Articles related to "Rhinovirus"

What are the facts behind the mild sickness known as the common cold?

What causes the common cold and the miserable symptoms that result when you become infected? A tiny virus and your own immune system in overdrive are to blame.

Most adults are likely to have common cold two to four times a year. The article tells how to deal with this frequent upper respiratory illness.

Travelers can protect their health on vacation with germ-reducing practices, an inspection and by sanitizing areas to prevent illness while staying at their hotel.

There are many different oral and nasal zinc products currently on the market. All claim to reduce the duration and severity of cold symptoms. Do they work?

Going back to school means new clothes and fun supplies. It also means exposure to all kinds of germs. Protect your kids with a few helpful tips to staying healthy.

Here are some very simple steps that a person can take bolster immune function and avoid getting sick this cold and flu season.

A person coughing and sneezing can infect a crowd with the rhinovirus and other germs. How does one stay healthy? Learn how to take precautions against droplet spread.

Viruses are not living cells, but efficient parasites that commandeer living cells and turn them into virus factories. Learn how these nonliving particles act so smart.

When is a cold most contagious? How can colds be avoided? Does cold weather cause colds? Will vitamin C help? The following article answers these common questions.

Is it the flu, a cold or a bacterial infection? A fast test to screen for influenza virus takes the guesswork out of treatment.

Influenza and the common cold can both make you miserable, but there are several differences between these maladies.

They were sick, but did they have the flu? Signs and symptoms may be very similar for different respiratory diseases.Special diagnostic tests help determine the disease.

The Hepatitis A virus occurs through ingestion of fecally contaminated materials from an HAV positive source - another person, contaminated food, or contaminated water.

Sometimes individuals have a difficult time understanding whether they are experiencing cold or flu symptoms.

The respiratory distress caused by croup can be alarming for both patients and parents; knowing how to respond when croup strikes will help to alleviate those fears.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on June 11, 2009 made flu an official pandemic for 2009 season. Swine flu H1N1 is now a world-wide, infectious, dangerous disease.

The spread of illness can be significantly reduced if sick children stay at home (for at least 24 hours after symptoms are gone), and away from healthy individuals.

What is Flu, or Influenza ? And how can one differentiate it from the less harmful common cold, which also has similar initial symptoms?

Desiree Jennings made headlines with the medical hardships she has faced since being inoculated with a seasonal flu vaccine. Should people fear seasonal flu shots?