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What is the Difference Between A Cold and the Flu?

It's not always easy to determine if you have a cold or the flu, but knowing the difference helps treatment work quicker at ending your symptoms<br>http://physical-health-tips.blogspot.com/2016/09/flu-season-means-urgent-care-season_20.html <br>

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What is the Difference Between A Cold and the Flu?

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  1. What is the Difference Between A Cold and the Flu? • Source- http://physical-health-tips.blogspot.com/2016/09/flu-season-means-urgent-care-season_20.html

  2. When you aren’t feeling well, it’s unfortunately difficult to tell the difference between a cold and the flu.

  3. Here are the major points that you need to keep in mind when assessing your symptoms.

  4. Cold: Body aches are unusual with a cold, although not impossible. • Flu: Almost every case of the flu is accompanied by body aches. • Body aches

  5. Cold: Almost everyone with a cold ends up with some sort of nasal symptom. • Flu: It is not unheard for someone with the flu to have these symptoms. • Congestion, runny nose, sore throat, sneezing

  6. Cold: Someone with a cold may be more tired than usual but it will not be severe. • Flu: Someone suffering from the flu will almost always experience extreme exhaustion • Exhaustion

  7. Cold: It is unusual, but not unheard of, for someone with a cold to experience a fever. • Flu: The flu almost always causes those infected to suffer a fever. • Fever

  8. Cold: Sometimes a cold is accompanied by headache. • Flu: Flus are usually accompanied by headaches. • Headache

  9. Cold: If you feel your symptoms above the neck, you likely have a cold. • Flu: If you feel your symptoms throughout your entire body, you likely have the flu. • Location of symptoms

  10. Cold: A cold will last about a week. • Flu: The flu will last one to three weeks. • Typical duration

  11. Note- This article is originally appeared on- http://physical-health-tips.blogspot.com/2016/09/flu-season-means-urgent-care-season_20.html

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