“Is it a cold or the flu?”

I am finding the question in a magazine I picked up at one of our local pharmacies.

ONE OF OUR PHARMACIES

I am learning also that the two illnesses can have very similar symptoms, but are caused by completely different viruses. A cold virus can affect the nose, the throat, sinuses, and the upper airways.

I am having a runny nose, a blocked nose, a sore throat, and I am sneezing, my head aches and I am tired.

Are these signs of the flu or the common cold?

I am reading also that the symptoms develop gradually and last for up to two weeks.

What is the diagnosis? “Have I got a cold or the flu?”

IT IS A COLD!

I am also told in the magazine that there is no cure for the common cold.