Less Symptoms, Less Awareness – A Deep View On Common Cold

The common cold is a viral infection of upper respiratory tract. Mostly common cold are affected by a virus called rhinovirus. Cold is a mild viral infection of a nose, throat, sinuses and upper airway. Mostly infection occur in a winter period. Common cold according to ayurveda is pratishyaya. The aim of our study was to assess the knowledge of common cold symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, in the population prevalence study was carried out to evaluate the knowledge of common cold among the medical and paramedical students of in various designations Tamil Nadu, India. We used the online survey tool(Google format).