The difference between COVID-19 and a cold

1, breathing,

The common cold usually has no shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, most people just feel tired. This fatigue can be relieved by taking some cold medicine or resting.

Most of the pneumonia patients infected with the novel coronavirus have breathing difficulties, and even some severe patients infected with the novel coronavirus need oxygen supply for 24 hours to ensure the normal breathing of the patients.

2, cough

Cold coughs appear relatively late and may not develop until a day or two after a cold.

The main infection of the novel coronavirus is the lungs, so the cough is more serious, mainly dry cough.

3. Pathogenic source

The common cold, in fact, is a disease that can occur all year round. It is not an infectious disease, but a common disease, mainly caused by common respiratory virus infection.

Pneumonia infected by novel coronavirus is an infectious disease with a clear epidemiological history. Its transmission route is mainly through contact and droplet transmission, airborne transmission (aerosol), and pollutant transmission.

There is an incubation period, usually 3-7 days, usually no more than 14 days, before the symptoms of COVID-19. In other words, if people do not show symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, fatigue and dry cough after 14 days of quarantine at home, they can be ruled out of being infected with the novel coronavirus.