BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rhinorrhea, Orthomyxoviridae, Decongestant

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

So many causes for the cold (more than 200 types of viruses and each virus is different) You cannot cure it, can take certain medications to relieve symptoms. Found out that sneeze doesn"t actually contain that many virus (adult), not best way to spread virus. Being cold doesn"t cause cold, has nothing to do with temperature. Direct exposure to virus does not always cause cold (a little over half the time) Runny nose, humans touch face or rub nose and pick up a bit of the mucus and then you touch a surface and spread to the surface, someone touches surface, scratches face. Sitting in same room experiment, confirmed by mythbusters. Colds are more common in crowds (closer in space you share cold) Tracked when ship arrived from island and outbreaks (when comes from outside bring outside viruses and passes through the population) Seasonally: colds start in september and track through may.