Cold? or Allergies?

[CatWoman]

I've been sick since Friday, and I can't figure out if its a cold or allergies.

How do you tell the difference?

No fever, but chills.

Lots of congestion -- stuffy nose, headache.

No appetite -- all I can eat is chicken noodle soup.

[redqueen]

1. Are you sure there's no fever?

Chills make me think it's a cold, but I usually associate those with a fever.

My dad swears by buffered aspirin for viruses.

[jedicord]

2. Feel germ-y?

I have a cold. Same symptoms, with a low grade fever. The tell-all is that I can almost feel the germs in my blood veins swimming around.

Got Kleenex?

[CatWoman]

3. I've gone thru tons of it

I just took some Ny-Quil.

Hopefully I will doze off while it does its work, and dry up my sinus cavities.

[jedicord]

7. A shot of whiskey, honey and lemon works wonders...

you may not feel better, you just think you do!

Hope you're doing well soon!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. No appetite means you probably do or did have a fever as does chills

HYDRATE!!!!! Don't take allergy meds for a virus...sounds like a virus.

[amazona]

5. colds go away, allergies don't

If you've only been sick since Friday, you have a cold or some other bug. If you're still sniffling in a month, OK, you have an allergy and you need to find out what your allergen is and get rid of it.

[mrboxers]

6. Couldn't really tell ya...

but either way Nyquil when consumed in mass quanity should fix that. Just don't OD (if thats possible). I wouldn't want to be the guy or girl that OD'd on Nyquil.