Know the Difference between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms

Know the Difference between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 467.25pt" cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width=623 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Symptom



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Cold



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">H1N1 Flu



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Fever



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Fever is rare with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100?F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Coughing



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Aches



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Stuffy Nose



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Chills



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Chills are uncommon with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">60% of people who have the flu experience chills.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Tiredness



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Sneezing



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Sneezing is not common with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Sudden Symptoms



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="37%">Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="7%">Headache



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Sore Throat



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.



</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="7%">Chest Discomfort



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 37%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="37%">Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.



</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 56%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" width="56%">Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.



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What if you got both at the same time. Yuck. I don't know about you, but I start reading stuff like that and then I start getting the symptoms.

I think, too... with this Ukraine thing and considering virus mutations in general, we might find ourselves with illness that doesn't fit into a neat category anymore.