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Fall ill and have the characteristic symptoms of the flu is common when the weather turns cold winter. Now there are times when influenza is not what you have, but it is a cold. It is then the question arises on what are the main differences between the flu and colds.

The first thing to say is that both the flu and colds are viral processes, so they have a symptomatic treatment.

In general, we can say that the cold affects the airways and produce mucus, causing fever that can last between 24 and 48 hours. In addition, one of the most characteristic of a cold is that the patient usually recovers within 72 hours, while the flu is disabling, as it not only affects the respiratory tract, but also to the muscles, joints and even digestive , causing vomiting or diarrhea.

That is, in a cold, headache is more casual, while the flu is more continuous, so we can say that the flu fever is always present, and may last longer than in the cold. In contrast, nasal congestion is more apparent in the cold. In addition, a distinction the cough of a cold, which is more common, and has a dry and soft, while the flu the cough is very common and is usually stronger. Read the rest of this entry »