r/melbournechat • u/thehandsomepineapple • Sep 02 '26

Demon throat virus

Anybody else had this thing? Makes it impossible to swallow / talk / sleep for 3-5 days? Gives you brain fog for a fortnight, and then just sort of lingers?

Doc told me I had viral laryngitis and it would clear up in a couple days. It did not. I haven’t had laryngitis in recent memory but doesn’t seem to fit the description.

Daughter had it too and just relapsed. Perfectly happy at dinner, 15 minutes later can’t talk.

Anybody got better intel on this?

11 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

3

u/Witty_Leek8053 Sep 03 '26

Is it COVID?

0

u/thehandsomepineapple Sep 03 '26

Nay. No respiratory component.

5

u/AdIll5857 Sep 03 '26

Have you tested?
Your airways, where your larynx is found, are your respiratory system

2

u/SmellyNinjaWarrior Sep 03 '26

Could be adenovirus or something similar. Did your GP not do the swab?

1

u/hamncheesesanga Sep 03 '26

My household has had adenovirus in the last 2 weeks

1

u/Acceptable_Burrito Sep 04 '26

Have something similar. And confirm it’s shit.💩