Is Your Cold Really Spring Allergies

You may be blaming your springtime sniffles on a cold, but could it really be spring allergies instead? It is often difficult, even for a healthcare professional, to tell the difference between a cold and allergies. Symptoms of a cold may include fatigue, body aches and possibly a fever. Nasal allergies, on the other hand, include symptoms that may come and go, often include itching of the eyes and nose, and recur with exposure to a person's allergic trigger (such as pollen or pet dander). Most treatments of allergies will not be useful for the treatment of cold symptoms, with the exception of older antihistamines (such as Benadryl) and nasal decongestants (such as Sudafed) which are likely to help the symptoms of both colds and allergies.

Read more:

• Colds versus Allergies
• Could You Have Allergies?
• Spring Allergies