A constellation of upper respiratory and systemic symptoms, often including cough, rhinorrhea, conjunctivitis, sinusitis, and/or fever. The common cold is caused by a variety of viral pathogens, most commonly rhinovirus species. For questions about influenza, use the influenza tag instead.
Questions tagged [common-cold]
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How can I prevent a cold from spreading to the people around me?
I have to attend classes at the university, band rehearsals, I live with my family, so I come close with many people during the day. I have to meet most of these people on a daily basis, even when I have the (common) cold.
How can I prevent it from…
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How long is someone infectious after a cold?
How long is someone infectious after a cold?
I am talking about a common cold, not something extreme.
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How to handle cold in summers with nose bleeding issues?
I have a nose bleeding issue from childhood when my body heat gets too high. This can happen from weather, or food like almonds, raisin, dates etc. But I've gotten a bit of a cold during recent weather changes and it has stuck with me. Doctor said…
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Does supplementation of garlic/allicin reduce the number of incidences and severity/duration of the common cold?
The study Preventing the common cold with a garlic supplement: a double-blind, placebo-controlled survey shows a reduction of days challenged virally by about 70% just by taking 180mg allicin every day.
This would be really huge. The economic impact…
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The Common Cold - what does the name refer to?
My mother, a school science teacher, is of the opinion that the common cold gains its name from the fact that you can acquire a cold virus more readily when you yourself feel cold. For example, in her view, if you were to spend a day in a cold…
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Why is my sense of balance bad when I'm sick?
This happens quite often when I have a flu or just a cold. When I'm sitting, I sometimes feel like I am in a very diagonal position, even I am not. To visualize it better, just sit down and lean yourself to the right a bit. That's how I feel when I…
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Becoming immune against the common cold
I've heard that there around 300 types of common cold.
Would it be possible to get infected by all of them and then achieve immunity for all of them, after having had the mother of all common colds?
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what is biological mass of rhinovirus in adult
I've read wikipedia and did some web searches, but could not find that info.
1) what is mass of single rhinovirus?
2) what is average quantity of rhinovirus during peak of common cold in adult human body?
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