Coughs Head cold or Flu?

Common cold is infection of breath channel to viral acute, with various variation (of) symptom. Number of its(the cavicorns is also highly varied, more than 200 types or strain ( very often is faction rhinovirus and coronavirus). This differs from flu. Flu is abbreviation of viral influenza disease of influenza A or B.

� Influenza symptom is more seriously and generally requires therapy of antivirus besides simptomatic drug. Whereas common enough cold with simptomatic drug because its(the cavicorn is plenty (of),� its(the decompose.


Its(the symptom is highly varied, like coughing, watery mucus and transparent, red lane pain, sneeze, eye berair,hidung stufves up. Sometime is accompanied light systemic symptom like light fever, taste weakens light, light headache, and light stiff. � Difference of common cold with other respiration viral diseases, at common cold is not accompanied high fever, more than anything else until trembling. Besides there is no excitement muscle pain in bone,� express Titi.

Further, woman taking hold of Ketua Dewan Ilmiah Perhimpunan Dokter Paru Indonesia ( PDPI) this tells that besides virus,batuk-pilek also able to be caused hypersensitive of respiration ( allergy).

At normal condition ( without komplikasi) generally common cold will alleviate or recovers in less than one week. But, properly is taken heed if(when sigh to cough still going or becoming weight, possibility that can arise komplikasi, especially at people with low body staying power, there is disease history kronik, manula and balita.

� Therapy at coughing orients at cause. Cough medicine can be given to assist assuages symptom or recognized as simptomatic therapy. But, if since beginning of of course coughed it is not because of ordinary batuk-pilek, hence needing addition of special therapy to disease cause,� its(the papar.

In general, every therapy aim to overcome symptom, lessens komplikasi and quickens healing. But, according to Madeline Simasek MD and David A Blandino MD from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pennsylvania, handling for common cold focussed to assuage symptom, like lessening coughs and antibiotic sengauPenggunaan nose nor shows improvement of symptom or cuts short duration of disease