Talk:Common cold
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Coronavirus
The page currently seems to say that one of the main causes for a common cold is a coronavirus. I was taught in medical school that coronavirus does not (usually) affect humans, and that's why it took so long to track down the virus in SARS. Perhaps the article should note this. At the moment someone could look at this and think there's a 50:50 chance their cold is a rhinovirus or a coronavirus.--KX36 (talk) 11:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- According to one of the two cited references, coronavirus may cause up to 15% of colds—G716 <T·C> 01:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Epidemiology
The statement "The seasonality may be due to the start of the school year..." has been taken from the USA government website: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In Australia, the school year starts in February, a hot summer month. Colds and flu are prevalent in colder periods, just like elsewhere but albeit during different months of a year. I see no causal link between the start of the school year and the onset of "cold season".Outback1964 (talk) 12:00, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Etiology
Etiology is all wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.195.132 (talk) 23:14, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
- Fixed - reverted to last stable version —G716 <T·C> 23:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be some mention of Cold-fX? 216.239.234.196 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Yes maybe under alternative treatments that have no evidence for them.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Weight
There is an issue with how much is write about alternative treatments. None of which have good support. This section should be reduced. Reviews rather than primary research should be referenced. Will work on this.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:38, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Have fixed it. Still lots of work needed.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
2nd generation antihistamines.
The article reference does not support the claim that 2nd generation antihistamine drugs are not useful for a cold symptoms. The drugs merely do not cross the blood brain barrier and a cold virus does not attack the brain anyway.