| Acute upper respiratory tract infections | | | | Pharyngo conjunctival fever. The causes of this |
| generally are divided into the following five types: | | | | disorder are adenovirus, coxsackie and influenza |
| Common cold. This familiar syndrome is | | | | A, B and C virus, and it is characterized mainly by |
| characterized mainly by nasal obstruct tion with | | | | fever, sore throat, increased discharge in the |
| discharge, sore throat, sneezing, hoarseness, | | | | eyes, photophobia and congestion of conjunctiva. |
| varying degrees of malaise, cough,sinusitis and | | | | Bacterial pharyngotonsillitis. The most common |
| otitis. Fever is usually absent in adults but may be | | | | cause of the illness is hemolytic streptococcus, |
| present in small children. | | | | pneumococcus and staphylococcus. Its features |
| Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis). This is most | | | | are abrupt onset with chills and fever, and |
| commonly a parainfluenza virus infection of small | | | | marked congestion of the pharynx. The |
| children with anatomic location in the subglottal | | | | temperature is above 39~C and the tonsil is |
| area. It produces hoarseness, a "seal bark" | | | | enlarged with yellowish exudate on the superficial |
| cough and signs of upper airway obstruction with | | | | mucosa.chinese Medicine diagnosis |
| inspiratory stridor xiphoid and suprasternal | | | | Essentials of diagnosis are: Abrupt onset with |
| retraction, but no pain on swallowing. | | | | fever, chills, malaise, cough, coryza and muscle |
| Herpangina. This disorder is commonly a coxsackie | | | | aches.Pain, fever and catarrhal |
| A virus infection of small children with sore throat | | | | symptoms.Secondary bacterial infection with |
| and fever. The epiglottis is markedly swollen with | | | | increased white blood cell. Chest x-ray is normal. |
| a cherry red appearance. | | | | |