Am I catching a spring cold? 🤧🤧😣😣

[Italiangirl]

So, I think I might be catching a spring cold!

A few days ago, on Tuesday I think, I started to get a bit of a sore throat and I thought: "Am I catching a cold?"

It wasn't that bad but it was definitely there. I tried not to think about it though, I drank a lot of water and sucked on throat lozenges.

On Thursday, though, my sore throat was gone and I didn't get any other symptoms... until this evening!

I've been feeling perfectly fine all day but this evening after dinner I started feeling a slight tickle in my nose and a weird burning sensation around the rims of my nostrils.

Also, my nose feels kinda swollen but not stuffy and it's making me pretty sniffly: the sniffs are all super dry though so I'm not snotty or anything like that.

Also, my throat feels a bit dry.

I really hope I'm not coming down with a spring cold!

I'll keep you updated.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Italiangirl

[Dingle]

I hate spring colds, I don’t have allergies but I get a spring cold almost every spring 

[Italiangirl]

Mini update: until yesterday afternoon I felt perfectly fine, but then in the evening I started getting a sore throat again, as well as a pretty bad headache.

I didn't think much of it, but today I woke up with my right nostril completely blocked. 

I can barely breathe through my nose and I can't clear my nostril even though I'm sniffling a lot...

I refuse to blow it because I don't want to admit defeat.

I think this is turning into a spring cold... oh,no! 🤧🤧

[Rick]

Bless you, holding out there with a major case of the sniffles - do you really see giving your nose a good blow as admitting defeat? I'm not so worried about that as I blow when I haven't got a cold too. Or is it that you don't think it'll really help unblock yourself, or that it'll finally open the floodgates?

Either way, it's adorable... "C'mon, good girl, BIG blow..."

[Hankyrick]

Aaawwww bless you, give your nose a big blow hun and clear those nostrils.

[Italiangirl]

Update: I managed to clear my nostrils by blowing, using nose drops and rubbing Vicks under my nose.

My nose still feels a bit swollen and stuffy and I'm pretty sniffly, but at least I can breathe through it without any difficulties now.

The rims of my nostrils are burning a little but no sneezes so far (I never catch sneezy colds).

My throat still feels dry and a little scratchy and I've started coughing a bit.

It's definitely the start of a cold but luckily I don't feel too bad yet.

I'll keep you updated on how it progresses, I hope it doesn't turn out to be a bad one! 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Italiangirl

[Italiangirl]

Update: It's so weird!

I was sure I was sick because it definitely felt like a cold a few days ago but then the stuffiness went away.

From time to time though, I still get a bit of a sore throat that basically comes and goes at this point...

No sneezing, coughing nor any other nasal symptoms so far, so it doesn't seem to be a spring cold after all...

What the hell is happening to me? 😅😅

Edited May 5, 2023 by Italiangirl