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ummm. The cold is caused by a virus (rhinovirus, RSV, enterovirus, or adenovirus) not bacteria. Please don't take antibiotics to treat viral infections. The be
by mellavora 10y ago
ummm. The cold is caused by a virus (rhinovirus, RSV, enterovirus, or adenovirus) not bacteria.
Please don't take antibiotics to treat viral infections. The best you can hope for is (measurable) damage to your own gut bacteria. The worst is breeding more superbugs.
- btilly 10y agoThe common cold is indeed caused by a virus. However colds often result in opportunistic bacterial infections, and a very large number of what people call colds are caused by bacteria. Therefore many (though certainly not all) colds are appropriately treated with an antibiotic.