Cold fever and chills may be wind-cold or wind-heat cold, and the differential diagnosis should be made with the patient’s other specific symptoms.
First of all, wind-cold and wind-heat colds can both present with chills, fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache and body aches, etc. However, wind-colds are often accompanied by heavy chills and mild fever. However, wind-cold and cold are often characterized by severe cold and mild fever, accompanied by no sweating, clear nasal discharge, and no thirst; while wind-heat cold and cold are often characterized by severe fever and mild cold, with sweating, yellow nasal discharge, sore or swollen throat, and thirst for drink.
In addition, wind-cold cold is mostly caused by wind-cold, before the onset of the disease can have a clear history of cold, while wind-heat cold is mostly caused by wind-heat, can have no history of cold, and wind-cold cold if the symptoms of cold fever for a long time can not be improved, the evil can be transformed into heat so as to appear the symptoms of wind-heat cold, the specific identification of treatment should also be combined with the patient’s own specific conditions by a professional physician.