The fight against infectious diseases - a cycle that repeats itself: the common cold

This is the 3290th article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

History Classroom

The common cold has a long history, but the first common cold virus was not isolated until 1956 in England. There is no vaccine for the common cold, and the flu vaccine does not protect against the common cold.

Pathogen Encyclopedia

1. The common cold is an acute nasopharyngitis caused by a series of pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. It is the most common type of acute upper respiratory tract infection. A person may be infected an average of 5-7 times a year.

2. The common cold is significantly less contagious than influenza, but because of the lack of cross-protection, the frequency with which a person contracts the common cold each year is much higher.

3. Common colds mainly cause symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, etc. Due to drug abuse, such as the use of unnecessary antibiotics, improper use of drugs is more likely to cause adverse reactions, and even cause more harm to health than the disease itself.

4. In treatment, there are phenomena such as blind use of medication, repeated use of medication, combination use of medication, and excessive use of antibiotics and antiviral drugs.

5. Complications of the common cold include otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillopharyngitis, posterior pharyngeal abscess, cervical lymphadenitis, laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchopneumonia, etc.

Chief Advisor: Professor Jiang Qingwu Medical Advisor: Changning District Center for Disease Control and Prevention Chief Physician Zhao Wensui Chief Physician Cai Enmao Chief Physician Tang Hong Deputy Chief Physician

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Medical content: Zhuang Jianlin famous doctor studio Editor: Zhang Zhan Gao Hui

*Project Funding:

National Natural Science Foundation of China "Response, Governance and Impact of Public Health Events Such as the COVID-19 Pandemic" Special Project - Project Name: Response and Governance of Public Opinion in Major Public Health Emergencies (Project Approval No.: 72042004)

This project was supported by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission's Science Popularization Project (Project No.: 18dz2300700).

Public Health Protection Project of Changning District Health and Family Planning Commission (2017)

Changning District Fourth Round (2018-2020) Innovation Team (Reserve) (Innovative R&D team for infectious disease prevention and control based on artificial intelligence and original IP system)

Medical specialty in Changning District: Acute infectious disease prevention and control department (acute infectious disease monitoring and prevention and control in schools)

Changning District Center for Disease Control and Prevention Innovation Team: Visual Health and Health Science Team

Further reading

Fighting infectious diseases - Taking root: Dengue fever

Infectious Disease Wars - The Fall of Nobility: Scarlet Fever

The War on Infectious Diseases—A Resurgence: Measles

The War on Infectious Diseases - Spring: Chickenpox

Fighting infectious diseases - Phoenix Nirvana: Tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines