Common cold

The common cold was a mundane infectious disease.
==Acquisition==
It was (falsely) believedIt's a common misconception that the common cold arises from cold weather or a chill. Nevertheless, this information is included for faithfulness to the source text and setting. that being chilly led to catching the common cold. For example, a risk of catching the common cold was one of many reasons that adventurers were warned not to sleep in metal armor or to travel during cold or rainy weather.
==Effects==
Sufferers of the common cold experienced fits of coughing and sneezing, which could disrupt the casting of spells or the conducting of rituals. Colds varied from mild to severe, although even severe infections were seen as merely annoying and uncomfortable compared to other, more fatal diseases.
==Treatment==
The common cold was easy to cure with magical healing however it was generally seen as too trivial to warrant the use of spells, thus some priests saw it as beneath the scope of their healing duties. However, the Temple of Gond in Tilverton was said to treat the common cold in the mid–14 century DR.
The common cold could also be treated effectively by mundane means. Remedies for the common cold were offered at apothecary shops (such as Mother's Cupboard in Raven's Bluff), where they sold for 1 gp as of the mid-to-late 14 century DR. Other remedies said to work for treating the common cold included myrrh and horsetail, as well as mallow, catnip, chives, garlic, ginger, mustard, and rose.
The halflings of Luiren had learned a special skill of medicinal cooking that involved making curative foods using Luiren spring cheese, and apprentice cooks knew how to prepare meals that could cure many normal diseases, including the common cold.
==History==
The small settlement of Kin Elbhaz in Maztica was famous as a place of such good fortune that the common cold was the worst disease with which they had to contend.
==Notable Carriers==
* Coll, a young thief who tried to flee Baldur's Gate in the , who caught a cold while hanging out around the docks without any shoes.
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