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What is the common cold's scientific name?
The common cold is caused by various viruses, with the most common being rhinoviruses. Other viruses that can cause cold-like symptoms include coronaviruses and adenoviruses.
Is the common cold the same as the flu?
No they are caused by two different viruses and the symptoms are slightly different. See more in the related questions below.
What are the common causes or respiratory ailment of symptoms?
The most common cause of upper respiratory symptoms are viruses. Viruses cannot be treated with antibiotics. Physicians usually recommend rest, fluids and time to allow symptoms resolve.
What causes symptoms like a cold?
Usually viruses cause cold-like symptoms, such as the viruses that cause the common cold and the flu, but, other diseases and disorders can also include similar symptoms and so can toxic effects from chemicals and drugs.
Why can antibiotics treat flu-like symptoms caused by bacteria but are ineffective against flu?
Because the way antibiotics treat those symptoms is by killing the bacteria that cause them. If the symptoms are caused by viruses, then antibiotics can't help since they are not made to be able to "kill" viruses, just bacteria. Flu viruses are not really living organisms like bacteria are. So viruses must be inactivated rather than killed. Antibiotics can neither kill nor inactivate viruses. They are created to be used to kill only specific bacteria, they do not kill every kind of bacteria, either. That is why there are so many different kinds of antibiotics. Antibiotics can treat flu-like symptoms caused by some bacteria, because the right antibiotics can kill bacteria. So although flu like symptoms are similar to those of the flu, they are caused by different microbes so are not cured in the same way.
Which cause the common cold rabies AIDs and flu?
viruses. All four of those infectious diseases are caused by viruses. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the name of the virus that causes AIDS. The common cold is usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold. Viruses also cause the flu, there are three types of human influenza viruses, Types A, B and C and many subtypes and strains of each of those types.
What is the common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria viruses fungi and parasites?
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Do viruses cause vomiting but never diarrhea?
Viruses can cause both vomiting and diarrhea. The "Norwalk Flu" is a name given to what is also commonly called "Stomach Flu", which is gastroenteritis caused by viruses. With it you can get nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea as well as a fever and aches. Many other viruses also can cause these symptoms such as the flu viruses. However, usually there are also obvious respiratory symptoms with influenza that are more severe and last longer than the GI system signs and symptoms.
What human illnesses caused by viruses?
Quite a few, HIV and influenza are probably the most common.
What causes the common cold rabies AIDS and the flu?
viruses. All four of those Infectious Diseases are caused by viruses. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the name of the virus that causes AIDS. The common cold is usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold. Viruses also cause the flu, there are three types of human influenza viruses, Types A, B and C and many subtypes and strains of each of those types.
What is the difference between bacterial and viral diarrhea?
Even though the symptoms are mostly the same, bacterial diarrhea is caused by bacteria, and viral diarrhea is caused by viruses. This means that the treatment for each is different, since the same medicines do not affect both bacterias and viruses.
What germ causes AIDS - the common cold - and the flu?
All three of those infectious diseases are caused by viruses. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the name of the virus that causes AIDS. The common cold is usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold. Viruses also cause the flu, there are three types of human influenza viruses, Types A, B and C and many subtypes and strains of each of those types.
