Introduction

Today everyone around the globe is afraid due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Imagine a person who is a heart patient suddenly gets a headache with temperature and cough. What should he do? Is he Covid-19 positive? or could it be a standard flue? Or an allergy? Do you know the difference between coronavirus, flu, and allergy? Most of the people can not differentiate between these three different diseases because the symptoms of these diseases are very much alike. This will help you to distinguish between the symptoms of coronavirus, flu, and cold.

Coronavirus and its symptoms

Coronavirus is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus outbreak was first identified in Wuhan city, China, in December 2019. This virus spreads between people during close contact, mostly due to the few droplets produced during coughing sneezing and even talking. These droplets do not travel the air but fall to the ground or any surface. Usually, people develop this virus when touching the containment surface and then touching their face.

Symptoms

Coronavirus affects different people differently. Most of the infected people develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization. Some people get infected and do not produce any disease or symptoms. But for some people, this virus is hazardous because of their week immune system like if someone already has a severe illness like cancer, heart or lung diseases, etc. are most vulnerable. These are the most common symptoms of Covid-19.

High fever

Dry cough

Tiredness

Shortness of breath

Chest pain or pressure

loss of taste or smell

Loss of speech or movement

If someone develops these symptoms, he should immediately rush to the hospital for tests.

Influenza (Flu) and its symptoms

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect nose throat and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe disease and can also lead to death. Most of the people affected by the flu recover in a few days and get healthy. Some can develop a complication (like pneumonia) because of influenza, which could be life-threatening.

Symptom

Flu usually comes suddenly. People who have flu commonly feel some or all of these symptoms.

Fever or feeling feverish chills

Cough

Sore throat

Runny or stuffy nose

Muscle or body aches

Headaches

Fatigue

Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea

Allergy and its symptoms

An allergy occurs when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance such as pollen, bee venom, or food that does not cause a reaction in most people. Your immune system produces materials to know as antibodies. When you have an allergy the antibodies will identify a particular allergen harmful, even though it isn't. This reaction can inflame your skin, sinuses, airways, or digestive system.

Symptoms

Allergy symptoms that depend on the substance involved can affect your airways sinuses and nasal passages. Now there are different types of allergies (such as hay fever, food allergy, insect sting, etc. and every class has various symptoms. However, we will be discussing hay fever symptoms. Hay fever is also called allergenic rhinitis can cause

sneezing

itching of the nose, eyes or roof of the mouth

runny, stuffy nose

Watery, red or swollen eyes

Conclusion

Now you know the differences between coronavirus, flu, and allergy. Some of the symptoms of these diseases are very much alike, but you can easily differentiate by noticing the combination of symptoms your body is developing. If you have a fever and cough, but at the same time you have a runny or blocked nose, there is a high chance you have flu, not coronavirus. Now, what should that heart patient do? First, he should not panic because it is evenly possible that he is not affected by Covid-19. He should first think about what kind of combination symptoms he is developing. Does he have a runny nose? Or dry cough? At least things of that will help him to raise his will power instead of taking the stress and thinking negatively.