Cold weather - Kanbou

Japanese: 寒冒 - かんぼう
Cold weather - Kanbou

...It is said that "the cold is the root of all diseases" because cold-like symptoms are often the initial symptoms of serious illnesses, and secondary infections often lead to more serious illnesses. In the past, colds caused by cold exposure were called "cold colds," but it has become clear that colds cannot be caught by exposure to cold alone, and in recent years this distinction has been abandoned. As mentioned above, the definition of a cold varies from doctor to doctor, but here we will explain it by understanding it as the most common "nonspecific upper respiratory tract infection."

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cold fever" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈風邪は万病のもと〉といわれるのも,しばしば風邪様症状が重篤な病気の初期症状であったり,二次感染によって,より重い病気を併発することが少なくないからである。なお,かつては寒冷刺激によって起こる風邪を〈寒冒〉といって区別したが,単なる寒冷刺激だけでは風邪をひかないことが明らかになり,近年は区別されなくなった。 以上のように,風邪の定義は医者によってさまざまであるが,ここでは風邪を最も普通な〈非特異的上気道炎〉と解して解説する。…

※「寒冒」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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