{"id":6688,"date":"2024-05-28T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2024-05-28T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:52:36","slug":"is-it-covid-spring-allergies-or-a-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/05\/28\/is-it-covid-spring-allergies-or-a-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Covid, Spring Allergies or a Cold?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/23\/well\/live\/allergies-cold-covid-symptoms.html\">NY Times<\/a> It\u2019s sniffle season. Here\u2019s how to figure out what\u2019s causing your symptoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As summer approaches, many people with spring allergies are still suffering. And as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/10\/well\/covid-flirt-variants-symptoms.html\">new Covid variants<\/a>&nbsp;circulate, experts say we may also soon see an uptick in cases. (Though&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wastewater data<\/a>&nbsp;suggests that Covid cases are currently fairly low.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be tricky to distinguish between seasonal allergy symptoms, early signs of the coronavirus or just a run-of-the-mill cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clearest way to get an answer is to take a Covid test. But&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/10\/well\/live\/covid-19-home-tests.html\">at-home rapid test<\/a>s have become more difficult to get a hold of since the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/01\/well\/live\/covid-public-health-emergency.html\">public health emergency<\/a>&nbsp;expired. Here are other tips to help you identify the source of your suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-3d644ed1\">Watch out for specific symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people with Covid can experience the worst symptoms during, say, their third infection compared to their first two. But in most cases, the more immunity someone has built up \u2014 through repeat infections, vaccinations or a combination of the two \u2014 the milder Covid symptoms tend to be. \u201cIn most people, it\u2019s the sneezy, stuffy nose \u2014 it\u2019s like my allergies, for sure,\u201d said Dr. Davey Smith, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY Times It\u2019s sniffle season. Here\u2019s how to figure out what\u2019s causing your symptoms. As summer approaches, many people with spring allergies are still suffering. And as&nbsp;new Covid variants&nbsp;circulate, experts say we may also soon see an uptick in cases. (Though&nbsp;wastewater data&nbsp;suggests that Covid cases are currently fairly low.) 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