这是一年中我们的呼吸系统在各方都受到攻击的时候。我们正在进入过敏季节，当时鲜花及其花粉盛开。而且在逐渐减弱的过程中，仍然是冷流感的季节。现在新冠肺炎已经进入了混音。这些呼吸条件不仅在日历上共享框；他们也有一些常见症状。
It’s important for cancer patients especially to recognize and monitor symptoms and contact a doctor if they worsen or if the patient may have been in contact with someone who’s been sick.
“那么他们怎么知道自己的条件呢？这是一个非常重要的问题，但目前我们没有一个简单的答案。®（CTCA）。“患者的症状需要非常仔细地评估。”
What’s the difference?
Covid-19，流感，感冒和过敏都会影响呼吸系统，但in different ways。The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to更新症状清单新冠肺炎patients may experience. Its latest update says common symptoms of the infection include a cough and shortness of breath or at least two of the following:
- 发烧
- Chills
- 反复发抖
- 肌肉疼痛
- Headache
- Sore throat
- 新的口味或气味
其他疾病的最常见症状包括：
- 流感：发烧，咳嗽，疲劳
- 冷：咳嗽，打喷嚏，喉咙痛，流鼻涕
- Allergies: Itchy and runny nose, swollen and watery eyes, sneezing
Influenza, COVID-19 and colds are caused by viruses. The flu and COVID-19 may be life threatening, but colds rarely are. Neither are allergies, which are caused by exposure and reaction to specific substances, or allergens, such as dust, dander or pollen. Allergy symptoms may last for weeks, depending on treatment or continued exposure. So how do you know which ailment you have? It may help to understand some key differences between these respiratory conditions:
- 普通感冒或过敏的患者通常不会发烧。
- 流感的孵育周期为一到四天，对于19次，这是两到14天。
- 严重的症状influenza may develop and abate quickly, while COVID-19 symptoms may develop more gradually. Severe COVID-19 symptoms may not appear for several days after exposure.
Chowdhury博士说：“为了帮助确定患者是否有Covid-19需要提出很多问题。”地理非常重要。我们在美国和世界各地都有很多热点。因此，我们正在询问患者来自哪里，去哪里，以及他们是否知道他们是否与接触过该病毒的患者接触。”
新冠肺炎, cold, flu and allergy symptoms may cause severe complications for cancer patients, especially those with肺癌或一些头和脖子cancers, like喉orsinuscancer, Dr. Chowdhury says.对于某些患者而言，更令人困惑的是呼吸道疾病share common symptoms with some cancers。发烧, coughing and difficulty breathing may be early signs of lung cancer, some forms of淋巴瘤或其他癌症。例如，一名佛罗里达妇女与流感样症状作斗争数周learned laterthey were brought on by甲状腺癌。
乔杜里（Chowdhury）博士建议，如果持续存在，发烧的患者致电医生。“有些人可能没有发烧，但他们可能患有身体酸痛，咳嗽或喉咙痛，或者可能会失去味道。”他说。“如果您有各种症状，我肯定会打电话给医生。”
