If you're exposed to someone with a cold, how soon will you get sick yourself?
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Usually 48-72 hours after exposure the first symptoms appear.\nShort term immunity develops after you get over it, but you can still give it to others.
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The common cold is transmitted from person to person, it is not caused by being cold.  Although there is some research that suggests that being cold leaves you more open to catching a cold.  There are two main theories:\n\n1) Although not entirely understood, the theory is that when you get cold your blood concentrates around your vital organs in order to keep them warm.  This means that your extremities become very cold, in particular your nose.  The theory goes that your nose acts like a first line of defense and can reduce the chances of the virus making its way to your respiratory tract.  When your cold the blood supply to the nose is reduced and this first line of defense is lost.\n\n2) Being cold weakens your immune system so you are more likely to develop the symptoms of a cold.
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Influenza, or ‘flu’, is a highly contagious acute viral infection that affects people of all ages. It typically starts suddenly with fever, chills, headache, aching muscles, general prostration and a cough or other respiratory symptoms. Most people recover without complications in 1-2 weeks\n\nMany of the symptoms of flu are similar to those of the common cold (see Common cold), and many people incorrectly refer to a heavy cold as ‘flu’. Viruses cause them both, but flu affects the lungs much more that a cold does. Also flu doesn’t usually give you the same congested ‘heavy headed’ feeling that a cold does.\n\nThe majority of fit, healthy people can treat the symptoms of flu at home using remedies commonly available from pharmacies.  Antibiotics are not prescribed for flu as they have no effect on viruses. They may rarely be necessary to control complications, especially serious chest infections or pneumonia.\n\nIt is usually advised that otherwise healthy people should stay at home and in bed for as long as the acute symptoms persist, this is usually for two or three days after the symptoms peak. It is important to drink plenty of fluids and to treat the symptoms as necessary. See the encyclopaedia entries on colds, sore throats and coughs for symptom relief. \n\nThere is more information on the NHS direct website about Flu and the Common cold, just perform a search
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It Would Depend, In Large Part, On Whether you had Mono (a Herpesvirus, EBV) Before (and May Have Seen it as Something Else or Never Realized you Were Sick).  I Think she was Contagious Well Before she had Signs, and Not Terribly Long After she had Signs.
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No.  Being sick drains your body.  Still drink lots of fluids and give your body some time to rest.  Wait a couple of days before going back to your normal routine.
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You get a cold from a virus.  If walking on the beach will make you more susceptible to the virus then yes you can.
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No and you shouldn't feel sick during it. You will be given a mild sedative.
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you are a sick person
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yes...usually with a cold it will last 7 days no matter what.  just make sure to clean the machine after
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Take time off. You will be jeopardising your immune system when the flu really hits you. And sweating at this moment of time will further encourage infection. So, go home and take some good needed rest and yes, don't forget your Vitamin Cs.
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Well, I guess it depends on what kind of illness.  Is it contagious?  Otherwise, most people will be sympathetic to someone who is sick.
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Hard to say. You need to find out more about this person. Faulting someone for being ill is a bit on the cold side, but hear him out and then decide for yourself. If he did it to someone once, what might happen if lets say, you become ill?
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DONT TAKE MORE THAN 1 A DAY...YOU WILL GET SICK REALLY BADLY....
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You would become very sick. (Sicker according to the question)\nYou would become anemic.
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If you touch something that has a virus or bacteria that causes a cold, and you touch something that you are eating, or if you rub your eyes or your mouth, that bacteria will be introduced to your systems. Since there are over 200 types of colds, it is unlikely that you will be immune to even half of them.
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The good news:\n\n1. The cold is most contagious for about first three days of your symptoms.  \n\n2. Saliva is not an efficient means of spread of most cold viruses. Symptomatic people with colds have no detectable virus in their saliva in 90 percent of cases and kissing is not likely to transmit the common cold.\n\nThe not so good news.\n\nHand-to-hand direct contact plays an important role in disease transmission, so if you are contagious just touching another person maybe enough to transmit it.  \n\nThe bottom line, if you still have the cold symptoms, you may pass it to your partner just by being with them.  Kissing will make little difference. Hope that helps.
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it all depends on your immune system response and the type of virus you contract.  for example, when talking about the flu, if you contract the H1N1 strain chances are you won't even know it because the symptoms will be so minimal, but if you contract another strain like H3N2, you will get notice the symptoms and the rate of appearance of those symptoms will depend on how healthy your immune system is, but usually within hours to a couple days.