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Have a cold?

 

A cold
is a viral infection of your nose, sinuses and throat.
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Now, how do you know you have a cold and not something like allergy, flu, sinusitis and so on?

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Well let's see what you are looking at.

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Lady with a cold A viral infection of you nose, sinuses and throat can lead to upper respiratory symptoms, such as runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, cough, and sore throat.

Cold symptoms usually start about 24 to 72 hours after you come in contact with the virus.

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Any fever?

 


Do you have any fever?
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Yes, fever No fever

 

 

 

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You Have Fever

Use the slider below to tell us your body temperature.
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Give an estimate in "°F". Tap on "FYI" to convert from °C to °F if you need to.


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Temperature is low

Are you sure you have a fever? If not, then let's continue.

If you converted from °C to °F, please be sure to output your selection in °F

Temperature is within normal range.

We don't think you have fever.

Let's continue with cold if the temperature you entered is correct.

Temperature is getting high.

Hope you are not looking at a flu illness. If you have severe body aches, we might start suspecting the flu.

Well, let's continue with cold for now.

Temperature is very high!

You may want to go to an urgent care clinic right away. Do you want to continue with cold for now or go to the nearest urgent care clinic?

Do you want to continue with cold for now or go to the nearest urgent care clinic?

 

 

 

 

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Which of the symptoms below apply to you right now?
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Alright.
Looks like this cold is starting to hit hard.
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Let's continue and see what a pharmacist recommend for this cold.

No runny nose?
We see you don't have a runny nose. At least not yet.
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Probably just starting to come on or you will know very soon. Let's continue for now.

All of the above?
You must have the cold real bad. we think you should seek urgent care.
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Well, let's Continue.

Hmmm.
Did you also say pain around the eyes and cheeks?
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You may be looking at a sinus inflammation or infection here.

Would you like to see what we have for sinuses or continue with cold for now?

None of these?
Then you may not have a cold.
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How did it start?

 

Did your symptoms develop gradually or quickly?
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Gradually would mean starting with a scratchy or sore throat and gradually progressing to runny or stufy nose.

Quickly would mean the symptoms happened pretty fast.


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Quickly?
Probably looking at an allergy situation if it started quickly.
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If you have sneezing or a runny nose and it started all of a sudden, then you may be looking at allergy rather than a cold. If it started gradually, then we may suspect a cold.

Would you like to see the allergy section or continue with cold?
Continuing with cold will assume it started gradually.

Allergy

 


suspect a cold if the symptoms started slowly. If quickly, suspect allergies.
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Answering a few more questions will do some good.

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When did it start?

 

On what day are your symptoms now?
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Use the slider below to let us know.

 



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Just starting ugh?

Symptoms usually start about 2 or 3 days after you come in contact with the virus (It may take up to a week).

Let's see what the pharmacist can recommend you take for this cold.

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When the cold virus first enter your nose and sinuses, they respond by making a clear mucus to help wash the virus from these areas.
Your symptoms will depend on the type of cold virus that is attacking. After 2 or 3 days, the body fights back. This change the mucus color to white or yellow.

Most symptoms due to colds that is not complicated usually takes care of itself within 10 days.

Your goal would be to shorten the duration of the cold and reduce any complications.

Less than a week.

You will need to manage the symptoms and make life more comfortable.

Let's see what the pharmacist can recommend you take for this cold.

More than a week?

This is taking too long. you may be looking at a sinus infection by now or getting close to having one.

It would be a good idea to seek urgent care if you've had this cold for this length of time.

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A cold can also lead to:

  • Ear infection
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Inflammation of the sinuses.

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Tried Something?

 

Have you tried something yet?
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Nothing yet.

 


Let's continue and see what will be the best the way to take care of this cold of yours.
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It would be a good idea to see what our pharmacists think you should do based on your answers to the questions so far.

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OK
Tell us what you've tried so far.
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Here is a brief list to remind you of what you may have tried.


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Great.
Let's continue to find the best way to take care of this cold.
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It would be a good idea to see what our pharmacists think you should do based on your answers so far to the questions.

None of these?
Oops! We must have left something out.
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Anyway, let's analyze what our pharmacists think you should do based on your answers to the questions so far.