Treatment with medications directed at specific symptoms, such as 12 hour nasal sprays for the cough and sore throat due to post nasal drainage, are usually quite effect too. Better yet- see our tips below for avoiding the common cold. By knowing how rhinoviruses cause infection you can greatly decrease your chance of getting a cold even if everyone at work, school, or home has one. When your mother told you picking your nose is a bad habit she was right. An important reason young children get so many colds is they are always touching things and picking their noses.
Rhinoviruses live and multiple in the nose.
They get their by hand to nose contact, not by floating in the air as some viruses and bacteria do. People generally must touch their nose on occasion. Hand washing with soap and water before doing so will usually eliminate the rhinovirus from your hand. Top References 1. Eby GA, Davis DR, Halcomb WW 2.