Results of study into Covid impact on rheumatology patients

[SnazzyD]

jarproject.org/covid/results

This is the report from the European Patient Registry after asking those with rheumatological conditions to report weekly on symptoms, their disease control, changes made to medication and impact.

[SheffieldJane]

Thanks SnazzyD! I took part as well and didn’t think to share the findings.

[singingloud]

Thanks SnazzyD. On Monday of this week I was not feeling well and in the middle of the night I was up with an upset stomach and sore throat. This continued into Wed. morning with the upset stomach and diarrhea so on Tuesday I had a Covid test which thank goodness came back negative. This report will be helpful in the future so that I do not go for testing to soon. I'm much better today, so I believe my body was reacting to too much activity and fun at Christmas. I was also beginning my DSNS taper from 14-13 mg of prednisone and had just ran out of my Hormone Replacement Cream. Thanks again.

[SnazzyD in reply to singingloud]

Thank goodness, though we need to be mindful of false negatives. Being on Pred and having reduced stomach acid from stomach protecting meds make us more susceptible to gastric infections.