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Old May 19, 2012 | 2:06 pm
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AjedrecístaBritánico
 
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Originally Posted by NPF
You won't catch a cold, but there are very similar allergy symptoms.

An abrupt drop in temperature will cause constriction of blood vessels in the nose; this is know to cause an allergic reaction in some people, and this manifests itself very much like a cold (laryngitis, pharyngitis, etc...).
I thought it was allergies when I had it, but I had beige-coloured/green, thick mucous when I coughed, chills, sore throat, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, runny nose, etc., so it feels like a cold in terms of symptoms too. When I get allergies, I never get sore throat and headache, and certainly not fatigue or chills.
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