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In the absence of an epidemic of ofinfiuenza ofinfluenza ofInfluenza infiuenza influenza it should be remembered rememberedthat rememberedthat rememberedthat that the common cold is given ItS ItSname itsname itsname name because it is so common-the common the commonthecommonest commonthecommonest common - thecommonest commonest a ailment ment known How to Diagnose EachThe EachThe Each EachThe The early symptoms of the com'lOon cornmon corn com mon 'lOon lOon ' cold are sneezing burning burnmg and andstuffiness andstuffiness andstuffiness stuffiness of the nose first a th n nwatery nwatery nwatery watery discharge which thIckens thIckensand thickensand thickensand and plugs the nose mak ng It Itd itd itd d fflcult fficult icult to breathe Symptoms come comeon comeon comeon on gradually and patient is not notgreatly notgreatly notgreatly greatly prostratedThe prostratedThe prostrated prostratedThe The early symptoms of Influenza Influenzaare influenzaare influenzaare are different m in that the symptoms symptomscome symptomscome symptomscome come on suddenly perhaps one or ortwo ortwo ortwo two days after exposure the pat ent entmay entmay entmay may fall from severe prostrallonThe prostrationThe prostration prostrallon prostrationThe The cough in m influenza mfluenza is hard hardand hardand hardand and dry and little or noth ng IS ISbrought isbrought isbrought brought up from bronchial tubes tubeseven tubeseven tubeseven even after a severe coughing coughmg spell spellwhereas spellwhereas spellwhereas whereas in the common cold as asnoted asnoted asnoted noted above there is first a pro pro- profuse profuse profuse - fuse watery wItery : d scharge schIrge : from the nose noseand noseand noseand and later the patient is able to cough coughup coughup coughup up thick mucus The voice is usu usually usually usually ally more affected by a cold than thanby thanby thanby by mfluenzaThe influenzaThe influenza mfluenza influenzaThe The suddenness and the great greatprostrat greatprostrat greatprostrat prostrat on then are the outstandmg outstanding outstandmgsymptoms outstandingsymptoms outstandingsymptoms symptoms in m mfluenza-symptoms mfluenza symptoms influenza-symptoms influenza mfluenzasymptomsh influenzasymptomswh influenza - symptomsvh \\h h wh \ , ch can be readily read1Iy recognizedHowever recognizedHowever recognized recognizedHowever However whether symptoms are aredue aredue aredue due to the common cold or to mfiu influ mfiuenza influenza influenza enza the treatment is 15 the same- same samerest samerest same samerest - - rest and heat The same com comp compi pI ] ca catJons cationsbronch cations tJons tions-bronch tions bronch - bronch t s pneumon a and andbroncho andbroncho andbroncho broncho pneumonia pneumoma - can develop developfrom developfrom developfrom from either a cold or In influenza luenza . . . QUESTION BOlQ BOlRecently BOX BOl BOXQ O , " -Recently Recently QRecently Q - Recently I ve ye been yawning a agreat agreat agreat great deal and feebng feel1ng feeling tired in sp te to teof toof teof of the fact that I sleep the average averagenumccr averagenumoer averagenumocr numccr numoer of hours per night Could Couldyou Couldyou Couldyou you suggest a reason tor for this this7 this7A ? ' AYanmg A-Yawning A Yawning A Yawning -Ya\\nmg Ya nmg - \ may be bc due duc to some somelow somelow somelow low Infection a II . blocked nose too toomuch toomuch toomuch much . acid l.eld leld Lcld food constipation and andother andother andother other conditions It Is not 110t conld consid conldered considcred considcred " , ered cred a sign of o ( heart d seaseQ seaseWhat seaseQWhat scase sease scaseQ Q-What Q What Q -What What - What is the other name for forParkInson forParkinson forParkinson ParkInson s disease7 disease disease7A ? 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