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Alyssa Milano: I got sick in Corona, but 3 tests missed it
The American actress uploaded a photo of herself with an oxygen mask to Instagram and said that she fell ill in Corona at the end of March. "I had every possible symptom, I thought I was going to die. I would never be sick like that."
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Actress Alyssa Milano claims to have fallen ill in Corona and although she has been tested several times, the previous tests managed to miss her illness and came back negative. Milan said it had experienced "almost every possible corona symptom" as early as the end of March, but two last-minute pen tests came back with negative results. Milan did not give up and asked to also test for corona antibodies in the blood, in a test that tests blood taken by a sting at the tip of the finger (blood from the capillary blood vessels) - and this too is a negative recurrence.
But Milan's symptoms did not go away and she continued to suspect that she was still ill with Corona. Four months after the onset of symptoms she performed another test for antibodies in her blood, this time from a blood sample taken from a vein, which is a positive return for corona antibodies. This means that Milan did indeed contract Covid-19 at some point, and its body developed antibodies to the virus.
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"I'm positive for Corona's antibodies, I got Covid-19," the actress wrote in a post she posted on Instagram last week. "I just want you all to know that our test set is flawed and we have no idea what the real data is," she added.
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This was me on April 2nd after being sick for 2 weeks. I had never been this kind of sick. Everything hurt. Loss of smell. It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. I could not breathe. I could not keep food in me. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks. I was confused. Low grade fever. And the headaches were horrible. I basically had every Covid symptom. At the very end of march I took two covid19 tests and both were negative. I also took a covid antibody test (the finger prick test) after I was feeling a bit better. NEGATIVE. After living the last 4 months with lingering symptoms like, vertigo, stomach abnormalities, irregular periods, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, zero short term memory, and general malaise, I went and got an antibody test from a blood draw (not the finger prick) from a lab. I am POSITIVE for covid antibodies. I had Covid19. I just want you to be aware that our testing system is flawed and we do not know the real numbers. I also want you to know, this illness is not a hoax. I thought I was dying. It felt like I was dying. I will be donating my plasma with hopes that I might save a life. Please take care of yourselves. Please wash your hands and wear a mask and social distance. I do not want anyone to feel the way I felt. Be well. I love you all (well, maybe not the trolls. Just the kind people.) ❤️
A post shared by Alyssa Milano (@milano_alyssa) on Aug 5, 2020 at 12:42 pm PDT
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Milan has shared with its followers that like other patients who have recovered and developed antibodies, it is donating plasma in an attempt to help fight the corona virus, urging them not to underestimate the dangers of the disease.
"This disease is not a joke. I thought I was going to die, I felt like I was dying," she wrote. To her post, the actress attached a picture of herself with an oxygen mask attached to a machine that helps with breathing. She said the photo was taken on April 2, after she had been ill for two weeks. "I've never been sick like that in my life. It all hurt. I lost my sense of smell. It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't hold food in my stomach. I lost 5 kilos in two weeks."
The 47-year-old Milan also described the persistent symptoms that have remained with her to this day, even though she has already recovered: "Vertigo, abdominal problems, irregular menstruation, palpitations, shortness of breath, short-term memory meeting and general malaise."
