Corona Virus/covid 19

silverfoxxxx

I struggle to find anything UK based but in the US auto immune sufferers and people on auto immune drugs are being told to distance themselves from others as much as possible and follow the normal guidelines supplied with your drugs regarding stopping if you get Flu like symptoms and contacting your rheumatologist or specialist nurse.
I am definitely going to struggle with this as working in a supermarket I’m coming into contact with double the people this week to last with all the panic buying and feels this will only get worse if the UK starts to close other businesses and schools down.

Mike1

I spoke to a nurse yesterday about the subject, as the virus affects the lungs I asked whether having had a pneumonia jab would offer a bit of a barrier and she thought that it would.

Dreamdaisy

我们当中那些正在接受免疫抑制药物的人，他们会自动在Covid 19的高风险组中，导致死亡，以及循环系统或呼吸系统麻烦的人。由于最近发生的扁桃体炎，我目前没有服用甲基苯丙胺和humira，而且我没有得到完全康复。

我将尽可能留在室内，一旦我恢复药物，我将继续这样做。我很幸运的是，我有一个通常健康的配偶，他对手hygeine非常认真，尽管过着比平常更具限制的生活是不方便的，但我认为这是感觉的选择。今年花了2020年的前八周躺在床上，耀斑的表现并不顺利。DD

ADI65

Hi I to take methotrexate and work in a care home and am wondering if should self isolate I am 65 and seem to get unwell frequently hoping to get some answers.keep well everyone

Mkonedesign

我服用甲氨蝶呤和依那耐酸。我的雇主是一所大学，已经建议我在家工作，我非常感谢。目前，我没有担心的症状，但是我也有高血压和呼吸系统史，所以我很明显地属于高风险类别。我想知道，停止我的关节炎药物是否会少于两种可能的弊端，因为这可能会使我的免疫力积累。有人对此有任何明智的词，或者更稳定的知识吗？谢谢

Brynmor

@Mkonedesignstopping your current medication without consulting your healthcare provider is not a recommended course of action:

当前的建议是您不应该除非您的风湿病学家或风湿病护士建议这样做，否则请停止服药。

通过停止药物，您更有可能患上“耀斑”，这可能会使您更有可能接收感染。

如果您对药物有担忧，请与医疗团队的成员交谈。

This quote is from our冠状病毒页面which contains the latest updated advice and links concerning the current crisis.

Best wishes

Brynmor

Mkonedesign

@Mkonedesign<\/a> stopping your current medication without consulting your healthcare provider is not a recommended course of action:<\/p>

The current advice is that you should not <\/strong>stop taking your medications unless advised to do so by your rheumatologist or rheumatology nurse.<\/p>

By stopping your medication, you're more likely to have a ‘flare’, which could make you more likely to pick up an infection.<\/p>

If you have concerns about your medication, speak to a member of your healthcare team.<\/p>

This quote is from our coronavirus page<\/a> which contains the latest updated advice and links concerning the current crisis.<\/p>

Best wishes<\/p>

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谢谢

Sandp27

I`m in my 40`s and on Leflunomide (DMARDs) for Psoriatic Arthritis - I`ve spoken to my Specialist Nurse today who gave advise that it is unlikely I`d been considered as vulnerable in respect of the proposed quarantine for over 70`s and younger people with underlying conditions. She said the drug targets key areas of your immune system and if fit and well I should only get relatively mild symptoms if I catch it. No guarantees of course but it has reassured me a little and hopefully others. Still need to follow guidance and wash those hands and I`m being very careful where I go - `social distancing`.

silverfoxxxx

普遍认为我们不是vulnerabl吗e crowd of people?, I work in retail and am now unfortunately at the brunt of every disgusting person that doesn’t wash their hands or cover their mouths when coughing and am concerned it’s not if but when I’ll catch the virus, a thinning of some of the people that shout at me like I’m their servant wouldn’t go amiss mind, manners seem to have disappeared as part of the outbreak.

Bluebell7

I think anyone on immunosuppressants would be in the high risk group.

我是高风险组，但我也患有糖尿病和哮喘。

Pretty sure I have the virus currently, wow do my lungs hurt very sharp pains.

希望我很快就能获得免疫力。

Annj

How are you feeling todayBluebell？如果您遇到的胸痛正在恶化或导致呼吸困难，那将是明智之举111。

Take care and hope you'll be feeling better soon.

Ann

Bluebell7

谢谢AnnJ, the pains stopped luckily.

will phone 111 if I get worse again.

感觉好些，希望他们能在高风险组中测试那些。

Weepth2k10

希望每个人都很好。
我觉得我好像陷入了岩石和艰难的地方。
不知道我应该做什么。我服用了磺胺丙嗪和贝内帕利，我觉得自我隔离12周。我有工作和财务承诺和家庭承诺，这更重要。9岁和双胞胎6岁，我在早上进行学校跑步，真的不想离开他们或我的妻子。
I try to laugh my way through rubish times but this is totally diffirent.
Everyone keep well.

Dreamdaisy

There is undoubtedly much confusion and far too much scaremongering thanks to the scourge of social media. I think it was yesterday that the government altered their advice about self-isolating to the followng: if you qualify for a free flu jab then, regardless of age, you should self-isolate. I cannot begin to comprehend the effect this is going to have on families, incomes, business and employment but for many it is going to be necessary. Would you be able to work from home? Your family need you to be as healthy as possible . . . surely that can be better achieved in the controlled home environment with constant hand washing etc and banning all visitors.

I am prepared to go nowhere apart from the back garden for twelve weeks but I am a childless, retired old bat with a generally healthy spouse. He qualifies for a free flu jab because of me but has never been offered it so pays. As he has no underlying health conditions he will be going out once a week for food but no more than that: he has been self-isolating for the past week due to a nasty seasonal cough. DD

Weepth2k10

从一个选择中工作。我是一家大型公司的公共汽车司机，这让我的妻子更加恐慌。
香港专业教育学院（Ive）休假了2周。我周日回去正在考虑与工会联系以寻求建议。我想在房子和花园里闲逛12周会让我发疯。

silverfoxxxx

要确保每个人都是时间隔离,I’ve been told I can start mine when I need, I work in retail so plenty of opportunity to catch it, but in Somerset only 3 positive cases so I am hanging on until the outbreak is more prevalent in my area. Also mortgage holidays etc are available plus holiday usage to help cover costs, I will struggle financially even with this but better than the possible alternative and I’m sure if any of the companies took me to court regarding non payment of bills it would be quashed in the current climate, obviously need to prepare for extra payments when it is all over the catch back up mind with mortgage, credit debts.

露西巴格

Hello, I am 35 and have rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate but otherwise am relatively healthy. There have already been a couple of suspected cases in and connected to my retail job so I have taken some time off. The question I have, is should I "socially distance" myself from my partner, who works in a local supermarket? He is fit and healthy but obviously working in a supermarket wi

Dreamdaisy

Hello Weepth, I dimly remember now that you drove buses, apologies for forgetting. No-one knows how all of this is going to pan out but, if people do obey the restrictions on social mobility, your bosses may well find that the number of passengers drops to such low levels that routes will be restricted, even stopped, wth staff being laid off for the duration. All I can suggest is you keep an anti-bac wipe to hand and keep mopping down all surfaces that those who cough and sneeze contaminate. Wear surgical gloves which can be changed every hour or more often and do not touch your face. DD

Dreamdaisy

你好露西，我的答案是肯定的。我的丈夫以季节性的咳嗽为主，纯粹是因为他不a）警告别人，b）感染了我。我们的情况有所不同，因为我们俩都退休了，但是每当他从户外进来时，他都会非常彻底地感染！DD

YvonneH

Hi, here's the latest from VA

//www.wfysxh.com/news/2020/march/coronavirus-covid-19-what-is-it-and-where-to-go-for-information/

它也可以在哪里寻求帮助。

YvonneH

Extra advice on those thinking of taking Ibuprofen or those that are on prescription NSAID's (non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs) is in the NHS site. Here's the link

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-Advice/

露西巴格

Hello lucy, my answer is yes. My husband is self-isolating with a seasonal cough, purely so he does not a) alarm others and b) infect me. Our situation is somewhat different as we are both retired but, whenever he comes in from outdoors, he self-disinfects very thoroughly! DD<\/p>","bodyRaw":"[{\"insert\":\"Hello lucy, my answer is yes. My husband is self-isolating with a seasonal cough, purely so he does not a) alarm others and b) infect me. Our situation is somewhat different as we are both retired but, whenever he comes in from outdoors, he self-disinfects very thoroughly! DD\\n\"}]","format":"rich","dateInserted":"2020-03-18T09:57:52+00:00","insertUser":{"userID":14251,"name":"dreamdaisy","url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/profile\/dreamdaisy","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031919\/uploads\/userpics\/767\/n3HMTYPMXJZV1.jpg","dateLastActive":"2020-07-12T06:14:10+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false},"displayOptions":{"showUserLabel":false,"showCompactUserInfo":true,"showDiscussionLink":false,"showPostLink":false,"showCategoryLink":false,"renderFullContent":false,"expandByDefault":false},"url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/discussion\/comment\/665000#Comment_665000","embedType":"quote"}"> https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/665000#Comment_665000

谢谢Dreamdaisy。I'm just not sure whether to stay living with him and just try to keep separate and do lots of cleaning or whether I should get out and go stay with my parents, who are both retired and socially distancing together. I don't really want to leave but it might be logistically easier.

Dreamdaisy

我无能为力，我和我的丈夫在一个屋顶下过着分开的生活，到目前为止如此出色。他早些时候从购物探险中回来，告诉我在洗全部购物并将其放下时摆脱困境（我很高兴这样做）。我们没有一起花任何时间，并保持最小距离10英尺。

Silverfoxx, you have my sympathy. Mr DD went to Sainsbriz today fully aware that restrictions were placed on the amounts people could buy. Needless to say there were no toilet or kitchen rolls, ready meals, fish fingers, pasta, tomato soup or chicken portions, sausages and ready sauces but everything else was OK. The woman at the cashout had to deal with a fair few members of the great British uninte!ligentsia as they tried to circumvent the rule of three. It all got rather heated thanks to the dimwits and she was on the receiving end of un-necessary, gratuitous abuse because she was enforcing a rule that had to be brought in thanks to the selfishness of hundreds of similar morons. DD

Sandp27

I`m in my 40`s and on Leflunomide (DMARDs) for Psoriatic Arthritis - I`ve spoken to my Specialist Nurse today who gave advise that it is unlikely I`d been considered as vulnerable in respect of the proposed quarantine for over 70`s and younger people with underlying conditions. She said the drug targets key areas of your immune system and if fit and well I should only get relatively mild symptoms if I catch it. No guarantees of course but it has reassured me a little and hopefully others. Still need to follow guidance and wash those hands and I`m being very careful where I go - `social distancing`.

Sandp27

Well after my previous post I`ve now had conflicting advice, Rhem Nurse has said twice that I`m not in the vulnerable group as the immune system is well managed (On Leflunomide) but the GP has said absolutely I am. It`s all very confusing. Has anyone else been advised that those on DMARDs are on the 12 week isolation - I think we are but it is a worry when medical professionals don`t agree.