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===Progression=== [[File:Cold symptoms cdc.jpg|Cold symptoms over time|thumb]] A cold usually begins with fatigue, a feeling of being [[Chills|chilled]], sneezing, and a headache, followed in a couple of days by a runny nose and cough.<ref name=E24/> Symptoms may begin within sixteen hours of exposure<ref>{{cite book |veditors=Helms RA |title=Textbook of therapeutics: drug and disease management |year=2006 |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.] |isbn=978-0-7817-5734-8 |page=1882 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVmRWrknaWgC&pg=PA1882 |edition=8. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430175008/https://books.google.com/books?id=aVmRWrknaWgC&pg=PA1882 |archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> and typically peak two to four days after onset.<ref name=Eccles2005/><ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Turner RB, Hayden FG |veditors=Rรผbsamen-Waigmann H |display-editors=etal |title=Viral Infections and Treatment |chapter=Rhinovirus |year=2003 |publisher=CRC Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8247-4247-8 |page=111 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AltZnmbIhbwC&pg=PA111 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504193824/https://books.google.com/books?id=AltZnmbIhbwC&pg=PA111 |archive-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> They usually resolve in seven to ten days, but some can last for up to three weeks.<ref name=Heik2003/> The average duration of cough is eighteen days<ref name="pmid23319500">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ebell MH, Lundgren J, Youngpairoj S |title=How long does a cough last? Comparing patients' expectations with data from a systematic review of the literature |journal=Annals of Family Medicine |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=5โ13 |year=2013 |pmid=23319500 |pmc=3596033 |doi=10.1370/afm.1430}}</ref> and in some cases people develop a [[post-viral cough]] which can linger after the infection is gone.<ref name="pmid21198555">{{cite journal |vauthors=Dicpinigaitis PV |title=Cough: an unmet clinical need |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |volume=163 |issue=1 |pages=116โ24 |date=May 2011 |pmid=21198555 |pmc=3085873 |doi=10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01198.x}}</ref> In children, the cough lasts for more than ten days in 35โ40% of cases and continues for more than 25 days in 10%.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Goldsobel AB, Chipps BE |title=Cough in the pediatric population |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=156 |issue=3 |pages=352โ8 |date=March 2010 |pmid=20176183 |doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.004}}</ref>
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