Common Cold: The Commonest Human Disease

CAUSES:

• Exciting cause is an unidentified virus but there are certain predisposing factors which render some people more prone to catch the infection that others like

• Damp, dark and over crowded houses which predispose to cross infection.
• Lowered body resistance for e.g. starvation or some other diseases
• Wet and cold weather
• Sedentary occupations and working conditions in which there may be dust of fumes in the atmosphere
• Other defects in the nose and throat for e.g. allergy, nasal polyp, deflected septum, sinusitis, tonsillitis etc
• Age and sex is no bar but very young patient seem to suffer most from the disease
• Imbalanced diet and smoking.