how do you know if you have the flu or a cold?

Question

Please help me if anyone knows. Im sick right now and i dont know what i have

Answer 1

was onset 1] sudden, 2]slow
fever 1] high, 2] no
exhausted 1] yes, 2] mildly tired
1] dry cough, 2] hacking cough
1] sore throat, 2] not sore
1] headache, 2] none
1] decreased appetite, 2] normal
1] achy, 2] not
1] chills, 2] none
*** all '[1]' answers describe the flu, and '[2]' describe a cold

Answer 2

You know. Drink some Turkish apple tea and green tea. Both are loaded with antioxidants and apple tea has Vitamin C. Mint infusions with lemon will help clear the throat. There are some strips, cinnamon-flavoured, that numb the throat. Try some Hall's with eucalyptus and chew gum. Don't drink milk or eat dairy, it increases the mucus. I suggest chicken soup, cooked garlic in olive oil, and porridge. Some TC3's or cough meds with codeine will help knock you out at night, or else, try a couple glasses of wine. Don't take any alcohol with aspirin and don't mix aspirin with Tylenol or ibuprofin. Also, Mom was right when she send bundle up and don't go out with wet hair. Get lots of blankets and go to a sauna, it will help sweat it out. Stay away from public pools: they are disease-infested cesspools of urine and bacteria. Old men who pee in them should be warned and then banned if they do it repeatedly, but it will never do away with all of it.