What happens during a cold?
Indexed December 25, 2011
While the flu is caused by influenza virus the common cold is caused by another virus, the rhinovirus. Symptoms often include feeling bad, headache, stuffy nose, sore throat, itchy eyes, coughing and sometimes a low grade fever. The rhinovirus is spread in the same way that the flu virus is, through the nasal and respiratory secretions.
This means that when an individual coughs into their hands or sneezes on an object the virus can be spread to the next person when it is transmitted to their hands in the person and touches their nose, mouth or eyes. Sometimes the virus is spread directly when an individual sneezes in the area of another person’s face.
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