Common cold is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the mucus membrane.
Symptoms – Sneezing, sore throat, runny nose.
Cure – No medication. Body has to fight of the infection. Take plenty of liquids and rest.

Flu or influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract.
Symptoms – High fever, fatigue, headache, muscle ache and coughing.
Cure – Antiviral drugs may help in early stages. Mostly treated with proper nutrition, plenty of rest and lots of liquids.

1. Avoid close contacts with ill persons. If sick, stay home.
2. Wash hands often.
3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth often.
4. Eat right and physical activity to strengthen the immune system.
5. Abstain form smoking.

Hepatitis cannot be treated with antibiotics because hepatitis is caused by viral infection and antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by bacteria.

The respiratory tract connects the outside world to the inside of your body.
It could easily catch what is in the air by simply breathing thus making it at risk for infection
from bacteria and viruses.

The respiratory tract connects the outside world to the inside of your body. A direct pathway where bacteria and viruses can simply infect internally.

Illegal drug users have a high chance of contracting and spreading hepatitis thru sharing of the syringe injections or a needle that has been used even if it is only once.

Thru sharing of the syringe injections or a needle that has been used by an infected individual to another.

Some of the reported communicable diseases and as indicated on the website are hepatitis B, HIV, influenza, and syphilis. Influenza is easily transmitted by air droplets and close contact with infected persons. It is caused by a different virus and affects the lower parts of the respiratory tract. Hepatitis B is transmitted by sexual contact, sharing of needles, and from the mother to the baby at birth. There is no specific treatment yet for acute hepatitis B. HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, needle sharing, and blood transfusions, and can then develop into AIDS which has no cure as of now. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. One can get syphilis from sexual contact and from mother to baby. It is caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria and can be cured successfully particularly in the early stages.