Common cold Signs and symptoms
The most common symptoms of a cold are a cough, runny nose, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. Other issues are sore muscles, feeling tired, headache, and not wanting to eat. Muscle ache happens in about half of the cases. A fever is an uncommon symptom in adults, but it is common in infants and young children. A number of the viruses that cause the common cold may also result in no symptoms. This color does not indicate if an infection is caused by viruses or bacteria.