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Health Encyclopedia: Colds And The Flu Diagnosis

Diagnosis


Differentiating between a cold and flu may be difficult. Cold symptoms are nearly always less severe than those of the flu.

Comparing Colds and Flus

Diagnosing the Flu

Several available tests can isolate and identify the viruses responsible for some respiratory infections. They are generally not needed, since most cases of the flu are self-evident. However, such tests can be very helpful in confirming or ruling out the flu. If a doctor believes a diagnosis would help, samples using a swab ...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Is it depression or your thyroid?
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...Depression and Thyroid DiseaseThe Thyroid and the Mind and Emotions/Thyroid Dysfunction and... Read more »

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Emotional Eating
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...routine. Many of us turn to food to soothe negative emotions like anger, anxiety, boredom,... Read more »

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Processing Emotions and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

Alexithymia, or the inability to express emotions in words, may increase the risk of developing... Read more »

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School Phobia
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...probably tell if complaints and symptoms are a result of emotions or if your child is sick. If... Read more »

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Colds and Asthma
By Fred Little , Health Expert

...cover our mouths when we cough or sneeze, we can go a long way to limiting the spread of colds... Read more »

Health Guide

Eating Disorders: Causes
...controlling our behavior, such as eating, sexual behavior and sleeping, and regulates body temperature, emotions, secretion of hormones, and movement. Click the icon to see an image of the... Read more »
Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
...real emotional pain triggered by nicotine withdrawal.Not only does the smoker suffer, but the negative emotions often harm relationships with friends and family, who might even urge the ex-smoker... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Causes
...an autoimmune condition associated with group A streptococcal infection in children (the cause of "strep throat" and rheumatic fever). Children with PANDAS develop tic-related disorders, including... Read more »
Infertility In Women: Lifestyle Changes
...in a fertilized egg.Planning for Stress and DepressionThe fertility process is a roller coaster of emotions that are present throughout and in both failure and success. There are almost no sure... Read more »
Narcolepsy: Prognosis
PrognosisNarcolepsy is a life-long problem but it is not progressive. Symptoms may even lessen over time but they never completely disappear. In a 2001 study comparing older adults (over 65 years... Read more »

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