If we had a cold before can a person get it again?
91324
Usually after you catch one virus, your body has an immunity to that virus, so you won't get it again.  However, cold viruses mutate rapidly, so there are new ones around all the time.
958040
That's true.  The cold virus mutates constantly.  If you were exposed to the exact same virus again, your body "remembers" and can fight it off before you have any cold symptoms.  However, a new mutation is not recognized, and can produce all the symptoms all over again.\n\nRe: the flu shot.  (above) \nInfluenza is NOT the cold virus - it's completely different, and mutates much more slowly.  That's why they can predict with reasonable certainty which variety needs to be in the flu shot.  It is NOT worthless.
1135846
A cold is a virus and there is nothing you can do to actually make it go away...you can treat the symptoms so that you can get on with your life though.  Make sure that you get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids, take some DayQuil during the day...it never makes me feel to 'drugged up'...and get on with your life.  So long as you are getting enough sleep, eating right, and drinking enough fluids your body will handle the virus.
1145466
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
1175720
A cold is a viral infection and is caught from contact with other people and things that others have been in contact with.  \n\nWashing his hands more often would help and not touching his eyes and nose.  Also he should limit contact with people who have colds, especially during the first three days of their illness.\n\nIf he still finds he is repeatedly getting colds I would recommend seeing a holistic practitioner, who can look at all affecting factors.\n\nP.S. It has been scientifically proven that going out in the cold does not give you a cold.
100739
No one can accurately predict whether it will or will not reoccur. Allergist are notoriously vague about this issue.\nMy daughter had severe asthma every winter for 5 years. We ended up in the hospital every winter.I removed carpeting, stuffed animals, covered mattresses,put air purifiers and filters in our home, Changed detergent, got allergy shots for 4 years.  So far, she's much better.  But the doctors are hedging their bets.
748821
Usually not at all. The doctor does not have the magic cure contrairy to popular belief. Only go if you have a persistant cough for 5-7 days, fever of 102 or higher for 24hrs, or you see spots in your throat or have difficulty breathing
18019
Every year, as each winter season approaches us, it gets harder and harder for people to avoid getting a cold. It never fails, just as soon as the weather changes a little and starts to turn cold, people begin to sniffle, sneeze and cough and the symptoms of the common cold begin to come around once again. \n\n\nBut before you run out to the nearest store to buy a supply of tissues, cold medicine and soup, you need to understand exactly what you are up against. Your chances of being exposed to a cold germ will increase or decrease depending on the amount of contact you have with other people and how you take care of yourself. \n\n\n \nThe cold germ is spread from person to person when someone, who is infected, sneezes or coughs into the air or on you. The airborne germ then enters someone else’s body through an orifice, like your eyes, nose or mouth. You can also catch a cold by touching something that a person who has been infected has also touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes. \n\n\nThere are many things that you can do to prevent yourself from getting a cold. \n\n\n1. You should wash your hands a lot. This frequent hand washing, especially when using any anti-bacterial soap, will help you to get rid of any potential germs that you might have come into contact with. \n\n\n\n2. You should carry and use anti-bacterial hand lotion several times throughout the day. Use it especially when you cannot get to a bathroom and you know you have touched something infected or have been near an infected person. \n\n\n\n3. You should also get plenty of sleep or rest. If you are tired and fatigued, your body’s resistance decreases and you will find that you are more susceptible to colds. \n\n\nThere are many ways that you can fight a cold once you have caught one. \n\n\n1. You should eat spicy foods. Spicy hot foods will cause your body to expel mucus. When you eat these types of foods, your nose will start to run and you will begin to cough up mucus. Spicy foods work just like a natural decongestant but without side effects. This advice is good for those people who cannot take over the counter medication. \n\n\n\n2. You should drink plenty of liquids. Liquids like soup, water, juice and flat ginger ale will keep your body hydrated. This is true especially if you have a fever. During a fever, your body loses a lot of fluids. You will need to replenish what you have lost. Therefore you need to drink often throughout your illness. You should also avoid drinking any dairy drinks because the dairy will cause mucus to form and coat your throat making it very difficult for you to swallow and cough. \n\n\n\n3. You should use a vaporizer. It will keep the air that you breathe moist. If you do not have a vaporizer handy, then just crack open the windows in your home. This is very important if you have an extremely warm and dry home. Cracking the windows will have the same effects that a vaporizer has.
854374
He will get sick with colds,
207086
no it cant reappear only if you dont take the medacation that your doctor has given you . the only way for it to reappear is to have sex with the same person who wasnt treated or caught from another who has it ?
190210
A cold is an infectious disease...
144750
Yeah, it can.  My husband had it.  He found out after i was coughing up blood. They tested both of us just to be sure, and I was clean.  They gave him medication for 9 months and it was gone.  He hasn't had it since.
108575
NO WAY. and it cant be the same one because all bacteria are different. either you're a really sick person and catches different bacteria three times a month because of a weak immune system....or that cold just never stopped...it was going on and had three high peaks of its time....
860541
A cold or flu is caused by a viral infection, and viruses tend to be very contagious.  They are spread primarily by droplets, or in other words, by saliva and mucus either sprayed into the air or by direct human contact.  Going repeatedly from a cold to a warm environment and back should not increase one's chances to become infected.  However, when the weather turns colder, people tend to begin spending more time indoors.  This creates closer human contact and thereby increases the likelihood of infection.  This is in large part why cold and flu season is during the colder months.\nxxx
82211
Yes, but only after they return to work. Cannot use sickness as a reason, but can create a reason at a later date. Sad but true.
852878
To get a cold, you need to get a version of a cold virus into the nose or eye ducts. Touching your nose is enough if you have touched a virus from something like a door handle.\nWorrying, and stress weakens your immune system, making you more susceptible to colds.\nAn healthy diet, plenty of fruit and veg, and water aids the immune system.\n\nIf somebody sneezes in your presents the best avoidance advise, is to temporarily breath through your mouth.\n\nChristmas is a common time for lots of people to get colds, partly because they are trying to do too much, it becomes stressful, partly because lots of people meet around that time, and cold viruses abound. People are most infectious before they have obvious symptoms.
326664
It's possible to have a residual asthma-type reaction after a cold because your bronchial tubes are still irritated, without it being asthma. But check with a doctor, specifically an allergist, you could have undiagnosed asthma that only is noticeable when you've had a cold.