Do cold temeratures lower your immune system?
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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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No, actually being IN cold weather protects more from the viruses because the virus cannot survive in the cold air. The viruses are usually transferred through physical contact OR in the air inside our nice toasty homes. Hint: Keep your thermostats below 68 degrees in the winter and stay healthy
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Contact with other people causes sickness. During cold weather months, we are often confined to warmer areas, along with other people. Being around them causes us to be sick, not the cold weather.\n\nHowever, any type of stress affects our immune system strength; cold weather included.
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Lots of Vitamin C - lemons in warm water with honey or just plain vitamin C pill\n\nYou can try Zicam it is supposed to shorten the cold\n\nhttp://www.zicam.com/\n\nIt worked for me
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Try salt water gargling or steam inhalations. Avoid icecreams and other cold stuff. Hot soups definately do alleviate the cold. If too bad try an anti-histamine tablet. It helps.
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YES!! In winter some people who don't even have cold wear masks to prevent getting cold.
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You only get sick from germs...but....when your body temp drops due to cold weather and your hair chills you rather than warms you...you make your body more prone to illness as your defenses drop.
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Go to local store and pick up supplement called Echinacea.  It will help kick start you immune system.  Every time I feel a cold coming on, I use it and the cold is shorten.
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Cold agglutinins are abnormal proteins in the blood. They act as antibodies, causing red blood cells to clump together and die prematurely — especially at temperatures colder than normal body temperature.\n\nMost healthy people have low levels of cold agglutinins. But at high levels, cold agglutinins can cause a form of destructive (hemolytic) anemia, a disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than bone marrow can replace them. Doctors may refer to this as cold agglutinin syndrome. The cause isn't known\n\nSigns and symptoms include:\n\nColor changes in the skin on your nose, ears, lips, hands and feet in response to cold (Raynaud's phenomenon) \n\nPainful fingers and toes with cold exposure \n\nDeath of tissue due to insufficient blood supply to that tissue \n\nA doctor can confirm a diagnosis of cold agglutinin syndrome by blood tests. The disorder may be managed by avoiding extremely cold temperatures. Sometimes, chemotherapy can reduce levels of these antibodies and decrease the signs and symptoms
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take lots of vitamin c to boost your immune system, and zinc will help your cold go away a little faster. coldeeze drops work very well, and ive heard that Zicam swabs work great too but i havent tried them.\nother than that, just drink lots of fluids, get lots of rest, and take some cold medicine to relieve your symptoms. \nhope you feel better soon!
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winter flare up applies to eczema and asthma which flare up during cold climates they can be prevented by taking preventive meassures and proper medications
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It's simple. Our bodies system, especially the defense system, work best on a range of temperature. When the temperature outside (that will affect the inside body temperature) is changed, it changed the whole things that happened in our body, such as hormones, blood pressure, and especially, the lifosit (the body's defense "army"). Sure, if the lifosit can't work well, so does the entire body's defense system. But why microbes still can live at its best? Simple, because the microbes' temperature tolerance is higher (or "cooler") than our body.\n\nSo in short, when our body is in cold, it's just like a snow hurricane winter to our body's defense system, but still a summer springtime for the microbes. When the microbes spread over the body, it then attacks the part of the body that it loves, such as the brain (so that it makes you dizzy), the defense system (and the body reacted with rising your body temperature to reactivate the lifosit), and the sponge organ within our neck (that's their fave place). That's the reason why if you get cold, wearing a syal or drinking hot tea makes better.
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No.  And It WILL NOT boost your immune system. However, if you do not keep the humidifier clean, it will grow mold spores, which will make you very sick.
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Rest and plenty of fluids.  There is no cure for the common cold, yet, despite the many claims...\n\nChicken soup not so hot?\nIf people believed all the old wives' tales about catching and preventing colds and flu, they would stock their cupboards with chicken soup all winter and never step out into the cold. But the myths often have no place in scientific reality, so if you wonder whether you should starve a cold and feed a fever (or if you've got it the wrong way around), try this quiz (originally written by the American Lung Association).\n\nMyth: Spending time outside in cold weather can cause a cold or flu.\n\nFact: Exposure to cold weather does not bring on a cold or flu. It can, however, cause pneumonia, which can come about when someone already has the flu. This is the most serious complication of the flu and is more likely to occur in the elderly and people whose immune systems have been weakened by other medical conditions.\n\nMyth: It is possible to catch the flu from a flu shot.\n\nFact: The flu vaccine is made from an inactive virus, so it is impossible to get the flu from it. Some people may be sore where the vaccine is injected and may feel unwell for a couple of days with fever and muscle aches. Anyone who is acutely ill with fever or is allergic to egg or another component of the vaccine should not get the flu shot.\n\nMyth: An upset stomach is a symptom of the flu.\n\nFact: Stomach distress is rarely a symptom of the flu. Other viruses, bacteria and food poisoning are more common causes of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.\n\nMyth: Large doses of vitamin C can prevent colds and cure them quickly.\n\nFact: This is not proven, although consuming the daily requirement of vitamin C is good for overall health.\n\nMyth: Herbal treatments such as echinacea and zinc will cure a cold quickly.\n\nFact: To date, there is no conclusive scientific evidence that either can cure or prevent a cold. The best way to avoid a cold is to avoid close contact with others who have it, wash hands frequently and avoid eye and nose rubbing.\n\nMyth: A bowl of chicken soup and hot toddies can help cure a cold.\n\nFact: Chicken soup has no power to cure a cold. However, hot liquids can soothe a scratchy throat or a cough. Hot toddies should also be avoided during a cold. Alcoholic beverages can increase the body's chance of dehydration, and therefore make symptoms worse.\n\nMyth: It is best to starve a cold and feed a fever.\n\nFact: Neither of these is a good remedy. When fighting a cold or fever, the body needs
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A recent study confirmed your theory.\n\nIt is particularly the case when the feet or hads are cold.\n\nOf course, like someone said, it is not the coldness alone which makes you ill, but, like you said, your "resistance" is somehow lowered (I think it is that the immune response is slower) and that makes you more vulnerable to any pathogen.
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Well, there appears to be some controvery about this.  While some people swear by the stuff, others say that it has no real effect on overcoming a cold.  \nHere are some links, one of which is from a National Institute of Health study.  I hope these help you decide whether to head to the health store or not.
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Yes. When you sleep, its kinda like recharging the battery in your car. If its low, then nothing really works right. This includes your immune system.