Introduction

Sam — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:55:36 +0000

When you start a common cold, such as a sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, or tearing almost everyone is familiar with the feeling you get. Colds are very general but are more common in children and decline with age. They are infrequently dangerous to healthy adults or children, but may occasionally be dangerous to infants, the elderly or other at-risk groups.
Distinguishing between cold and the more serious flu, which is not always easy, but is important because of newer antiviral medications for the flu is meant correct diagnosis of a cold . There are also other conditions that start like a cold for an example rare but serious whooping cough and many situation that have cold-like symptoms or flu-like symptoms. Although there are numerous different subtypes of colds, diagnosis of the specific subtype of cold is rarely performed and not usually important for treatment.

We see among children colds are most common, and seem to be linked to youngsters’ comparative lack of resistance to infection and to contacts with other children in day-care centers and schools. Children have about six to ten colds a year. The number of colds per child can be as high as 12 a year in families with children in school,. Although the range varies widely Adults average about two to four colds a year,. Especially women, those aged 20 to 30 years, have more colds than men, perhaps because of their closer contact with children., Individuals older than 60 have fewer than one cold a year on average.

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