Flu Symptoms vs Cold Symptoms; How to Tell the Difference

How do you know if you have flu vs. cold symptoms? It is National Influenza Vaccination Week and time for a review. At we get asked that question regularly. Often times taking your temperature is the give away. Flu symptoms and cold symptoms often mimic one another: both can have nasal congestion, cough, body aches, headaches and malaise. A common cold, however, rarely has symptoms of fever above 100 degrees. With flu symptoms, you will probably have a fever initially wi