In the summer the number of colds may be even higher than in winter.
This statement was made by experts in the field of treatment of virus from the UK.
The man who lies in bed with a cold and cough at a time like everyone else enjoying the hot sun on the shore of a water body, often considers himself the most unlucky in the world. Actually, it’s not bad luck, and absolute regularity. Published by the English Department of health Public Health England statistics show that the summer outbreak of respiratory disease is even greater than in the winter months.
Over the past two weeks have reported two new outbreaks, particularly among children aged 5 to 14 years. Indeed, people often catches colds causing microorganisms in the fall and winter, when they spend much more time indoors. However, in the summer in the air loitering a significant number of viruses, says Professor of Virology at Queen Mary University in London, John Oxford.
“In the summer of some viruses colds are particularly common, says Professor Oxford. And as typical symptoms of the common cold, these viruses also cause nausea, coughing and runny nose. In General, outbreaks of colds in winter and summer are caused by different viruses. In the winter it usually rhinoviruses are the most frequent viral infections in humans. In the summer we often catch cold due to enteroviral infections.
Normal any kind of virus causes mild cold symptoms that last from several days to weeks. However the winter viruses are limited to the upper respiratory system – nose and throat. Summer enteroviruses often amaze the gastrointestinal system, which leads to disorders of the stomach, although this does not always happen.
Science is not exactly understood why different viruses cause the common cold at different times of the year. But there is a theory that some rhinoviruses are degraded under strong sunlight, but enteroviruses are more resistant to ultraviolet radiation.
