Upper Respiratory Infection

Viral Upper Respiratory Infection Discharge Instructions, Adult

You have a viral upper respiratory infection. It is also called a URI or cold. A tiny germ called a virus causes this infection. It often affects your nose, throat, ears, and sinuses. A cold can easily spread from person to person. Coughing, sneezing, and touching something with the germ on it spreads the cold. Viral infections often go away after 2 to 3 weeks without treatment. But some can cause very serious health problems.

Open up the tubes of your lungs,Treat viral infection,Relieve or stop coughing,Help with pain from a sore throat,Relieve runny and stuffy nose,Provide oxygen

Asthma attack,Sinus infections,Lung problems like pneumonia and bronchitis,Severe fluid loss. This is dehydration.

Signs of infection. These include a fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, chills, very bad sore throat, ear or sinus pain, cough, more sputum or change in color of sputum, mouth sores.,Throwing up and can't keep liquids down,Breathing very fast, more than 40 breaths in 1 minute,Trouble breathing while lying down flat on your back,Excessive tiredness,Your fingertips or lips are starting to turn bluish

Adult,Emergency Medicine,Respiratory

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