Common Cold WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Common Cold
Acute viral nasopharyngitis, or acute coryza, usually known as the common cold, is a highly contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by picornaviruses (including rhinoviruses) or coronaviruses. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Common symptoms are sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing and cough.
- The common cold is spread mostly by hand-to-hand contact.
- There is no proven treatment for the common cold. Be sure to get plenty of rest, and drink fluids to maintain hydration. Gargling with warm salt water, using cough drops, throat sprays, saline nasal sprays, and over-the-counter cold medicines may help.
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What is Common Cold?
- Wikipedia: Common Cold
- Mayo Clinic: Common Cold
- American Lung Association: What is a Cold?
- WrongDiagnosis: Common Cold
What Are The Symptoms of Common Cold?
- MedicineNet: What are the Symptoms of the Common Cold?
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Symptoms of the Common Cold
- eMedTV: Cold Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Common Cold?
- CommonCold.org: What Causes Cold Symptoms
- Mayo Clinic: Common Cold Causes | Complications
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Common Cold
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Common Cold?
- Food and Drug Administration: Colds and Flu: Time Only Sure Cure
- Mayo Clinic: Common Cold Treatment
- American Lung Association: What Can Be Done If You Catch a Cold?
- eMedTV: Common Cold Treatment
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Common Cold?
- About.com: Top 11 Common Cold and Flu Remedies
- WikiHow: Master Tonic
- Yahoo Video: Cure the Common Cold with an Onion
- See also Echinacea
How Do You Prevent Common Cold?
- WebMD: 12 Tips to Prevent Cold and Flu the "Natural" Way
- Mayo Clinic: Common Cold Prevention
- WrongDiagnosis: Prevention of Common Cold
- A.D.A.M.(via MedlinePlus): Common Cold Prevention
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Common Cold
- NeuroLogica Blog: Well, Does Echinacea Work for the Common Cold or Not?
- Wisdom of Healing: Tackling and Preventing the Common Cold
- Confessions of a Quackbuster: Vitamin C and the Common Cold
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Common Cold
- Revolution Health: Cold and Flu Community
- HealthBoards: Colds & Flu Message Boards
- eHealth Forum: Cold, Flu and Viral Infections
- DailyStrength: Colds and Flu Community
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Common Cold
- PubMedCentral: Cold Articles
- JAMA: Cold Articles
- Google Scholar: Cold Articles
Clinical Trials on Common Cold
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Common Cold
- CenterWatch: Common Cold Trials
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- Contributor: Steven Krein
- Reviewer: Unity
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 19, 2009
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- Contributor: Steven Krein
- Reviewer: Unity
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cold, Common Colds, Colds
- Last update: Oct. 19, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.