In the time before I finally bit the bullet and went to the Dr. I had a myriad of minor aches, pains and complaints that I put down to a combination of age, weight, conditioning and too long chasing rugby balls. A big part of the problem, I've come to realise, was that I simply didn't have a consistent relationship with any particular doctor, so I didn't have ongoing consultations and checks. I didn't have someone to discuss whether these minor complaints were something I should simply accept or indicative of a deeper issue.
What I've also come to realise, or at least opine, is that Doctors are looking at you in terms of age, weight, condition and the area that you live in, so if you've a reasonably fit and healthy person attending a doctor in an area where the majority of patients are impoverished, with limited access to adequate nutrition and possibly habits that are detrimental to their health - you're not going be a major cause for concern. In the Dr. flowchart, it really is most likely that you do have a 'wee virus'.
That strays from the point of this post though, for right now it's completely doing my head in that there seems to be a well established connection between Corona virus and blood clots. There also now seems to be a growing number of people complaining about the long term effects of Corona virus, complaining that they've been left breathless, with aches and pains in the legs and feet.
What I'm worried about is that people may be suffering some kind of PE, but that our medical system is such that they'll get fobbed of with 'post viral syndrome' and no efforts will be made to get those lungs checked, as they'll just have to let the body heal. My advice is to keep on pushing for proper tests - My doctor didn't detect the PE through his stethoscope.
