To determine whether it is a gastrointestinal cold or not, one can adopt the methods of inquiry, examination and identification.
1. Questioning method: Ask the patient and his/her family about the time of onset, process, symptoms, progress, discomfort, medication, aggravating or relieving factors, etc. Knowing the relevant information will help to determine whether the type of illness is a gastrointestinal cold or not.
2. Examination: The patient should be examined in various aspects, such as body temperature, blood routine, fecal routine, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse rate, etc. The results of the examination can be used as the basis for further determining whether the illness is gastrointestinal cold.
3. Identification method: need to be identified with other diseases with similar symptoms, such as acute gastroenteritis with abdominal pain, diarrhea and other digestive symptoms, but no sore throat, fever and other cold symptoms; common cold has fever, runny nose, sore throat and other symptoms, but no diarrhea and other digestive symptoms.
There may be other ways to determine if you have a stomach flu, so consult your physician for more information.