Common Cold : Causes
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Causes could include:
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Rhinovirus
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We call it the "common cold" for good reason. There are over one billion colds in the United States each year. You and your children will probably have more colds than any other type of illness. Children average three to eight colds per year. They...
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Colds are diagnosed by observing a child's symptoms. There are no laboratory tests as of 2004 for detecting the cold virus. However, a doctor may do a throat culture or blood test to rule out a secondary infection. Influenza is sometimes confused ...
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Colds are diagnosed by observing a person's symptoms and symptom history. There are no laboratory tests readily available to detect the cold virus. However, a doctor may do a throat or nasal culture, or blood test to rule out a secondary infection...
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Colds are caused by more than 200 different viruses. The most common groups are rhinoviruses and coronaviruses. Different viruses are more infectious at different seasons of the year, but determining the exact virus causing the cold is not importa...
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Colds are diagnosed by observing a person's symptoms. There are no laboratory tests readily available to detect the cold virus. However, a doctor may do a throat culture or blood test to rule out a secondary infection. Influenza is sometimes confu...
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