Particularly Nasty Round of Cold Bug

[YurtGirl]

I know a lot of people have come down with this cold. We finally succumbed Friday night and have been laid low ever since, with it reaching new levels of blech each day. Day 4 and we are not even close to the upswing. It hit everyone in our family and office. We are thinking of going to the doctor today, but I hesitate if they're just going to do something stupid like give an antibiotic when there is no sign of bacterial infection... Drs here irritate me regularly with bogus methods like that.

My question: Has anyone else gone in and gotten a decent diagnosis from a doctor on what this bugger actually is? Is it just being termed a particularly nasty cold bug or is it pneumococcal or?

Sxs: starts with a sore throat. Progresses quickly to chest tightness, cough/sneeze/extreme runny nose. No real fever. Major sinus and throat effects.

Melissa Fletcher
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