page_title: Common cold
section_title: Management
hierarchical_section_title: Common cold / Management
caption_attribution_description: English: URL: https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html TITLE: Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consult your physician / G.S., Jr. CALL NUMBER: POS - WPA - NY .S076, no. 1 (B size) [P&amp;P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC2-5391 (color film copy slide) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Poster encouraging citizens to "consult your physician" for treatment of the common cold, showing a shark. MEDIUM: 1 print on board (poster)&#160;: silkscreen, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [New York]&#160;: Federal Art Project, W.P.A., [1936 or 1937] NOTES: Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
context_page_description: The common cold, also known simply as a cold, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the nose. The throat, sinuses, and larynx may also be affected. Signs and symptoms may appear less than two days after exposure to the virus. These may include coughing, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, headache, and fever. People usually recover in seven to ten days, but some symptoms may last up to three weeks. Occasionally, those with other health problems may develop pneumonia.
  Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses being the most common. They spread through the air during close contact with infected people or indirectly through contact with objects in the environment, followed by transfer to the mouth or nose. Risk factors include going to child care facilities, not sleeping well, and psychological stress. The symptoms are mostly due to the body's immune response to the infection rather than to tissue destruction by the viruses themselves. The symptoms of influenza are similar to those of a cold, although usually more severe and less likely to include a runny nose.
context_section_description: Treatments of the common cold primarily involve medications and other therapies for symptomatic relief. Getting plenty of rest, drinking fluids to maintain hydration, and gargling with warm salt water are reasonable conservative measures. Much of the benefit from symptomatic treatment is, however, attributed to the placebo effect. As of 2010, no medications or herbal remedies had been conclusively demonstrated to shorten the duration of infection.
caption: Poster from 1937 encouraging citizens to "consult your physician" for treatment of the common cold
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