Common Cold Symptoms

    Last Updated: April 29, 2017

    Symptoms of the common cold refer to the actual symptoms experienced during sickness, rather than the risk of developing URTIs or the length of sickness. Reducing symptoms of sickness tends to make the process to health more tolerable despite not actually affecting the healing rate.

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