COVID-19 is a new contagious, deadly viral/immunological systemic disorder\nwith predominantly respiratory features caused by human infection with\nSARS-CoV-2, which is rapidly spreading from person-to-person all around\nthe world as a pandemic, whereas, Allergic Rhinitis is an old non-contagious,\nnon-deadly, and non-viral disorder with nasal inflammation which occurs when\nthe immune system overreacts to allergens. Mild to moderate COVID-19 can\nbe mistaken with Allergic Rhinitis. Fever, dry cough, dyspnea, fatigue, body\nache, anosmia, and lack of taste are the cardinal feature of COVID-19, whereas\nrunny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, postnasal discharge, itchy eyes, and\nitchy skin are the cardinal feature of Allergic Rhinitis. Some of the cardinal\nfeature of COVID-19 can be accessory feature of Allergic Rhinitis and vice\nversa . These two diseases are usually distinguishable by an expert physician.\nAt the same time, an inexperienced physician will easily confuse them. The\nknown cases of Allergic Rhinitis have allergies in this spring or year similar to\nprevious years, not COVID-19, unless this time the symptoms are sudden,\nnew, or more severe, and with previous conventional allergy treatment; donâ??t\ngive up and get even worse. In fact, the mission of this article is to provide the\neasiest way to differentiate these two diseases. In the SARS-CoV-2 epidemics\nin the Red zones, when we cannot differentiate these two diseases; Allergic\nRhinitis should be discarded in favor of COVID-19.
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