Common Cold and Immune System, Ah-chew!

By: Dr. Patrick Flanagan

I am Dr Patrick Flanagan, and this is the latest edition of my
Dr Health Secrets newsletter.

I am a scientist with over 300 inventions related to health,
longevity and medicine. This newsletter installment is about the
common cold, something we have all come to live with. Sniffles,
a sneeze, and a cough - it's an icon in our lives all because of
our immune systems.

Gazoontite It always starts the exact same way, and always at
the most inopportune time. "I'm not getting sick," you try and
tell yourself as you usher little Jimmy into the car, grab the
wrong cell phone, and forget your lunch as well as your keys.
"It must have been because I slept with the air conditioning on
last night," you convince yourself as you swallow eight vitamin
C tablets followed by six cups of Echinacea tea. Too much to do,
too many people to see, not enough time in the day, and
certainly not enough time to get sick. But of course, a cold
waits for no one.

Give Us Salvation The common cold is an acute viral infection
of the upper respiratory tract. This sneaky little bugger
affects the nose, throat, sinuses, larynx, and sometimes the
lungs. The virus that causes the common cold is easily
transferred through contact with the secretions of infected
people, such as touching, sharing objects, and even a little
friendly kissing. Once these viral strands enter the body, they
multiple within our healthy cells, leaving mucous, itchy eyes,
and a stack of unfinished paperwork in its wake. On average, it
is projected that an adult will get two colds per year. Two
laborious, inconvenient, miserable and wretched colds that seem
to take weeks to fully clear from the system. Of course, sharing
eating utensils and necking with your sick loved one may not be
the brightest thing to do, but bundling up like you are going
skiing the moment that a breeze brushes by is not all that smart
either.

Cold Isn't from the Cold

What most people don't know is that the common cold is not aided
nor abetted by drops in temperature. Rain plays no part in the
little viral trail, and neither does, shockingly,
malnourishment. Poor hygiene promotes the rate of infection, but
what allows your body to become susceptible in the first place
is a weakened immune system. Within 36 to 72 hours of exposure,
your weakened body becomes infested with this disruptive little
viral strand. The sneezing, running nose, itchy eyes,
congestion, throat irritation, coughing, body pain, headache,
and sometimes fever, may not be life threatening, but they
certainly are debilitating to a normal quality of life. Rarely,
people with already weakened immune systems, such as those
suffering from more serious infectious diseases, can succumb to
viral infections, even those as simple as the common cold.
Within five to ten days, the residual effects of the infection
are usually tampering off, with a slight cough and possible
runny nose lasting, at times, for an additional two to three
weeks. Yes, it is true that people get sick all of the time, but
why should you have to?

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About the Author:

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