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What is referred to in lay terms as a cold or common cold is called acute viral nasopharyngitis in medical jargon. This viral infectious disease is very contagious and spreads rapidly in most outbreaks due to the easy transfer of virus particles from person to person directly or by indirect transfers from touching contaminated items (see how a cold is spread in related questions.) The most common methods of spreading a cold include expulsion of respiratory droplets that contain virus particles when an infected person coughs or sneezes near someone else who touches and picks up the particles or who can breathe them in during a brief period if close to the person who sneezed or coughed. See related questions in the related questions section.
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When was Cold Contagious created?
Cold Contagious was created on 1997-12-20.
Are there contagious and non contagious colds?
No, all cold viruses are contagious.
How long are you contagious with a chest cold?
A person is contagious with a chest cold for about 2 weeks. A doctor can give you medicine to help you get rid of the chest cold.
Are cold sores contagoues?
Cold sores are very contagious.
Is a chest cold contagious?
If you have a phlem productive cough, then it is contagious. Learned that working on the ambulance.
Are periods contagious?
your periods can be influenced by the people around you........ but this is hormonal .......periods are not contagious like a cold or the flu
When is a person with a common cold contagious?
There does not appear to be a period of time that a cold is least contagious. Scientists believe that a person who has the common cold can be contagious for a few days before their symptoms begin right up until the time when their symptoms subside. This period of time could take up to two weeks. However, the period of time when a cold is most contagious is usually when the symptoms are at their worst, usually 2 to 4 days into the cold.
Is a cold really contagious?
yes if they cough or sneeze on you
Are virial infections contagious?
Virus infections are contagious - like the flu, the common cold, viral pneumonia, and so on.
Are canker sores contagious?
Nope. Cold sores are though.
Can you catch a cold by drinking after someone with a cold?
yes colds and flu viruses are fast contagious
Is the common cold contagious in Alaska?
yes because the common cold can be found all around the globe
