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Show Colds And Allergies By DR. HAROLD B. LIGON Often people who assume they are suffering from a cold are really suffering from an allergy. Also, many who assume they have a cold are actually feeling the first systems sys-tems of influenza. MANY authorities feel that the cold and influenza viruses are similar the influenza condition con-dition being an escalation of the cold. However, they are two different virus diseases. Hay fever, however, is an allergy and is a common occurence. occur-ence. One can usually tell hay fever from a common cold by the persistance of symptoms beyond two weeks. I OFTEN, IF the common cold produces bronchial characteristics, char-acteristics, it's mistaken for an asthmatic condition, which is more of an allergy and often related to the seasons. Again, the common cold should clear up in a few days whereas bronchial asthma can persist over an entire allergy season. sea-son. . . or longer. |