# Cold our flu? Which one is making me miserable?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-our-flu-which-one-is-making-me-miserable/668423 "2013-09-09T17:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-our-flu-which-one-is-making-me-miserable/668423/21 "2013-09-11T16:10:42Z")

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For me the biggest thing with the flow was the fever and chills combination that I never had with a cold. The achiness and weariness was worse with the flu but the weird combination of shivering and trying to wrap myself in blankets one hour and sweating through my clothes the next hour was what really seperated the flu from any other illness.

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