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Descriptor English: Common Cold
Descriptor Spanish: Resfriado Común
Descriptor resfriado común
Entry term(s) catarro
constipado
coriza aguda
resfrío común
Scope note: Trastorno catarral de las vías respiratorias altas, que puede ser una infección vírica o mixta. Se caracteriza por coriza aguda, congestión nasal y estornudos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Resfriado Comum
Descriptor French: Rhume banal
Entry term(s): Acute Coryza
Catarrh
Catarrhs
Cold, Common
Colds, Common
Common Colds
Coryza, Acute
Tree number(s): C01.748.162
C01.925.782.687.207
C08.730.162
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003139
Scope note: A catarrhal disorder of the upper respiratory tract, which may be viral or a mixed infection. It generally involves a runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing.
Annotation: often caused by a picornavirus; do not confuse CATARRH in animals with MALIGNANT CATARRH, a herpesvirus infection of cattle or with NASAL CATARRH see RHINITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3170
Unique ID: D003139
NLM Classification: WC 510
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Common Cold - Preferred
Concept UI M0004864
Scope note A catarrhal disorder of the upper respiratory tract, which may be viral or a mixed infection. It generally involves a runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing.
Preferred term Common Cold
Entry term(s) Cold, Common
Colds, Common
Common Colds
Coryza, Acute - Narrower
Concept UI M0004865
Preferred term Coryza, Acute
Entry term(s) Acute Coryza
Catarrh - Narrower
Concept UI M0518075
Scope note Inflammation of a mucous membrane with increased flow of mucous in humans or animals. Catarrh is used mostly in a historical context.
Preferred term Catarrh
Entry term(s) Catarrhs



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