Allergies or a Cold: The Final, Definitive Answer
So you feel like crap right now, huh" You?ve spent the last 15 minutes Googling your symptoms (uh, bad idea?stop) and reading every article and random forum in the vain hope of figuring out whether you woke up with allergies, or, more terrifyingly, a cold. Because if you?ve got a cold, you know you?re now locked into seven days of hell, but if you?ve got allergies, there?s still hope for you.
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Annoyingly, though, the answer isn?t so simple, otherwise you?d have already found it by now. ?I get this question all the time by patients, and unfortunately, there?s really no clear-cut answer, especially since allergies can strike year-round,? says Purvi Parikh, an allergist at Allergy & Asthma Associates of Murray Hill in New York City. Thankfully, though, Parikh notes that there are still a few distinct differences between colds and allergies, so we had her break them down?we kind of begged, actually?for us to help you figure out what?s messing with your body. Photo: ImaxTree
If you?re coughing and wheezing?
Pay attention to the type of cough and wheeze it is, says Parikh. ?Generally, a cough due to allergies will feel dry and irritated, and the wheezing tends to be asthma-related, which flares during bouts of allergies.? But if you?re coughing up mucus and gunk?especially discolored mucous and gunk?and there?s a rattling of phlegm in your chest, there?s a good chance it?s a cold, she says.
If you have a fever?
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