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Cold
or allergy? - 4/13/2003
Don’t
know whether a cold virus or allergen causes your sniffles? Ask
yourself these questions.
1.
Do you have a fever?
2.
Is your body achy all over?
3.
Did your symptoms get worse each day and then slowly improve or
have they stayed the same?
4.
Do the same symptoms return every year at the same time?
5.
Have the sneezes and sniffles lasted more than a week?
Answers:
1.
No—allergies. Yes – cold.
2. No
– allergies. Yes – cold.
3. Got
worse – cold. Stayed the same – allergies.
4. No
– cold. Yes – allergies.
5. No
– cold. Yes – allergies.
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