Common Cold?

Author’s Note: This is a research essay on the common cold.

What is the common cold? The common cold is a virus that goes around at one particular time of year and affects your body. The common cold is a lot like the flu accept very different at the same time, but they both can be treated with the same things. Some antibiotics. There are many different ways that it affects your body but other than those ways there aren’t any secret ones.  There are many different types of colds and different types of symptoms you get when you have a cold and there is one really specific time of year you get colds and there are main reasons you get colds.

Considering all of those things above what causes the common cold. Viruses cause the common cold. “About half of the time a cold is caused by a class of viruses called rhinoviruses.” This is the main type of cold and it affects adults and children (What causes the common cold?, 2012).

Now, there are also cold and flu symptoms. The cold and flu are very similar. They are both respiratory infections caused by viruses. If a cold is misdiagnosed and the flu it isn’t a big deal. Even though you may think it may be a big deal it can at worst cause ear infections or sinus infections which can both be treated with antibiotics (Cold and Flu Symptoms, 2012).

Even thought viruses cause the common cold there is a main time of year that you get colds. Cold and Flu season is a virus that goes around all year long.  This season happens during the cold parts of the year. The flu and cold can sometimes be predicted or even tracked around the globe. The beginning of cold and flu activity varies by location (Cold and Flu Season, 2012).

So after all we have learned you get a lot of symptoms when you get a cold. But the cold really only goes around once a year and it gets tracked around the globe so you will know when it comes into your town so don’t be scared. As you can see is that, there are things that cause the common cold, things that happen to you when you get a cold, and there is a time of year that you get colds.

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