New COVID Symptoms vs Allergies: What’s the Difference?

The new coronavirus is still spreading in the United States, and now the fall allergy season is here to make the possibility of illness even more likely.

But Dr Dylan Timberlake, an allergist at Prevea Health in Wisconsin, said there is an easy way to tell the difference between allergies and COVID-19.

• “What can really tell you from a symptom standpoint is that allergies should never be accompanied by fever,” Timberlake told WEAU-TV, a news channel.

Timberlake said allergies often impact the eyes and nose. If it is anything else, your illness could be COVID-19 or another illness.

• “Allergies really shouldn’t have other symptoms, so you shouldn’t have any nausea or vomiting that might accompany them,” Timberlake told WEAU-TV.

He also said there’s a chance you have COVID-19 or an infection if the drugs don’t stop your symptoms.

Questions about the difference between allergies, the common cold, and COVID-19 have been around since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States

In August 2020, National Jewish Health released a breakdown of the different symptoms to help people tell the difference between allergies, the common cold, the flu, or COVID-19. Allergy symptoms often start gradually and last through the allergy season. But the symptoms of COVID-19 often focus on cough, fever, chills, and fatigue more than anything.