If you get a cold, what is your first symptom?

[narniaisreal]

Mine is ALWAYS a sore throat. Mum's is always a headache. What's yours?

Sore throat - and/or unexpected feeling of utter misery.

I get a really warm nose!

Being really thirsty

Mine is an itchy palate or itchy palms, oddly. I always know I'm getting a cold when those happen. Not sure what the scientific reason for it is though, especially the itchy palms one.

Your thread has jinxed me OP.
I've woken up this morning full of cold

Sensitive skin all over, a very unusual feeling I only get when I'm feverish, and achy joints.

Ever since I had my nose pierced ahem years ago my throat is my weak point, so if I get anything it's almost always going to turn to tonsillitis in the end.

An ache in the roots of my teeth, like you get when it's bitterly cold outside. At the first sign of that ache, the First Defence comes out.

I feel a bit weak and off and usually have a scratchy throat.

Itchy inside ears

I get the weird skin aches too. Like running my hand over my forearm hurts

Taking anti histamines when you have a cold is actually a bad idea. They work by repressing the body's immune system (in other to lessen an allergic reaction) and so taking them when your immune system should be at it's busiest, fighting a cold virus, is counter-productive!

Tickly nose

Sore throat and feeling shivery.

I get toothache, and just as I think about making a dentist appointment - the cold hits me.