Covid, flu and RSV can be difficult to distinguish, since they share many common symptoms. Here are five factors to consider.
Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images fileCovid, flu and respiratory syncytial virus are together driving a national wave of respiratory illnesses.from the Department of Health and Human Services. Pediatric beds are at a similar level, though six states have 90% or more of their pediatric beds full, according to an NBC News analysis of HHS data.
Covid, flu and RSV can be difficult to distinguish, since they share many common symptoms. But it's useful to know which virus you have, since that determines the treatments you should receive andCertain hallmarks — either symptoms or how the illness progresses — can help differentiate each virus. Here are five factors to consider.A runny nose, cough, congestion or sore throat can arise because of any of the three viruses or a common cold.
than with flu or RSV. And wheezing is often a tell-tale sign of a serious RSV infection, usually found in kids or older adults.“I don’t think anybody would ever go, ‘Hey, listen, I think you have a virus based on your symptoms,’ and feel confident to say what virus that is,” said Dr. Frank Esper, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cleveland Clinic.Flu symptoms tend to develop more suddenly than those of Covid or RSV.
“Flu classically comes on with an abrupt fever first that happens pretty quickly. That’s somewhat contrasted by RSV and Covid, where we think of a slow escalation in symptoms,” said Dr. Scott Roberts, a Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist.The illnesses have different incubation periods — the time between exposure and symptoms. On average, flu symptoms tend to develop
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