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Cold and Flu Symptoms.

Common Cold or Flu?

All of us have experienced common cold or flu symptoms, but we rather forget them for we felt miserable - really miserable while suffering from a flu.

The weather can make us more susceptible to it, but not cause it. You can not catch a cold or flu from cold temperatures.

But airborne viruses are contagious, particularly an aggressive one which might have struck you from someone one who is already sick. It then multiplies furiously within the body.

The common cold-flu symptoms manifest usually within 2 or 3 days of contamination, but even before you experience any symptoms you can transmit viruses.

There are over 100 different viruses which can cause a cold, some of which can multiply and cause flu symptoms.

Good Advice.

Didn't your mother or grandmother advice you to wear a hat and a scarf in a cold, rainy and windy weather? Well, according to Ancient Chinese Medicine, if your immune system is impaired and you expose your head or neck to rain and cold wind, the muscles tighten preventing the harmonious Chi flow through 'the wind and window of the sky points'.

The viruses can then gain upper hand and cause the symptoms.

Also, keep your feet warm and dry! A recent study confirms that exposing feet to a bucket of cold water leads to a runny nose and other common cold symptoms.

What Are the Symptoms of a Common Cold?

First you feel 'run down - under the weather' - with some chills. Then come runny nose, sneezing, scratchy throat and cough with chest discomfort, perhaps mild headache, but rarely a fever.

With a cold you might feel a little tired, but not extremely so - as you do when suffering from flu symptoms.

The symptoms come when you're most unaware, often when under some kind of stress or worry.

One of hundreds of different viruses we carry or are exposed to, is the culprit. If we do not take right measures to stop the most virulent one from multiplying, it can cause a flu.

Here is a list of Flu Symptoms, they are swift and severe:

Tiredness(can be extreme)

Fever/chills/sweating

Headache

Dry cough

Sore throat

Stuffy nose

Sneezing

Body aches

Loss of appetite