24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Listen: I've caught a cold because I was out in the cold yesterday and the day before. The lassies in my office reckon you can't catch a cold from the cold, but I reckon they're talking bollocks. What say you? Rudemedic please help us! Edited March 13, 2013 by 24hoursfromtulsehill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The lassies are correct - colds are caused by viruses not cold weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 But if you get cold, your immune system can be compromised and you're more likely to pick up viruses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Cheers Diego, cheers MD. I'll take it under advisement. The poll is the important thing scientifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The common cold is caused by germs - germs are not a virus Yours, Rudelover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Thanks LL. This thread could yield some interesting and new scientific results, which I'll publish in The Lancet as soon as the poll shows I'm right. I'll probably end up being a proper doctor before Rudemedic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Thanks LL. This thread could yield some interesting and new scientific results, which I'll publish in The Lancet as soon as the poll shows I'm right. I'll probably end up being a proper doctor before Rudemedic. Could you handle the pay cut and longer hours though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/coldsandflu/Pages/Preventionandcure.aspx Essentially it's a bit of both. You need a cold virus in your system to get a cold but going out in the cold increases the chances or the speed you get a cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Could you handle the pay cut and longer hours though? It'll be hard to cope, but I'd take one for the good of humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/coldsandflu/Pages/Preventionandcure.aspx Essentially it's a bit of both. You need a cold virus in your system to get a cold but going out in the cold increases the chances or the speed you get a cold. Cheers Rude. But how have you voted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Cheers Rude. But how have you voted? I've not and even if I hadnt looked it up I probably wouldnt have. Medicine is usually a lot less definitive than yes/no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I've not and even if I hadnt looked it up I probably wouldnt have. Medicine is usually a lot less definitive than yes/no. No it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 I've not and even if I hadnt looked it up I probably wouldnt have. Medicine is usually a lot less definitive than yes/no. To be fair, it's usually a question of antidepressants or antibiotics rather than a question of yes or no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 In the article submitted by rudemedic, Dr Joshi states "Getting a cold from going out in the cold ....is a myth". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 In the article submitted by rudemedic, Dr Joshi states "Getting a cold from going out in the cold ....is a myth". You can't get a cold from going out in the cold but there is evidence that going out in the cold makes you more vulnerable to developing a cold. PS I hadn't realised who the author was when I posted the link, he's a bit of an idiot who was obviously asked to write it due to his position at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 In the article submitted by rudemedic, Dr Joshi states "Getting a cold from going out in the cold ....is a myth". I yield to no one in my scientific respect for anyone going by the name of "Dr", but if it's a myth, there's also a massive etymological coincidence - who'd have thunk that the word "cold" as in temperature was entirely unrelated to the word "cold" as in snot and a bit of a headache? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think this has run its course (of antibiotics) and the poll never lies. I think you'd best dust off your grovelling breeches, Mr. Gated-Community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think this has run its course (of antibiotics) and the poll never lies. I think you'd best dust off your grovelling breeches, Mr. Gated-Community. It's not scientific till the poll shows the results I want. The community is about to elect its first President, by the way. Watch this space. Real power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 If being cold gave you a cold, Latics season ticket holders would produce more snot than the rest of the world's population combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) If being cold gave you a cold, Latics season ticket holders would produce more snot than the rest of the world's population combined. But surely you can also prevent colds by being mentally and physically tough. Like Sherpas, like Latics season ticket holders. Edited March 13, 2013 by 24hoursfromtulsehill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I voted yes and my vote counts more than others. I know about this sort of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 If being cold gave you a cold, Latics season ticket holders would produce more snot than the rest of the world's population combined. Touching wood, rubbing a rabbit's foot and holding a lucky horse shoe and four-leafed clover, make it difficult to type whilst not tempting fate, but I can proclaim that I never get a cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Touching wood, rubbing a rabbit's foot and holding a lucky horse shoe and four-leafed clover, make it difficult to type whilst not tempting fate, but I can proclaim that I never get a cold. Mental and physical toughness combined with massive adherence to superstitions is a powerful preventer of diseases of all sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 But surely you can also prevent colds by being mentally and physically tough. Like Sherpas, like Latics season ticket holders. So you're confessing to being mentally and physically feeble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 So you're confessing to being mentally and physically feeble? Yes. I'd say it's because I've been down south for too long, but in truth I've always been a bit soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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