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How can I tell the difference between hayfever and a cold?
Question : How can I tell the difference between hayfever and a cold?
I have sore eyes, a blocked nose and ears and the runniest nose *ever*.
I don’t usually get hayfever, although I’m allergic to dust. I’m in NZ – so its mid spring, yesterday had so much pollen I could see it in the air. I spent the day gardening. How do I know if I have hayfever or a cold?
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Best answer:
Answer by Cee-Cee
that does sound like hayfever.
Itchy and runny nose and eyes, blocked ears along with clear secretions and blocked nose characterize allergies, or “hay fever”. There is no actual fever.
A cold has greenish mucus, a clogged nose, sometimes clogged ears. There may be a fever and/or a cough.