Six months later, he was taken to the hospital after developing a runny nose and fever.

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But side effects can include mild flu-like symptoms, including a runny nose or sore throat.

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The company traces its roots to a venture capitalist with a runny nose.

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In others, it can simply be a runny nose or a minor cough.

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If you get the nasal spray variety, you can have a sore throat for a day and a runny nose.

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It begins with a cough and runny nose for one or two weeks.

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The incubation period is usually about two weeks, and early symptoms are a raised temperature, cough, runny nose, and red and watery eyes.

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On his angular face and in the stiff, wiry hair that receded sharply from his forehead were bits of pumpkin flesh and seeds, at which Anton wiped, surreptitiously, the way a boy might wipe at his runny nose.

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Sinusitis describes a range of unpleasant and sometimes debilitating symptoms that include nasal and sinus inflammation, congestion, cough, runny nose, difficulty breathing, and a reduced sense of smell.

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The first symptoms include runny nose, sore eyes, a cough and fever.

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The allergy pill Allegra, from Aventis (nyse: AVE - news - people ), might stop your runny nose but it can also give you a backache.

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