Please Stop Panicking, Understand the Difference between Cold and Flu

People across the globe are just horrified with the present epidemic and are too worried about the same. In India long queues are observed in front of the government hospital to get themselves tested H1N1 virus. In this, a major portion of people have come to take tests just to ensure that they are on the safer side and this has brought the doctors and the testing centers in real trouble. The test reports which were told to be taking just 24 hours for the results has now been lagged to more than 48 hours due to the rush which been causing havoc.

Therefore, the doctors and the health officials have requested the population to take tests only if the symptoms of Swine flu are being experienced by the individual. This would at least help the most infected to avail treatment at the earliest. So, please don’t panic and timely treatment can surely cure the disease. Increased death rate as the day passes has brought in more panic among the people. It is also said that treatment within 48 hours of the symptoms shown can avail better results. Hence, immediately visit the hospital to get yourself tested if you are experiencing any of the symptoms.

The Difference between Cold and Swine Flu Symptoms

• Fever: Very rarely cold gets accompanied with fever. On the other hand, in around 80% of the swine flu cases fever has been a major symptom where the temperature is maintained for around four to five days ranging from 100 – 104 degrees.
• Cough: In case of a common cold, mucus-producing and hacking cough is seen where as non-mucus producing or dry cough is experienced in flu.
• Aches: Common colds are usually accompanied by slight body pain, but flu is related to hefty pains and aches.
• Headache: It is one of the symptoms which are very uncommon with cold but seen in almost 80% of cases related to flu.
• Chills: It is not associated with cold but around 60% of flu cases reported with it.
• Tiredness: Fairly seen with cold but severe in cases of flu even though moderate cases are also reported.
• Sore Throat: Very common with cold but it is not associated with swine flu.
• Stuffy Nose: It is one of the greatest symptoms to differentiate both as blocked nose is a common sign of cold where as it is not associated at all with flu.
• Sneezing: Common cold is characterized by sneezing where as it is absent in case of H1N1 flu.
• Sudden onset of symptoms: In case of common cold, the signs are seen over a few days of time. This is different in case of flu as there is spontaneous onset if you are highly affected showing symptoms like aches, fever, cough etc in about 3 to 6 hours of time.
• Chest Discomfort: Very rarely seen with cold but severe in case of flu.

Please take reference to these differences before you finalize yourself for the illness you are experiencing before taking steps to test samples for the epidemic.

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