Alyssa Milano ‘thought she was dying’ with coronavirus despite negative results
Alyssa Milano had three negative tests for Covid-19 but was still hospitalised after she showed symptoms of the virus before testing positive for its antibodies
Alyssa Milano has detailed the effects of coronavirus after she was hospitalised and required a breathing machine despite testing negative for Covid-19 three times previously.
The 47-year-old Melrose Place acrtress shared a photo of herself on Instagram showing her with a breathing mask covering her face in which she revealed she has now tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies.
She revealed in her post on Wednesday that she “basically had every Covid symptom” earlier this year but at the time she tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
Alongside the photo of herself in hospital, Alyssa said that she ‘felt like she was dying’ as the virus took hold.
Alyssa wrote: “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 couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t 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.”
Despite all this, her tests in March came back negative and her Covid-19 antibody test at the time also showed a negative, despite her feeling unwell.
She was now “feeling a bit better” but Alyssa said that she is still living daily with “lingering symptoms like, vertigo, stomach abnormalities, irregular periods, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, zero short term memory, and general malaise.”
This has been the case for the past four months, so Alyssa decided to have another antibody test, in which her blood is drawn at a lab so that they could be certain of their diagnosis.
Posting a screenshot of these results, Alyssa wrote: “I am POSITIVE for covid antibodies. I had Covid19.”
The actress said that she was going public with her results to show that “our testing system is flawed and we don’t know the real numbers.”
She continued: “I also want you to know, this illness is not a hoax. I thought I was dying. It felt like I was dying.”
Alyssa added that she will be donating her plasma in the future “with hopes that I might save a life.”
She concluded: “Please take care of yourselves. Please wash your hands and wear a mask and social distance.
“I don’t want anyone to feel the way I felt. Be well. I love you all (well, maybe not the trolls. Just the kind people.)”
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