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How do I know if I have COVID-19?

WHO has produced definitions for suspected and probable cases of COVID-19 which you can view here and I've summarised them below Covid-19 is a disease caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 suspected case :      A :   acute respiratory illness: fever + cough or shortness of breath and return from high risk country within the last 14 days     B :  acute respiratory illness: fever + cough or shortness of breath and contact with person with confirmed COVID-19 within the last 14 days     C :  patient with unexplained severe acute respiratory illness in hospital. probable case :      A :  unexplained  severe acute respiratory illness and inconclusive test results     B :  unexplained  severe acute respiratory illness and gtesting not available Confirmed case :      blood tests detect the virus or antibody to the virus; virus may be detected before s...
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Loneliest job in the world

The Loneliest job in the world Working down a Mine? No Cleaning a church when everyone's gone away? No True answer: a) living with dementia b) living with someone who has dementia Being pinned down by a close relative with dementia is the toughest most demanding long-term task. And it's scary to have dementia so naturally you try to cling on to the people you know. You might shadow people without realising that they need time to themselves. They might need to go shopping or meet friends but that's a problem. There's no let-up even st night. To shore up your self esteem you create imaginary people: parents, friends long dead, you live in the past, it may be more comfortable than facing the fact that you have dementia and it's getting worse every day. What else can you do? The care home experience is institutionalised, regimented, impersonal, so people struggle on.  Friends turn away, as if the dementia might infect them, they may not have the pa...
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