it's that ok if i don't get cold or flu  for a long time and why my nose stink?
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You may have chronic sinusitis with a bacterial infection deep in your sinus. You should probably go to an ear, nose, & throat docter and have it looked at. He will try a cycle of antibiotics and if that doesn't work you may need sinus surgery
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Did the dr do a blood test to rule out infection, like a white blood count?  You might have a virus, severe cold, or infection.  You normally don't run a fever with allergies but they can turn into sinus infections and upper respiratory, even bronchitis.  Rest, drink lots of fluids, take a fever reducer of some kind, maybe something for the congestion, maybe a vaporizer for the chest discomfort, try some chicken soup, and see how you feel Monday, if not better please go back to the dr as you may need an antibiotic.
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There are two common types of disease. Bacterial and viral. People become sick by either being exposed to a large amount of a particular germ (bacterial or viral) or being exposed to one their immune system doesn't yet know how to fend off.\n\nWhy do people often get a runny nose and a cough/sneeze? When your body is fighting a disease, it builds up excess waste in the lungs (especially if it's a respiratory disease) the body removes this waste bay causing you either to sneeze or cough or making your nose run.\n\nWhy do people get a fever? A common way for your body to fight an infection is to overheat your body so that the bacteria or virus will no longer be able to survive.
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Yes! The cold will dry your sinuses out terribly.\nEspecially if the wind is blowing. \nTry covering your nose and mouth with a scarf or something when you're outside. The humidity from your breath will keep your sinuses in their naturally moist working order!
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Colds can affect you in anyway.. because the nose mouth and ears are all linked it will effected them.  \n\nYou might possible have TMJ its a medical term to do with the jaw. Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) occur as a result of problems with the jaw, jaw joint and surrounding facial muscles that control chewing and moving the jaw. \n\n\n1. What is the difference between a cold and the flu?\nAlthough the flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses, they are caused by different viruses. Because they have similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell them apart. But generally cold symptoms are much milder than flu. \n\nCommon cold symptoms include:\n\nSore throat \nStuffy nose \nRunny nose \nCough \nMild fever \nThe flu, on the other hand, often causes higher fever, chills, body ache, and fatigue.\n\nBack to top\n\n2. Why isn't there a cold vaccine?\nThe common cold can be caused by nearly 250 different viruses. It's just too difficult for scientists to prepare a vaccine that protects against all of the cold viruses. Also, there's less need for a cold vaccine. Colds are minor infections of the throat, nose, and sinuses. Colds generally come and go with no serious complications. You're miserable for a few days, then it's over.\n\nBack to top\n\n3. Could my cold symptoms actually be allergies?\nIf you are sniffling, but not achy or feverish at all, you may very well have allergies. Also, if your symptoms last longer than two weeks, and you also have red, itchy eyes, the evidence points to allergies. However, it's often hard to tell because people with allergies and asthma are more likely to get colds. They may already have inflamed and irritated lungs - so they are less able to fight off a cold virus. \n\nBack to top\n\n4. What's the best treatment for a cold?\nThere is no cure for the common cold. The most important thing you can do is drink a lot of fluids to keep your body hydrated. This will help prevent another infection from setting in. Avoid drinks like coffee, tea, and colas with caffeine. They rob your system of fluids. As for eating, follow your appetite. If you're not really hungry, try eating simple foods like white rice or broth. \n\nChicken soup is comforting, plus the steam helps break up nasal congestion. Ginger seems to settle an upset stomach. A hot toddy may help you sleep, but beware of mixing alcohol with other cold remedies.\n\nOver-the-counter cold medicines can offer relief from aches and fever. However, doctors no longer believe in suppressing low-grade fever - except in very young and very old people, or people with certain medical conditions such as heart or lung disease. Low-grade fever helps the body fight off infection by suppressing the growth of viruses or bacteria and by activating the immune system. \n\nAspirin. Young people and children should not take aspirin because of the risk of Reye's syndrome. \nDecongestants can help make breathing easier by shrinking swollen mucous membranes in the nose. \nSaline nasal sprays can also open breathing passages. \nCough preparations are not hugely effective. For minor coughs, water and fruit juices probably help the most. \nGargling with salt water can help relieve a sore throat. \nBack to top\n\n5. How effective are natural remedies like zinc, echinacea, and vitamin C? \nSome studies show that zinc nasal sprays help cut a cold's severity and duration. The theory? Zinc sprays may coat the cold virus and prevent it from attaching to nasal cells where they enter the body. But other studies show that zinc is no more effective than placebo. Recent, well-done studies on echinacea show that it is not effective in preventing colds. However, in one study, 120 people with cold-like symptoms took 20 drops of echinacea every two hours for 10 days and had briefer colds than others.\n\nAs for vitamin C's effects, a recent survey of 65 years' worth of studies found limited benefit. The researchers found no eviden
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'Wrap up' advice to stop colds\nScientists say cold noses reduce ability to fight virus attacks\n\nMonday, November 14, 2005; Posted: 4:47 p.m. EST (21:47 GMT) \n\nLONDON, England (CNN) -- British researchers into the common cold say "catching a chill" really does help colds develop -- and are advising to "wrap up warm" to keep viruses at bay.\n\nMothers and grandmothers have long warned that chilling the surface of the body, through wet clothes, feet and hair, causes common cold symptoms to develop. \n\nBut much previous research has dismissed any link between chilling and viral infection as having no scientific basis. \n\nNow researchers in Cardiff, Wales, say they can prove drops in temperature to the body really can cause a cold to develop. (Watch what they did to 'chill' people in the study -- 3:24)\n\nClaire Johnson and Professor Ron Eccles, from Cardiff University's Common Cold Center, recruited 180 volunteers, half of whom they got to immerse their feet in ice and cold water for 20 minutes.\n\nThe other 90 in tests during the common cold "season" sat with their feet in an empty bowl. \n\nDuring the next four or five days, almost a third (29 percent) of the chilled volunteers developed cold symptoms -- compared to just 9 percent in the control group, the scientists said. \n\nProfessor Eccles said there was a simple explanation as to why chilly feet could lead to the development of cold virus symptoms. \n\n"When colds are circulating in the community many people are mildly infected but show no symptoms," he said, according to the UK's Press Association. \n\n"If they become chilled this causes a pronounced constriction of the blood vessels in the nose and shuts off the warm blood that supplies the white cells that fight infection. \n\n"The reduced defences in the nose allow the virus to get stronger and common cold symptoms develop. \n\n"Although the chilled subject believes they have `caught a cold' what has in fact happened is that the dormant infection has taken hold." \n\nThe researchers, writing in the UK medical journal Family Practice, said that common colds were more prevalent in the winter than the summer, and this could be related to an increased incidence of chilling causing more clinical colds. \n\nBut they also suggested that another explanation could be that our noses are colder in the winter. \n\nProfessor Eccles added: "A cold nose may be one of the major factors that causes common colds to be seasonal. \n\n"When the cold weather comes we wrap ourselves up in winter coats to keep warm but our nose is directly exposed to the cold air. \n\n"Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slows down the white cells that fight infection. \n\n"Mothers can now be confident in their advice to children to wrap up well in winter." \n\nCardiff's Common Cold Center says it is the world's only center dedicated to researching and testing new medicines for the treatment of flu and the common cold.
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I'm not sure you have a cold.  My daughter started out the same way and has been ill for the past 4 weeks.  The doctor told her she has a bacterial infection and put her on antibiotics.  She has been awfully weak, like you, had coughing spells, then she came down with the sniffles and ear infection.  I suggest you see a doctor and have him prescribe the proper medication.  You may need to give a blood sample to determine if it is a cold or an infection.  In either case, I hope you see a professional and get the help you need.  Get well soon!!!!
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you may be sick, however a high tem doesnt neccessarily mean that you are sick.  i would down some vitamin c and echinacea to ward off that stuff
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You know, this might sound silly, but I'm speaking from experience.\n\nYou might be getting a cold.\n\nI have my septum pierced, and everytime I start getting a cold, I find out through my piercings about 3 days before I really get sick.  My Septum and other cartiledge piercings especially.\n\nHang in there - Septums really are low maintenance piercings.  let it ride, use the LITHA method (leave it the heck alone) and you'll come through fine.\n\nRob
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This is normal... As long as you don't smell funky. If you do, then go to the doctor. You should probably go to the doctor anyway. They can better educate you.
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The sinus inside the nose builds up from the lack of warm oxygen. Thus, when you are in a cold area, you feel the clogging of your nose and eventually you will have snot.\n\nIf your nose is runny,\nAnd you think its funny,\nWell, it's snot.\n\n- ICE, Gaylord Palms FL
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not if you have a cold. i have a cold and it's awful...........plus when your conjested don't excersise........you need to breathe right
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S'not funny, is it? It's why most people get nose bleeds when they have colds, cos they bust blood vessels trying to get at stuff which isn't there.
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Dude, if you've had a cough and cold for a year there's no home remedy for it. Get a TB test. Sounds like you could be seriously ill. At the very least, you might have sever asthma.
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No. People get sick more in winter because they're indoors more and breathing the same air with sick people.
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you can not taste food because you can't smell it...and don't worry your nose will recover...I had a sinus infection and once I recovered I couldn't taste anything for about 3 months...I hated eating...just be patient your nose will come back
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It depends, there are so many.  Did you just get sick?  Then it could be complications from a cold virus...pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.  Long term conditions like emphysema, fibrosis, asthma require medical treatment for the rest of your life, most likely