Cold or Flu?

The cold and flu viruses usually enter the body at the nose, eyes, or mouth.
Both are alike in many ways, but certain symptoms are more common with one than the other.1


Symptoms Timeline

The symptoms you experience from a cold or the flu can last up to 2 weeks and beyond.




References: 1. Is it a cold or the flu? National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Web site. http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/Flu/PDF/sick.pdf.
Published November 2008. Accessed September 24, 2009. 2. Common cold. Medline Plus [database online]. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 2009.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/ency/article/000678.htm. Updated March 6, 2009. Accessed June 15, 2009. 3. Flu (influenza). National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Web site. http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/Flu/understandingFlu/Symptoms.htm. Accessed June 16, 2009. 4. The flu. Medline
Plus [database online]. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 2009. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000080.htm Updated March 6, 2009.
Accessed June 15, 2009.