Cold facts and fiction

Cold facts and fiction
by SEE (2012-12-26 11:35:43)

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After an exhaustive hour googling my phone here's what I have on colds.

- A wet head doesn't increase your chance of getting a cold. A cold is a virus.
- Dried out nasal passages do increase your chance for a cold. Get a humidifier or use a nasal rinse.
- Anti-bacterials do not prevent colds, washing your hands does.
- Chicken soup works.
- Sunshine works too (Vitamin D)
- Up your mood. Stress affects your immune system.
- Immune boosters don't help in fighting off a cold, they can actually make the symptoms worse. They can help ward off colds, but by the time you have one the horse has left the barn.
- Unlike flu, cold viruses are not spread in the air.

Now to the big question: Why do colds viruses happen more in winter?

No one's proven why, but a couple of factors

There are more active viruses, viruses seem to like winter temperatures and dry air, less sunshine lowers Vitamin D and your immune system, less sunshine can also decrease moods hurting the immune system, not inly are viruses more active at winter temps, but we're huddled inside, so we're more likely to come into contact with them and our cold blocking membranes are dry so we're more likely to get colds when we touch a virus that's more active and in more places.

The moral: go out with a wet head, just not a dry nose.

I do not rec humidifiers unless you clean them well every couple days. Mold and mildew will,overrun them. Rinses and saline sprays are great. I like NeilMed Sinus Rinse. Dry mucosa means cracks which means increased risk of infection.

Don't forget vit C.

was hoping a read doctor would take the "googling my phone" bait. I didn't know that about Humidifiers. I was trying to dry out my sinuses, which seems to be the wrong tact.

The nasal rinse was a lifesaver, I used to be sick all winter.

I'm on day 2 of ibprofin and water. Still losing the war.

Also - my experience has been good with Mucinex. Seems to keep things moving.

good for you as it keeps you lubed.

I'm using a nasal rinse (which is my savior).

and I prefer the cheapest vodka available.

1. Put a hat on your bedpost.

2. Pour yourself a double Scotch and get in bed, putting the bottle of Scotch on the bedstand.

3. Keep drinking until you see two hats.

Somewhere along the way, you will stop suffering.

of a cold. Seems to short circuit them so they don't develop.

Zicam spray is off market due to amosmia side effects.

swipes they used to sell damaged my sense of smell. They would get rid of anything I had, but there are certain things I can't smell any longer.

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