"Prevention from Cough and Cold by @rossnenye

Hello everyone, good morning and welcome to my blog.

What is cold?

This is an upper respiratory tract infection caused by rhinovirus. The affected person usually gets healed after a while but in severe cases needs medications. This sickness affects everyone, including babies, children and adults.

Source

What is cough

Cough is not necessarily a sickness, it can be a sign that shows that someone is about to fall sick, it is also a reflex action that one exhibits when he or she comes in contact with a strange particle, e.g swallowing bone, smoke. It is also an ailment and one of the major symptom of common cold.

Cough and Cold share similar symptoms and some of them includes.

Runny nose

Itchy throat

Cough and Catarrh

Sore throat

Fatigue

Loss of breath

Headache

Fever

Sneezing

Loss of sense of smell and taste.

Blurred vision in some cases.

Difficulty in breathing.

Adequate measures to prevent Cold and Cough

Wash your hands regularly with soap and water especially after visiting the hospital.

Cover your nose and mouth before sneezing

Take proper medications when you have cold to avoid transferring it to other people.

Wear protective jacket while in a cold place.

Eat healthy food that boost the immune system.

Ways of contacting cold

Coming in contact with someone suffering from cold and cough.

Eating and drinking contaminated food.

Exposure to cold weather.

Breathing in contaminated air.

Touching contaminated surfaces.

Some illness that has cough as it's major symptom

They're some illness that has cough as their major symptoms, they includes

Pneumonia

Bronchitis

Sinusitis

Malaria

Thanks for reading through, I invite @knaus, @akareen and @akofem to participate in this contest