Sudden deterioration: Sudden deterioration several days into a cold/other viral upper respiratory tract infection can be a sign of a complication, such as bacterial sinusitis, sometimes experienced as a sudden decline towards the end of the cold or as cold symptoms are improving. A complication of influenza can be pneumonia. High fever, shortness of breath, inability to eat, worsening cough, together or alone = see doc
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