Hard to guess: Fever, chills, aches, cold symptoms together are called a flu-like illness. Many causes exist, mostly infectious, sometimes not. With mild symptoms, we call it a cold or upper respiratory infection. With moderate or severe symptoms, we call it the flu. Sometimes a flu-like illness lasts a few days, other times 2 weeks. If symptoms started in the last 2 days, a doctor may use Tamiflu if influenza.
Answered 12/7/2019
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