It’s that time of year when “it’s going around”. What is “it” you ask………could be a simple cold or the seasonal flu. Many patients have trouble determining the two apart. Often it’s not as simple as the medical journals will try to make it out to be, but here are some tips to tell if the symptoms you are suffering are the common cold vs the seasonal flu. http://www.flufacts.com/know/what-is.jsp If I get the flu, how long am I contagious? Most people are usually contagious