Every year in Spain When the cold arrives, cases of fluwhich always end up reaching significant peaks which cause collapse of health systems. Furthermore, in recent years these very common viral processes have been added … the presence of covidwhich is still in our country. And many simply present photos of colds due to temperature changes and circulating viruses.
This year, in addition, the flu arrived surprisingly early and endangers clinics and hospitals under control and the situation has led communities like Catalonia to decree the use of masks to access health centers. Although health authorities provide guidelines on how to act in these cases, the truth is that many affected people decide to consult their doctor regardless.
In part, they do it because they have doubts about whether they have the flu, covid or are just stuck with a cold it won’t last long. It is crucial to be clear about this to know what the best medicine should be and also how the disease will progress and for this reason from the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelonaone of the most prestigious in the country, published a video on his profile TikTok to differentiate the symptoms that these processes cause.
Fever, cough, malaise…
The explanations are given by Dr. Xavier Muñoz, head of the pulmonology department of the Catalan hospital, who says precisely that “one of the problems we have in these moments of winter when many viruses are circulating “It’s how to differentiate between the flu, Covid and a cold.”
@vallhebroncampus 🤔 Flu, Covid or Refredat? Have you had symptoms, but don’t know what they are? Dr Xavier Muñoz explains the symptomatology of each of these pathologies which most affect the arrival of winter, favoring the spread of the virus. 🤒 The flu: causes more general discomfort, both joint and muscular, fever and neck pain. 🦠 Covid: We understand it better when refredat, it generally does not cause very high fever, but it can cause neck pain, a dry cough and less intense general discomfort. Sometimes this is also accompanied by a loss of taste and smell. 🤧 The relapse: began with an upper respiratory tract problem, a runny nose, sternuts, itching in the neck and discomfort at the time of filling. Fever is generally rare and cough is productive. In general, it causes less discomfort than other illnesses. 🗣️ Dr Xavier Muñoz, head of the pulmonology department of Vall d’Hebron
♬ original sound – Vall d’Hebron
To begin, the doctor talks about fluwhich “is fundamentally characterized by a fairly high fever, always above 38º and which can sometimes reach 40º”. The winter virus par excellence “usually begins with a sore throat, causes a lot of general discomfort and arthromyalgia”, that is, pain in the joints and muscles. “It generally lasts three or four days with a lot of prostration and you feel overwhelmed,” continues the expert, who specifies that in three or four days the improvement is already perceptible.
“He Covid “Today it looks a lot like a cold,” continues the pulmonologist, who points out that there is also a little fever, but it is low and does not exceed 38º. “It also gives a bit of a sore throat, it usually gives a quite annoying dry cough, but it usually does not cause as much general discomfort,” confirms the professional from Vall d’Hebron, who adds that this cough can be persistent and heavy and leave a loss of taste and smell, as happened with the first strains of this virus.
On the other hand, the a cold “Throughout life” usually begins with damage to the upper respiratory tract: the nose contains a lot of mucus that keeps falling, causes tears, itching in the neck and discomfort when swallowing. “The fever is usually lower, it usually does not exceed 37.5º and sometimes it does not even appear,” continues Dr. Muñoz, who warns that in this case a cough usually appears, sometimes productive. “It generally occurs with much less general discomfort than the other two diseases and its resolution is also generally more rapid,” concludes the expert, who sets the number of days to be completely recovered and “without after-effects” at four.
Several users responded to the post to question the effects of these illnesses on children or how to properly detect when they turn into bronchitis. There are also Internet users who take the opportunity to talk about vaccines flu or covid and if they are really effective.
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