is there any difference between swine flu symptoms and the normal flu symptoms?
both my parents seem to have the cold/flu symptoms.
is there any difference between the length of time you’re ill with swine flu and normal flu?
Very little because swine flu is basically flu, but the H1N1 strain.
There is a difference however between a cold and the flu. With a cold you don’t tend to get a high temperature and the cough one gets with a cold is usually loose and ‘phlegmy’. A runny nose is also not a common feature of the flu- but can sometimes happen. The symptoms of the flu tend to last for about 5 days, but the fatigue feeling can last for longer.
If it sounds like your parents have the flu and not a cold then it’s probably swine flu because there is no seasonal flu doing the rounds at the moment. Seasonal flu peaks between December and March.
