THE

COMMON
COLD

The most common contagious

disease in the world is the
common cold. Colds are actually
infections of the mucous
membranes of your nose and
throat, but sometimes they
spread to your air passages and
lungs. The cold germs, or viruses,
that cause these infections and
make you cough or sneeze travel
through the outside air inside tiny
droplets of moisture. Doctors
believe that you can "catch" a
cold if you breathe in these virus
droplets expelled by someone

 The strange thing about these viruses is

that they are probably in your throat most
of the time. However, they simply do not
attack your body until your resistance is
lowered by being chilled, overheated, or
extremely tired. A cold takes from one to
three days to develop and it does so in
three stages: The first is the "dry" stage,
during which your nose feels dry and
swollen, your throat may tickle, and your
eyes may water. In the second stage,
your nose begins to run. And finally, in
the third stage, you may develop a fever
and a cough

Which part
of the
body
isnotaffe
cted by
the
common
cold?

Throat
Nose
Eyes
Lungs

Which is
the second
stage in
the
developm
ent of a
cold?

dry nose
runny nose
fever and
cough