Here are my symptoms:

*naseau (for a few hours that results in throwing up once or twice and it goes away)
*extremely sore throat
*mild fever (99.0)
*body aches (paticularly my lower back and legs)

Is this a cold or flu? I'm thinking flu though. How do you tell?

Sounds like a cold. fI don't beleive any documented cases of the Flu actually has hit yet.
Influenza's symptoms are a lot worse. Higher fever, chills, sweating, weakness. When you have the flu you actually pretty much don't even have the physical strength to barely get out of bed.
Cold make you feel awful, but you can usually still function.

I work at a hospital and just got my flu shot this week Flu symptoms:

High Fever 102 and up
Sore Throat
Headache
Severe Tiredness
Runny Nose
Muscle Aches
Dry Cough
Core Throat

In children Gastro-Intestinal Sypmtoms Nausea, Vommiting...

Hope you feel better, sounds like a cold

i have the same thing and whatever it is, it is awful

I have the same thing.....I think it is the flu...because i am dizzy and feels like a baaaad baad cold....this definatly isnt a cold....a cold is a walk in the park compaired to this....im tired as what too....least im finally sneezing....its terrible i have had at least 15 hours of sleep during the night and i want more!!!!!(thanck god i am un employed id be fired for this, or at least what they twell us in school about calling off lol)

ok i dont think that this is a cold, ive never heard of anyone throwing up having a cold, def sounds like the flu to me.

Here are my symptoms:

*naseau (for a few hours that results in throwing up once or twice and it goes away)
*extremely sore throat
*mild fever (99.0)
*body aches (paticularly my lower back and legs)

Is this a cold or flu? I'm thinking flu though. How do you tell?


I don't think you have a cold or the flu - it sounds more like a stomach virus / gastroenteritis. Colds don't cause you to throw up, nor does the flu. The only thing mildly "cold" like that you have is the sore throat which could very well be from the throwing up. The body aches, fever, nausea and throwing up all point to a stomach bug. If that's what it is, the throwing up should stop very soon though you may be left with a fever and aches still - and a sore throat from the throwing up (acidic).