MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cold versus allergy symptoms'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464206&cid=t_245131_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FQMO3bbx8CGY%2F If you’re feeling a bit lousy these days (like yours truly) and your eyes are watering, your nose is running, and you’re slightly fatigued, you may have a cold. Or… an allergy. But how can you tell the difference? Colds and allergies often have similar symptoms. As you can see by the following chart, coughs are usually something that comes with a cold, but not as often with allergies. Often allergies are accompanied by asthma and the cough can come from that. Itchy eyes usually mean it’s allergies, whereas some general aches and pains mean it’s probably a cold. Still, even with the help of this chart, the symptoms for both are usually very close. Allergies last for several weeks, but the “common cold is easily spread from person to person and usually l... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464206 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:42:26 +0100 2464206