptoms. I did. There is no way to avoid catching this except avoiding all
other humans. 40% of folks were all sick within 3 days of attending the party
all with the same/similar symptoms including fever.

首先是關於到底多容易中標。
我覺得我應該是在一個小家庭party得的，裡面沒有任何人有咳嗽、流鼻水或可疑症狀。
但看起來最後有40%的與會者中標。
媒體總說要勤洗手以及避免接觸任何有可疑症狀的人。
我早照做啦。但現在要避免染病，根本除了避免接觸所有人以外別無他法。
當時40%的人在與會的3天內都出現了相同/類似的症狀，包括發燒。


Second, the symptoms appear to be different depending on your constitution
and/or age. Most of my friends who got it were in their late 40s to early
50s. I’m in my mid 30s. For us it was headache, fever (for first 3 days
consistently and then on and off after 3 days), severe body aches and joint
pain, and severe fatigue. I had a fever that spiked the first night to 103
degrees and eventually came down to 100 and then low grade 99.5. Some folks
had diarrhea. I felt nauseous one day. Once the fever is gone some were left
with nasal congestion, sore throat. Only a very few of us had a mild itchy
cough. Very few had chest tightness or other respiratory symptoms. Total
duration of illness was 10-16 days. The main issue is that without reporting
a cough or trouble breathing many of us were refused testing. I got tested
through the Seattle Flu Study. This is a RESEARCH study here in Seattle and
they have been testing volunteers for strains of the flu to study
transmission within the community. A few weeks ago, they started to test a
random subset of samples for COVID-19 infection. They sent my sample to the
King County Public Health Department for confirmation; however, I was told
that all of the samples that have tested positive in the research study have
been confirmed by Public Health.


再來，症狀各異，取決於你的身體狀況和年齡。
我的多數朋友年齡落在四旬下半到五旬上半。而我是30幾歲。
這群人出現的症狀是頭痛、發燒 (前三天是持續發燒而後三天時燒時退)、
嚴重身體疼痛和關節痛、以及嚴重倦怠。

有些人出現腹瀉。我則是噁心。在燒退之後也有人開始鼻塞及喉嚨痛。

我們只有少數人有輕微的喉嚨發癢咳嗽，更少人有胸悶或其他呼吸道症狀的情形。
整體病程約10-16天。

問題在於，只要是沒被通報有咳嗽或是呼吸症狀，多數人都被拒篩。
我是在 Seattle Flu Study 受檢，
但這原是個從志願者取得流感病株以研究社區感染的學術研究計畫！
幾個禮拜前，他們開始送隨機的樣本子集去測試是否為武漢肺炎/新冠肺炎。
我的樣本也被送到 King County 的公共衛生局作確認。
他們告訴我說，所有在該計畫中被採檢陽性的樣本，公共衛生局均確認確診。


As of Monday March 9th, it has been 13 days since my symptoms started and
more than 72 hours since my fever subsided. The King County Public Health
Department is recommending you stay isolated for 7 days after the start of
symptoms or 72 hours after your fever subsides. I have surpassed both
deadlines so I am no longer isolating myself however I am avoiding strenuous
activity and large crowds and I obviously will not come near you if I see you
in public. I was not hospitalized. Not every country is hospitalizing
everyone with a COVID-19 infection and in my case, and in many other cases, I
didn’t even go to the doctor because I was recovering on my own and felt it
was just a nasty flu strain different from the ones I have been protected
from with this season’s flu vaccine.


到了3/9星期一，自症狀始發已過13天，燒退後已超過72個小時。
King County公衛單位建議大家從症狀發生後7天，或是燒退後72小時，進行自我隔離
我隔離已遠過於建議天數，於是不再閉關。
但我還是避免劇烈運動及避開群眾。即使在公眾場合看到認識的誰當然也不會接近。

我並沒有住院。也不是所有的國家都把感染者送進醫院裡面。
且不管是我的例子還是其他多數例子，甚至連醫生都沒看就自我痊癒。
感覺上就只是個稍異於之前已打季節流感疫苗的討厭的流感病毒株。


I also truly believe the lack of testing is leading to folks believing that
they just have a cold or something else going out into public and spreading
it. And worse folks with no symptoms are also spreading it as in the case of
a person attending a party or social gathering who has no symptoms.

我也相信不篩檢導致大家只覺得這又是小感冒沒事兒沒事兒，又到處趴趴走散播病毒。
更糟的無症狀傳染者也在四處傳染，譬如說這人看似無恙地去了party或社交場合。


I know some folks are thinking that this can’t/won’t impact them. I hope it
doesn’t but I believe that the overall lack of early and pervasive testing
damaged the public’s ability to avoid the illness here in Seattle. All I
know is that Seattle has been severely impacted and although I’m better now
I would not wish this very uncomfortable illness on anyone.

我知道有些人只覺得反正自己就是不會中。當然期待為真
但我更相信缺乏早期及全面性的篩檢，只削弱了西雅圖社會應變此疾病的能力。
我只知道西雅圖早就被嚴重波及。
雖然已經痊癒，但我還是不希望見到其他人也中這超級不舒服的病


One thing that I believe may have saved me from getting worse respiratory
symptoms is the fact that I consistently took Sudafed, used Afrin nasal spray
(3 sprays in each nostril, 3 days at a time and then 3 days off), and used a
Neti pot (with purified water). This could have kept my sinuses clear and
prevented the symptoms from spreading to my lungs. This is not medical
advice: I’m simply sharing what I did and correlating it with the fact that
I had no respiratory symptoms. The two could be entirely unrelated based on
the viral strain and viral load that I received.

我感覺自己持續服用 Sudafed*1、Afrin nasal spray*2 (鼻孔噴三次、一天三次共三天)
以及洗鼻壺 (加入清水) 可能有幫到忙，因此沒有出現更糟的呼吸道症狀。
至少保持了鼻竇暢通以及防止症狀蔓延到肺部。
當然以上不是專業的醫學建議。
我只是據以最後沒有出現呼吸道症狀而分享我曾做過了什麼。


I hope this information helps someone avoid getting sick and/or push to get
tested sooner rather than later so you know to isolate before it gets worse
or to get medical care if you have respiratory distress. Hand washing doesn’
t guarantee you won’t get sick, especially when folks without symptoms are
contagious and could be standing right next to you in any given social
situation. You more likely than not will not die, but do you want to risk
spreading it to a loved one over 60 or someone with an immunity issue? Stay
healthy folks!

我希望我提供的資訊能幫到其他人避免染病，或/且推動大家早點而不是拖著接受篩檢，
才能在情況更惡化之前早點接受隔壁，或是在出現呼吸道症狀時早點就醫。
勤洗手並不能保證你就不會中標，
特別是搞不好那些已具傳染性的無症狀傳染者在某個社交場合就站在你旁邊。
你自己可能不會就這麼容易掛掉沒錯，
但你想傳染給你某個年過六旬的摯愛，或是某個早有免疫問題的人？
還是盡量讓自己保持健康吧。




※ 引述《iamshana (CANINE力集中在一些重要S)》之銘言：
: 完整標題：美武漢肺炎痊癒者：輕症不用慌張 在家休息喝水
: 發稿單位：中央社
: 發稿時間：2020/03/12 19:27
: 撰 稿 者：陳家倫
: 原文連結：
: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202003120393.aspx
: 美武漢肺炎痊癒者：輕症不用慌張 在家休息喝水
: 最新更新：2020/03/12 19:27
: （中央社西雅圖12日綜合外電報導）37歲的美國女性施奈德（Elizabeth Schneider）感
: 染武漢肺炎痊癒後向憂心疫情的人分享心得：「不用慌張，想想那些高危險群；如果感到
: 不適的話，就待在家不要出門。」
: 法新社報導，施奈德住在華盛頓州的最大城市西雅圖，當地目前武漢肺炎死亡人數居全美
: 國之冠。
: 施奈德擁有生物工程博士學位，她感染武漢肺炎的症狀比較輕微，因此選擇在家自我治療
: 。她希望分享她的故事，能給民眾一點希望。
: 但她又指出，很顯然地，這不是一件可以完全輕忽的事情，因為很多人的年齡較大或是有
: 一些原發性健康狀況。這表示，如果選擇待在家隔離的話，須要格外警覺。
: 她表示：「如果你的症狀沒有生命危險，就待在家吃成藥、多喝水、多休息，還有追劇。
: 」
: 美國衛生當局本週引用中國的資料表示，80%的武漢肺炎患者症狀輕微，其他比較嚴重而
: 須要住院的病例，主要是60歲以上或患有糖尿病、心臟病和肺病的人。（譯者：陳家倫/
: 核稿：張佑之）1090312

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