29/02/2024
👩🏻⚕️COMMON COLD👩🏻⚕️
•The common cold is a viral infection of your upper respiratory tract — your nose and throat. A common cold is usually harmless, although it may not feel that way at the time. If it's not a runny nose, sore throat and cough, it's the watery eyes, sneezing and congestion — or maybe all of the above. In fact, because any one of more than 100 viruses can cause a common cold, signs and symptoms tend to vary greatly.
•Preschool children are at greatest risk of frequent colds, but even healthy adults can expect to have a few colds each year.
•Most people recover from a common cold in about a week or two week. If symptoms don't improve, see your doctor.
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🏥SYMPTOMS:
Symptoms of a common cold usually appear about one to three days after exposure to a cold-causing virus. Signs and symptoms of a common cold may include:
✓Runny or stuffy nose
✓Itchy or sore throat
✓Cough
✓Congestion
✓Slight body aches(neuralgia)
✓mild headache(cephalgia)
✓Sneezing
✓Watery eyes
✓Low-grade fever
✓Mild fatigue
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🏥SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION:
🔘The discharge from your nose may become thicker and yellow or green in color as a common cold runs its course. What makes a cold different from other viral infections is that you generally won't have a high fever. You're also unlikely to experience significant fatigue from a common cold.
⭕FOR ADULTS:
seek medical attention if you have:
✓Fever of 103 F (39.4 C) or higher
✓Fever accompanied by sweating, chills and a cough with colored phlegm
✓Significantly swollen glands
✓Severe sinus pain
⭕FOR CHILDREN:
in general, children are sicker with a common cold than adults are and often develop complications, such as ear infections. Your child doesn't need to see the doctor for a routine common cold. But seek medical attention right away if your child has any of the following signs or symptoms:
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