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? asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsAllergies · 1 decade ago

Is it possible to be sick, yet feel fine... Here are my symptoms.?

Yes, sometimes my checks turn really red and my face feels like I have a tempature... but I don't.

Update:

My symtomps include:

Stuff nose (usually at night when the house heater is on)

Sore Throat

Occasional Cough/Sneeze

Voice sounding funny as if your holding your nose...

Otherwise, I feel fine. :D

Am I coming down with something, or is this just symptoms from going back and forth from "cold" to "warm" back to "cold".

Update 2:

Oh, and I've had my flu shot not too long ago. My whole family's already came down with the "cold/flu" and got over it.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It could be a couple of things...

    First, it is possible to have some symptoms of a cold or flu, and not other. It has been known to happen.

    But, another possibility is that you have too much "dry air" in your home right now. You have to understand that the winter is a dry time of the year. The water molecules in the air become frozen and don't float around like they normally do during the more humid months. So, being indoors with the "dry heat", you are basically drying-out your sinuses and having the symptoms you mention.

    I would recommend that you try to get a vaporizer to use in your home to add some humidity to the air. Or, possibly just some pans of water near the heating sources to try to get some water vapors moving. It sounds like your sinuses are too dry. (The mucus in your sinuses is your body's way of trying to compensate for the dry conditions.)

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like the heater or temperature could be affecting it. Possibly something in the air vents that is causing these symptoms; although there are various of possibilities to consider. You can be simply getting early symptoms of the common cold. You can also possibly have an infection in some part of your internal body that isn't showing moderate symptoms yet. For example: for bladder infections it takes a while to show moderate symptoms, one of the first minor symptoms is slight fever(so you will frequently get the chills), other symptoms can take up to around two months to start showing(such as frequent urinating, pain in pelvic area, etc). Good luck finding a solution!

  • 1 decade ago

    You probably have a common cold. Often the symptoms are mild. These symptoms are not caused by simply going from cold to hot areas or vice versa.

    In the case of a common cold, the symptoms themselves are mostly caused by your immune system as it fights the virus. After a few days, the immune system definitively gains the upper hand and kills off the virus, and then the symptoms subside.

    So yes, you are probably sick, even though your symptoms are minor. Best to avoid breathing it into anyone else's face, as he/she might develop a much more severe cold from the same germs, depending on whether or not his/her body has encountered that particular virus before (there are more than a hundred viruses that cause the common cold) and the state of his/her immune system.

  • 1 decade ago

    Symptoms of a common cold usually appear about one to three days after exposure to a cold virus. Signs and symptoms of a common cold may include:

    ■Runny or stuffy nose

    ■Itchy or sore throat

    ■Cough

    ■Congestion

    ■Slight body aches or a mild headache

    ■Sneezing

    ■Watery eyes

    ■Low-grade fever (up to 102 F, or 39 C)

    ■Mild fatigue

    The discharge from your nose may become thicker and yellow or green in color as a common cold runs its course. What makes a cold different from other viral infections is that you generally won't have a high fever. You're also unlikely to experience significant fatigue from a common cold.

    When to see a doctor

    For adults — Seek medical attention if you have:

    ■Fever of 102 F (39 C) or higher

    ■High fever accompanied by achiness and fatigue

    ■Fever accompanied by sweating, chills and a cough with colored phlegm

    ■Significantly swollen glands

    ■Severe sinus pain

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You may well have an allergy, sinusitis or a residual symptoms of a common cold , if you recently had one. Heater can also cause extreme dryness in our respiratory tract can also cause all of the symptoms you have.

    I'd try to have a good humidifier when the heat is on, to see if added humidity alleviate your problems.

    Hope you feel better :):}

    Source(s): med field and sinusitis sufferer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Could be a mixture of both does your head also feel warm at times? If so then you could be coming down with something and your body is fighting it off.

  • 1 decade ago

    I get like this almost every winter. I think it is my body fighting something. Just start taking some vitamin C every day and your symptoms should go away.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Of course its possible to feel fine when your sick! You ever watched mystery diagnosis? Alot of people on that show feel fine but notice odd quirks going on with their bodies. Therefore are sick.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like you are reacting to the heater in your house.

  • 1 decade ago

    it could be a cold even if you feel fine

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