Anybody have a cold or flu? (Austin, Happy: allergies, medical, dry)

[Violetsareblue]

Wondering how prevalent it is in the Austin area.

[love roses]

There's a whole lot of it going around right now.

[centralaustinite]

And cedar fever is starting up too! I have never had so many colds and viruses as I did in November and December, I hope that I am personally past the worst of it. Just got a flu shot today!

[Makana]

Just shook off a minor cold, and am counting on the flu shot I got last month to get me through flu season unscathed.

[sxrckr]

There is a lot right now. Not just colds/flu, but bad allergies in many.

[G Grasshopper]

I had a cold in the last week of November. It was intense (I was miserable) but lasted only about 5 days.

[HappyTexan]

There's also a flu-like cold going around that can knock you down for a couple of days and leave you with a lingering dry cough.

[GravityMan]

A lot of people at my work have the flu. I've been spared...so far.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

There's also a flu-like cold going around that can knock you down for a couple of days and leave you with a lingering dry cough.

how do you know it is a flu like cold instead of the flu?

Wife and I both had the flu after new years. Lasted 3 days. We know a lot of people who have had it this year.

[CptnRn]

They are similar, but flu usually has additional muscle pain, headaches, and body aches along with it.

The common cold (also known as nasopharyngitis, rhinopharyngitis, acute coryza, or a cold) is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which affects primarily the nose. Symptoms include coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and fever which usually resolve in seven to ten days, with some symptoms lasting up to three weeks. Well over 200 viruses are implicated in the cause of the common cold; the rhinoviruses are the most common.

Influenza, commonly known as the 'flu' , is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses. The most common symptoms are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, headache (often severe), coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort.[1] Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses, especially the common cold, influenza is a more severe disease caused by a different type of virus.[2] Influenza may produce nausea and vomiting, particularly in children,[1] but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes inaccurately referred to as "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu".[3]