Seven clues to a cold, flu or sinusitis
Not being satisfied with a simple Q&A about my child’s apparent cold symptoms, I unearthed some more clues to knowing if my child has the colds, flu or sinusitis.
Knowing if your child has the colds, flu or sinusitis is important to receiving the right treatment.
How does a parent know what your child may have? Here are seven ways, via Caroline’s Health Edge -
1. What their symptoms do include. Classic complaints of someone with a cold include a runny nose, difficulty breathing through the nose, sneezing, sore throat, cough and/or headache.
2. What their symptoms don’t include. Symptoms such as high fever, significantly swollen glands or severe sinus pain can signal a complication or more serious illness that should be evaluated by a healthcare provider.
3. Exposure lapse. Your child begins to feel ill 2 to 3 days after being exposed to someone else’s cold.
4. Symptoms come on slowly. If your child is fine one minute and down for the count the next, he may have the flu.
5. Recovery takes about a week. If symptoms last more than two weeks or reoccur on a regular basis, your child may have an allergy or sinus infection.
6. Eyes don’t itch. Itchy eyes are very rare with a common cold, but occur often with allergies.
7. No facial pain. Sinusitis is usually to blame when there is pain around the eyes, or even dental pain. Morning headaches may also point to sinusitis as the cause.
[Source: Detroit News]
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