The real symptoms of Covid: here’s how to distinguish them from the flu. To help understand the various characteristics of these diseases come in data from the American Centers for Disease Control.
The symptoms caused by the classic seasonal ailments – colds, flu – and allergens can easily be confused with those of Covid 19, the infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Distinguishing them can become very difficult.
To understand how to do this, the data disseminated by the American Centers for Disease Control. The differences are sometimes few but substantial. The real symptoms of Covid: here’s how to distinguish them from the flu, have, in fact, very precise characteristics.
Cold
It is the most common seasonal disease. Characteristic symptoms are shiny eyes, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, and stuffy nose. If these are the only ones you are trying, no need to worry.
The allergy
Another widespread disorder that can cause concern due to nasal congestion, a typical symptom also of Covid. It is a simple allergy if, in addition to a stuffy nose and sneezing, postnasal drips and eye irritation also occur.
The seasonal flu
With the flu things start to get complicated. Covid becomes more difficult to recognize but the symptoms are enough to understand, just be careful. Headache, fever, fatigue, cough, sore throat, runny nose and shortness of breath are the most common. Here it is advisable to consult your doctor and understand how to behave.
Covid 19
Headache, fever, fatigue, sore throat and shortness of breath are also present in this viral infection that is causing so many sick people. So what are the symptoms that set off the alarm bell? The first is the cough which, unlike the normal flu, in Covid is dry. And the second is the loss of taste and smell: what was identified from the beginning as the characteristic symptom of this disease.
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