The temperature in the air conditioner is too low. Open window in the car. Draft in the apartment. Wind, rain and wet hair. These are just a few of the reasons you blame for catching a cold. Later, you caught the flu. You want to get better as soon as possible, but you don't know how to start the healing process, because you only know the myths about flu and colds, which have probably not brought you anything good until now. Here is the truth.
Some people believe that it is impossible to catch a cold more than once a year. Some believe it would had to take antibiotics to prevent a cold from turning into the flu. Before you freak out disinformation, especially, if you are lying in bed now, you are sick and looking for ways to get better as soon as possible, are here myths, to which you must to forget .. and, of course truths that may help you.
The flu develops from a cold.
Cold and flu are caused by completely different viruses, so one disease cannot change into another. People often confuse the early signs of a cold or flu, and here are some symptoms, which should help you distinguish between the two.
- A cold should start gradually with a sore throat, headache, fever and an icy nose.
- Flu should be accompanied by fever, headache and muscle pain.
- If you have a cold, your body temperature usually does not rise or increases very little. In case of flu, however, it increases sharply. You also don't sneeze a lot during the flu, this is a symptom of a cold.
Colds can be cured with antibiotics.
Antibiotics are not supposed to be able to destroy the virus, when it comes to a cold, namely because because a cold is different from a bacterial illness. Doctors advise against taking antibiotics 'just in case'. This will make your immune the system even weaker, and they should also create a good environment for viruses, as the medicine should become less efficiently.
Cold air causes colds.
Cold air should have nothing to do with a cold or the flu, doctors say. This is the only way to catch a cold to come into contact with the virus. If you still believe that you are sick because of the wind and cold, you're wrong - doctors say it's because the dry air dries out the mucous membrane, so it's hard for the body to fight viruses.
You should stay in bed when you have a cold.
If you have a cold and stay in bed all day, there are chances of getting bronchitis or pneumonia, doctors say. It should also be done lying down decreased blood circulation. Of course, that doesn't mean yes you have to leave home and do strenuous activities, but what a simple activity it shouldn't be adversely affect your recovery.
If you go out with wet hair, you will catch a cold.
Wet hair, wind or rain are not supposed to cause a cold or flu, but they weaken yours immune system, which becomes more vulnerable to viruses, says science. But there are many other ways, how do you get a virus, namely bacteria can survive on
- internal surfaces (more than 7 days)
- clothing, upholstered items or paper (approximately 12 hours)
- hands (a few minutes to an hour, depending on the type of virus)
- door handles (6 hours).
