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Show Not Always Cold; Could Be Alergy that these two conditions respond re-spond to different treatments. The treatment for asthma usually requires a bronchial dilating agent and often an antibiotic. By HAROLD B. LIGON, MD 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 symptoms symp-toms of influenza. MANY authorities feel that the cold and influenza viruses are similar-the influenza condition con-dition being an excalation of the cold. However, they are two different virus diseases. Hay fever, however, is an allergy and is a common occurrence. One can usually tell hay fever from a common cold by the persistence of symptoms beyond two weeks. 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. The significance of this is |