How to distinguish between “new crown” and “cold”? Don’t miss the summary of five points

January 8, 2023January 9, 2023

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What worries many people these days is whether the discomfort they feel is a common cold or a new crown infection. This is because the symptoms of the two are very similar to some extent. How exactly to distinguish between the two? Here is a summary of 5 points, take a look ↓

1, the common cold and the new crown infection will appear headache, fever, throat discomfort, sore throat and other such common symptoms, but the common cold is prone to nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and other upper respiratory symptoms, systemic symptoms are not obvious. In contrast, the systemic symptoms of the new crown infection are more obvious, such as recurrent high fever, general drowsiness and weakness, muscle aches and pains that come and go. Some patients may develop systemic symptoms such as loss of smell and taste and diarrhea. It should be noted that the new crown infection rarely appears with upper respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose.

2, the common cold cough will generally produce phlegm, while the new coronavirus infection generally manifests itself as a dry cough with no or little production of phlegm.

3, the common cold generally does not appear dyspnea, while the new crown infection, especially in the middle-aged and elderly population may appear shortness of breath, chest tightness and shortness of breath, chest pain, dyspnea and some other symptoms of lung infection.

4, the common cold is rarely contagious, while the new crown virus is very contagious.

5, medical history is very important, if we recently have similar these symptoms, need to recall whether there is a recent history of exposure to some gathering places, or a history of close contact with people infected with New Crown.

Finally, we are reminded that the gold standard for new crown infection is nucleic acid testing, and antigen testing early is not always accurate.