Flu Symptoms Include:
- Sudden Onset of Symptoms
- High Fever – Temperature over 38ºC/100.4ºF
- Prominent Headache
- Aches and pains – often severe
- Fatigue, weakness can be prolonged for a number of weeks
- Extreme exhaustion -early and prominent
- Runny nose, sneezing, sore throat – common
- Cough -common, can be severe
- Vomiting/diarrhoea – sometimes
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Common Cold Symptoms Include:
- Slow Onset of Symptoms
- Fever – rare
- Headache – rare
- General aches and pains – rare
- Fatigue, weakness – quite mild
- Extreme exhaustion- never
- Runny nose – common
- Sneezing – usual
- Sore throat – common
- Cough – mild to moderate hacking cough
- Vomiting/diarrhoea- not associated with the common cold in adults
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