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Related concepts: Upper respiratory tract infection, URI, Nasopharyngitis, Viral rhinosinusitis. Introduction to a common cold: It’s called the “common cold” for a reason. Your child will probably have more colds than any other type of illness. Most kids have had eight to ten colds by their second birthdays and they continue throughout childhood (and their [...]

It’s easy for the eyes to glaze over when looking at the long words listed in the ingredients of cough and cold medications. Learning to recognize a few words, though, is an important skill to learn (and not that difficult). It may save your life.

My son is in daycare and seems to pick up everything that anyone gets — colds, flu, ear infections — you name it. And then he brings it home! I’ve heard you say that a daycare of 6 or…

Dr. Greene, how do you tell if a child has an active mycoplasma infection? When is mycoplasma pneumoniae IgG increased and decreased after an infection? How important are mycoplasma infections in children?
Dr. Mehmet – Bosnak Turkey

How do colds and flu spread? Do they spread differently?

I am a physician (an anesthesiologist) and I have continued to try to (silly me) find a really good description of the difference between Flu and Cold.
This has really been nagging me, not only for my kids, but for…