Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1  describe what critical thinking is, and explain why it is valuable; 2  assess the credibility and reliability of sources;
A child with a cold may have a runny nose with mucus that starts out clear but can turn thick and gray, yellow, or green over seven to 10 days. He may also have a headache, sore throat, or cough or run a low-grade fever. Here are three signs that your child has something more serious and needs to be seen by a doctor.e may also have a headache, sore throat, or cough or run a low-grade fever. Here are three signs that your child has something more serious and needs to be seen by a doctor.
Sometimes you may mistake cold symptoms for allergic rhinitis (hay fever) or a sinus infection. If cold symptoms begin quickly and are improving after a week, then it is usually a cold, not allergy.asal symptoms, runny nose, and congestion follow, along with a cough by the fourth and fifth days. Fever is uncommon in adults, but a slight fever is possible. Children are more likely to have a fever with a cold. With cold symptoms, the nose teems with watery nasal secretions for the first few days.