coloffmediaMarch 17, 2020Last Updated: March 17, 2020
The symptoms of strep throat? Sore throat, chills, and a fever.
The symptoms of coronavirus? Sore throat, chills, and a fever (as well as, shortness of breathe and a cough).
Needless to say, it is acutely difficult for people to differentiate strep throat, the flu, or even seasonal allergies from the coronavirus symptoms. MercyOne New Hampton’s Jennifer Monteith knows about this reality.
Monteith says the biggest indicator of coronavirus over anything else is one main thing: shortness of breath. This symptom should not show up with any other illness being spread around during March.
But the first symptom that typically shows up starts in the throat.