US News and World Report came out with a story on July 27, 2010 regarding how one can tell the difference between an allergy versus a cold, especially since each has symptoms in common.
Especially with mild symptoms, it may be hard even for an ENT to distinguish the two. Add chronic sinus infections and flu to the mix, it can be downright difficult without allergy testing, CT scans, and other types of testing to come up with a correct diagnosis.
To help distinguish among these possible illnesses, at least based on history, here is a chart our office has made.
NIH also has produced a chart that can be seen here.
Click here to read the US News & World Report story.
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