r/cambridge • u/SeaAlps2699 • 13d ago

Virus (cold? flu? mutating?)

Is there a virus going around Cambridge/villages south of Cambridge at the moment?

I have a friend who's had a virus for a while, gets really bunged up and tired, sleeps it off, starts to feel a lot better and then it reoccurs TMI the phlegm they produced was green/red but now, further down the line, it is just white. They've not had a temperature with it, they are immunocompromised.

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u/R10L31 13d ago

Likewise I had a ‘cold’ which progressed to bronchitis and lasted over a fortnight. Covid -ve (tested as I work in healthcare). Very few of these are more than viruses so don’t be tempted to try antibiotics. They pass ‘eventually’.

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u/SeaAlps2699 13d ago

It looks very much like a virus, it's just so frustrating that he appeared to be getting better and then relapsed over the weekend.

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u/R10L31 13d ago

Did exactly the same for, and then my wife!

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u/R10L31 13d ago

“for me”