Corona or a cold? How to recognize the symptoms correctly

The number of corona infections is increasing, and the flu season has started at the same time.

How do the symptoms of Covid-19, cold, flu differ?

Hamm -

or is it just a cold approaching?

Anyone who

wakes up

in the morning with a

, a

or a

is unsure: is it just the usual

or the first sign of an infection with the coronavirus *?

With the start of the

in autumn, the

and the central

hotline

overrun with inquiries about the

of

and

.

Corona, flu or cold?

Differentiating the symptoms is difficult

Anyone who feels ill has little chance of making a reliable

themselves

.

Because the symptoms of

, i.e. the disease that is

triggered

by the new type of

, do not differ from those of

, especially at the beginning of an illness

.

In addition,

and

do not yet

know a typical course

in

who are infected with the coronavirus.

Many show no symptoms at all or might as well just have a mild

.

Others have a high

, develop

or

and have to be ventilated.

Patients suffering from influenza, also known as “

”, can develop pneumonia.

The

the genus

or

that

cause

the

are often not responsible for this

.

Rather,

, most often

, use the opportunity and attack the

weakened by the virus

.

Severe

but also know by virus-induced pneumonia, also

-

.

, just like

with the coronavirus,

can be particularly dangerous

in people with

, i.e. patients with

or

.

are also particularly at risk in both cases

.

Source: aponet.de

Corona, cold, flu?

Symptoms similar, incubation time different

Anyone who has ever had a “real” flu knows the feeling of being sick “from now on”.

Flu sufferers suddenly get a

and develop a strong feeling of

with

.

The

for influenza is extremely short, only one to two days.

With the

,

currently assuming that it can take up to 14 days before the first signs or

appear.

The average incubation period is five to six days.

Ruhr24.de also writes about the difficulty of telling the symptoms apart *.

Corona, flu or just a cold?

Note the AHA formula

But if you feel sick in autumn, you could also just

suffer from

a simple

.

The symptoms - sore throat, runny nose, slimy cough, slightly increased

,

and mild to moderate

- often appear gradually over several days.

First the throat hurts, then there is a cough.

Anyone with a cold feels sick - but not as exhausted as with a real flu, as reported by heidelberg24.de *.

Do I have the flu or corona?

Many people feel insecure at the start of the flu season.

We show common symptoms and how to deal with them.

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- BMG (@BMG_Bund) October 5, 2020

Anyone who feels sick - regardless of whether they

suspect an infection with the coronavirus, flu or just a cold

behind their

, should first

observe

the

: distance, hygiene, everyday mask.

Because of the high

, sick people should first contact their family doctor or the medical on-call service (nationwide phone 116 117) by phone.

The number of infections with the

rising

again

across Europe

.

The Robert Koch Institute keeps the list of risk areas up to date.

Many popular holiday regions in the EU have been declared risk areas.

The city of Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia) has had the highest number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants since a superspreading event * After a mass outbreak at its headquarters in Rheda-Wiedenbrück (North Rhine-Westphalia), the Tönnies slaughterhouse was in the headlines for weeks in June.

Many corona infections have now occurred again in one of the group's * operations.

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