What is the difference between a flu, fever, and cold?

[GoldenGuppy]

Thanks in advance

 

[ltk007]

A fever is when your body temperature is above normal.

A cold is when you are sick, but don't have a fever.

The flu is an illness that you get around winter time, with a lot of different symptoms. It always has a fever, normally you are congested, headache, etc...

 

[Viper GTS]

in·flu·en·za

An acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration. Also called grippe.
Any of various viral infections of domestic animals characterized generally by fever and respiratory involvement.

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fe·ver

Abnormally high body temperature.
Any of various diseases characterized by abnormally high body temperature.

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cold

A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. In this sense, also called common cold, coryza.

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That help any?

Viper GTS

 

[Dedpuhl]

INFLUENZA

Flu is an infection in your nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs, caused by influenza viruses A and B. Small virus-containing droplets dispersed in air by sneezing and coughing indoors easily spread influenza.

COLD

an acute disease of the upper respiratory tract that is marked by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, throat, eyes, and eustachian tubes and by a watery then purulent discharge and is caused by any of several viruses (as a rhinovirus or an adenovirus)

FEVER

a fever is a rise in the temperature. It is not a condition but a sympton



Differences

What sets a cold apart from other viral infections is the lack of high fever. Your temperature typically stays below 101 degrees Fahrenheit. After three to four days--a week at most--your cold should be better.

If you have a cold, you may feel you can carry on. With flu, you probably want to go to bed. Also with flu, you may experience a prolonged period of fatigue after recovering from the initial symptoms.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

A cold: you only think you might die.

A fever: you are reasonably sure you'll die.

The flu: you know you're going to die, it's just a matter of whether it will be while you're hanging over the toilet losing everything you ate for the last month or while you're buried under 20 lbs. of blanket shivering like you're standing naked in a snowstorm.

At least those are my experiences with all three. 😉