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cold or flu?

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#1 ·
Yesterday I had nasal congestion and a bit of sneezing. Today my ears and throat hurt, I'm coughing up yellow stuff, and woke up with a mild fever (99.6). My stomach hurts a little bit. What say you? I'm thinking cold, but DH had similar symptoms and ended up with a high fever and chills a few days in.
 
#3 ·
<span style="color:#99168B;">Colds</span><br><ul><li>The common cold is centered in the nose.</li>
<li>The three most frequent symptoms of a cold are nasal stuffiness, sneezing, and runny nose.</li>
<li>Throat irritation is often involved (but not with a <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_112.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">red throat</span></a>).</li>
<li>Adults and older children with colds generally have minimal or no fever. Infants and toddlers often run a fever in the 100 to 102 degree range.</li>
<li>Depending on which virus is the culprit, the virus might also produce a <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_824.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">headache</span></a>, <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_512.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">cough</span></a>, postnasal drip, burning eyes, muscle aches, or a decreased appetite.</li>
<li>Within one to three days, the nasal secretions usually become thicker and perhaps yellow or green -- this is a normal part of the common cold and <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_562.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">not a reason for antibiotics</span></a>.</li>
</ul><span style="color:#99168B;">Flu</span><br><ul><li>With the flu, you are sick all over.</li>
<li>Classically, the flu begins abruptly, with a <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_832.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">fever</span></a> in the 102 to 106 degree range (with adults on the lower end of the spectrum), a flushed face, body aches, and marked lack of energy.</li>
<li>Some people have other systemic symptoms such as dizziness or vomiting.</li>
<li>Somewhere between day 2 and day 4 of the illness, the "whole body" symptoms begin to subside, and respiratory symptoms begin to increase.</li>
<li>The virus can settle anywhere in the respiratory tract, producing symptoms of a cold, <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_780.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">croup</span></a>, sore throat, bronchiolitis, <a href="http://www.drgreene.com/21_774.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;">ear infection</span></a>, and/or pneumonia.</li>
<li>The most prominent of the respiratory symptoms is usually a dry, hacking cough.</li>
<li>Most people also develop a sore (red) throat and a headache.</li>
<li>Nasal discharge and sneezing are not uncommon.</li>
</ul>
 
#5 ·
I certainly have the flu then.......dammit!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#11 ·
Generally with the flu you wouldn't be posting.
 
#17 ·
I guess the treatment is really pretty much the same either way unless you end up with a really high fever or a secondary infection, eh? Fluids and rest.<br><br>
Sorry you aren't feeling well either, Nettie <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">
 
#18 ·
Cold: Last two weeks of unpleasantness. Sick, whiney, irritable, but more or less able to at least get our of bed.<br><br>
Flu: Once you've had it you know why some people die with it. You WANT to die.
 
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