Upper Respiratory Infection WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Upper Respiratory Infection
An upper respiratory infection (URI) is a type of infection of the head and chest that can affect your nose, throat, sinuses and ears.
Fast Facts:
- Symptoms may include scratchy or sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, and nasal congestion, cough, watery eyes, ear congestion, slight fever, fatigue, headache and loss of appetite
- Treatment with non-prescription medicines and other self-care items are usually used first
- URIs usually last one to two weeks
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Latest Headlines on Upper Respiratory Infection
What is Upper Respiratory Infection?
- Medterms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Upper Respiratory Infection
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: What is an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)?
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital: What is an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)?
- Dartmouth College: What is an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)?
- Healthwise (via Yahoo Health): Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URI)
What Are The Symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infection?
- University of Virginia: What are the Upper Respiratory Infection (URI or Common Cold) - Symptoms
- CureResearch.com: Symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infection
- Children's Hospital Boston: Upper Respiratory Infection (URI or Common Cold) - Symptoms
- NutritionMD: Upper Respiratory Infection: Overview and Symptoms
- TalkMedical: What are the Signs and Symptoms of the Infection?
What Are The Causes and Complications of Upper Respiratory Infection?
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Upper Respiratory Infection | Complications of Upper Respiratory Infection
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital: What Causes the Common Cold? | What are Possible Complications From Having a Cold?
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection - What Causes it?
- Medicine Online: Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors of Upper Respiratory Infection
- The Pharmaceutical Journal: Chest Infection Complications Reduced by Antibiotics
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Upper Respiratory Infection?
- eMedicine: Treatment for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection | Medication for Treatment for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Wikipedia: Treatment for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Drugs.com: Drugs Associated with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Upper Respiratory Infection?
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: Self-Care Tips for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Natural Standard: Echinacea for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Treatment
- ClevelandClinic: Therapy for Upper Respiratory Infection
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: Self-care tips for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Hall Health Primary Care Center: Self Care and Prevention for Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs)
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Upper Respiratory Infection?
- WrongDiagnosis: Types of Upper Respiratory Infection
- CureResearch: Types of Upper Respiratory Infection
- Merck: Symptoms, Signs, and Diagnosis of Common Cold (Upper Respiratory Infection)
- Georgetown University Department of Medicine: Outlook (Prognosis) for Common Cold]
- eMedicine: Follow Up for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
How Do You Prevent Upper Respiratory Infection?
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Can I Prevent my Child From Getting Colds?
- Merck: Treatment and Prevention for Common Cold (Upper Respiratory Infection)
- Medicine Online: Upper Respiratory Infection
- DiscoveryHealth: What can be Done to Prevent the Infection?
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Upper Respiratory Infection
- NowPublic: Educating The Public On Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- ScienceDaily: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Medications.com: Upper Respiratory Infection Symptoms Message Board
- MiddleGeorgiaMoms.com: Upper Respiratory Infection Message Board
- Yahoo Message Boards: Viral Upper Respiratory Infection???
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Upper Respiratory Infection
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Upper Respiratory Infection
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Upper Respiratory Infection
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Upper Respiratory Infection
Clinical Trials on Upper Respiratory Infection
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Upper Respiratory Infection
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials on Upper Respiratory Infection
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- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Upper Respiratory Infections, URI, URIs, Upper Respiratory Infecsions, Upper Respiratory Infetisons, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Upper respiratory tract infections, Respiratory Infection, Respiratory Infections
- Last update: Feb. 12, 2009
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