That’s one way to make a self-diagnosis. How about just going to the doctor? He/She can confirm if it’s something that is going around and its prognosis. :P
If you rest and drink plenty of fluids, and use OTC medications to treat the symptoms, you’ll be better in about seven days. If you ignore it, it will go away in a week.
tomachrysanthos over 5 years ago
Me, too. But I think I think it’s more the flu.
M2MM over 5 years ago
That’s one way to make a self-diagnosis. How about just going to the doctor? He/She can confirm if it’s something that is going around and its prognosis. :P
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago
If you’re walking around it is a cold, if you are bedridden, it is the flu.
OMichiko over 5 years ago
Better to go with the 3 out of 5 route rather than single flip…
William Bednar Premium Member over 5 years ago
Odd, that’s exactly what my Doctor does given the same symptoms.
clayusmcret Premium Member over 5 years ago
Feed a cold and starve a fever. So feed it. If you get to keep it, it is a cold. If you don’t? Well, you’ll be the first to know.
steverinoCT over 5 years ago
If you rest and drink plenty of fluids, and use OTC medications to treat the symptoms, you’ll be better in about seven days. If you ignore it, it will go away in a week.
bhscolleen over 5 years ago
A coin flip is not far off from some of the arbitrary measures actually used in medicine.* * Harrison’s Principles of Medicine, any edition.
Kip W over 5 years ago
It’s a Heads cold.
cuzinron47 over 5 years ago
In the rare case, you can get both.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Good choice, Monty
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
E.B.‘s online research may not be trustworthy. Monty’s coin flip may not be trustworthy. Your local for-profit physician may not be trustworthy.
—All of which is moot, since the common cold is, notoriously, incurable….
On the other hand, if it is something more serious, you may die, Monty.
Indianapolis Smith over 5 years ago
I dink he has a code.