流感和感冒的区别.docVIP

When you wake up sneezing, coughing, and have that achy, feverish, cant move a muscle feeling, how do you know whether you have cold symptoms or the flu? Its important to know the difference between flu and cold symptoms. A cold is a milder respiratory illness than the flu. While cold symptoms can make you feel bad for a few days, flu symptoms can make you feel quite ill for a few days to weeks. The flu can also result in serious health problems such as pneumonia and hospitalizations. How do you know if you have flu or cold symptoms? Take your temperature, say many experts. The symptoms of flu often mimic cold symptoms with nasal congestion, cough, aches, and malaise. But a common cold rarely has symptoms of fever above 101 degrees F. With flu symptoms, you will probably have a fever initially with the flu virus and you will feel miserable. Body and muscle aches are also more common with the flu. This table can help determine if you have cold or flu symptoms. Symptoms Cold Flu Fever Sometimes, usually mild Usual; high 100-102 F; occasionally higher, especially in young children ; lasts 3 to 4 days Headache Occasionally Common General Aches, Pains Slight Usual; often severe Fatigue, Weakness Sometimes Usual; can last 2 to 3 weeks Extreme Exhaustion Never Usual; at the beginning of the illness Stuffy Nose Common Sometimes Sneezing Usual Sometimes Sore Throat Common Sometimes Chest Discomfort, Cough Mild to moderate; hacking cough Common; can become severe IS IT COLD OR FLU? 普通感冒, 还是流感?