Tony Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I had the flu 2 weeks ago, and a cold now... I think the flu gives you a nautious feeling, where the cold congests your throat and nose with mucus. I am also running a small fever at the moment.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tata126 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I always thought flus were where all the symptoms hit you at once, plus fever, and colds were where you have a sore throat one day, and a cough the next day, and a headache the third day, &c. On a somewhat-related note, there's an amazing priest at UD who gives blessings to people who are sick, if they come to him, and every time I go to him my colds are gone within four days. (Otherwise they'll usually last two weeks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 wow Tata, that is cool! Maybe colds and flus have different effcts on everyone?.. I am gonna get a little gross here... but... my experience, colds dont make me vomit, but flus do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) I just usually call it a cold until/unless I am told otherwise. After that, I think of it roughly as slightly sick, definately sick, and feeling like cr*p. Edited January 5, 2006 by Light and Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philothea Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 The main disitinguishing characteristic (as Sojourner said) is whether you get a fever or not. Flu gives a fever, colds do not. How sick you get, how fast the illness progresses, and what the exact symptoms are depends on your immune system, where you're initially infected, how big a dose of virus you got, the strain of virus, and if you've ever been exposed to it before. One bit of advice: don't take any medicine if you can survive without it. All those annoying symptoms are your immune system killing and supressing the virus. Medicines just prolong the sickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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