The common cold.
The clinical distinction between a patient who has a common cold with pharyngitis and a patient at risk for streptococcal pharyngitis is based on the symptoms that are present and those that are absent. Many other diagnostic distinctions in patients with a common cold or similar acute respiratory illnesses can be made, using readily available information. Management can be cost-effective and of low toxicity when the relative merits and risks of each preparation and its constituents are understood.
D003139:Common Cold / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis