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Common cold
The common cold is a unique human disease, as it is arguably the most common disease and because of the large number of respiratory viruses causing colds it is one of the most complex of human diseases. This review discusses the respiratory viruses and notes that all these viruses may cause the illn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37426629 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1224988 |
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description | The common cold is a unique human disease, as it is arguably the most common disease and because of the large number of respiratory viruses causing colds it is one of the most complex of human diseases. This review discusses the respiratory viruses and notes that all these viruses may cause the illness complex recognised as the common cold. The common cold is discussed as part of the “iceberg concept” of disease which ranges from asymptomatic infection to severe illness and death. The factors influencing the incidence of colds are discussed: crowding and sociability, stress, smoking and alcohol, immune status, sex, age, sleep, season, chilling, nutrition and exercise. The mechanism of symptoms related to the innate immune response is explained and symptomatic treatments are tabulated. Morbidity associated with common cold is discussed and possible vaccines. |
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spelling | pubmed-103245712023-07-07 Common cold Eccles, Ronald Front Allergy Allergy The common cold is a unique human disease, as it is arguably the most common disease and because of the large number of respiratory viruses causing colds it is one of the most complex of human diseases. This review discusses the respiratory viruses and notes that all these viruses may cause the illness complex recognised as the common cold. The common cold is discussed as part of the “iceberg concept” of disease which ranges from asymptomatic infection to severe illness and death. The factors influencing the incidence of colds are discussed: crowding and sociability, stress, smoking and alcohol, immune status, sex, age, sleep, season, chilling, nutrition and exercise. The mechanism of symptoms related to the innate immune response is explained and symptomatic treatments are tabulated. Morbidity associated with common cold is discussed and possible vaccines. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10324571/ /pubmed/37426629 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1224988 Text en © 2023 Eccles. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
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title | Common cold |
title_full | Common cold |
title_fullStr | Common cold |
title_full_unstemmed | Common cold |
title_short | Common cold |
title_sort | common cold |
topic | Allergy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37426629 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2023.1224988 |
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