Colds & Flu

What to Do for Colds and Flu

The Food and Drug Administration or FDA is part of the U. S. government. FDA makes sure medicines for illnesses like colds and flu work and are safe.

Is It a Cold or the Flu? For Your Safety Know the Difference

A cold and the flu (also called influenza) are alike in many ways. But the flu can sometimes lead to more serious problems like the lung disease pneumonia.

A stuffy nose sore throat and sneezing are usually signs of a cold.

Tiredness fever headache and major aches and pains probably mean you have the flu.

Coughing can be a sign of either a cold or the flu. But a bad cough usually points to the flu.

Know When to Call Your Doctor

You usually do not have to call your doctor right away if you have signs of a cold or flu. But you should call your doctor in these situations:

Your symptoms get worse.
Your symptoms last a long time.
After feeling a little better you develop signs of a more serious problem. Some of these signs are a sick-to-your-stomach feeling vomiting high fever shaking chills chest pain or coughing with thick yellow-green mucus.

Try to Avoid Getting a Cold

Wash your hands often. You can pick up cold germs easily even when shaking someone's hand or touching doorknobs or handrails.
Avoid people with colds when possible.
If you sneeze or cough do it into a tissue and then throw the tissue away.
Clean surfaces you touch with a germ-killing disinfectant.
Don't touch your nose eyes or mouth. Germs can enter your body easily by these paths.

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