Covid Symptoms Vs Allergies

The more common and sometimes severe symptoms of COVID-19 are fever cough and shortness of breath.
Covid symptoms vs allergies. MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner Shelby Seymour discusses the difference in symptoms between COVID-19 and seasonal allergies. COVID-19 progresses over a few days with increasing severity of signs and symptoms in people who have symptoms while people with allergies usually have signs and symptoms in minutes to hours after exposure to a trigger substance. Some people report a lack of taste or smell.
Often people with allergies have a history of seasonal allergies. An illness like COVID-19 causes a system-wide response while an allergy which is an overreaction of the immune system in response to exposure to a trigger is usually more localized. Sometimes it also causes cold -like symptoms like a runny nose.
Allergies typically cause nasal symptoms such as a runny nose and sinus congestion but do not usually result in a fever as is found with coronavirus. An expert breaks down what to look for if youre worried you might have coronavirus. For instance a child with a flu or COVID-19 may have a fever body aches chills a sore throat weakness and respiratory symptoms.
Fever is a common symptom of COVID-19 but allergies rarely produce a rise in body temperature. Both COVID-19 and allergies when severe may need emergency respiratory support and other supportive care. While many seasonal ailments have similar symptoms to COVID-19 there are some key differences.
COVID-19 symptoms are similar to many of those typical for the flu the common cold and allergies. Consider too where the symptoms first started appearing. Throughout the US pollen has started to bloom and cause typical symptoms in those with allergies right as we have seen the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.
According to the SHA list fatigue sore throat shortness of breath and. COVID-19 and seasonal allergies cause many of the same signs and symptoms. Here is how to tell the difference between them.