Comments on: Top 10 Myths About The Common Cold

By: jprecon

jprecon — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:19 +0000

Cold environments force your body to generate more heat depleting energy levels, this makes you susceptible to a cold. If you are exposed to the virus in this weakened state. Decongestants are not good for you and should be avoided, except if you are having difficulty sleeping at night because you cannot breathe.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:05:53 +0000

You are so wrong! I don’t know where you got your information, but you don’t know a thing about colds. And the people who believe you should know better. As an allergic I can tell you dairy products build mucus galore, on snowy winters people get colds galore because eccessive cold weakens the immune system (yep, a weak immune system makes you prone to infection, ask AIDS sufferers) and vitamin c staves it off, yes. Ask Linus Pauling! Btw, I hardly ever get one because I take mega doses of this nutrient. People always wonder why! I pitty the suffering that awaits you with colds, being so ignorant.

By: fuckListVerse

fuckListVerse — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:23:09 +0000

Most of this article is incorrect. Sorry but pain killers and cold medicine will only help you FEEL better. It won’t do anything to contain the flu. No ***** having a weak immune system will increase your chances of catching a cold. Vitamin C DOES help your body fight off a cold. And please don’t tell people that its fine to go around kissing other people when they have a cold. Please get your ***** straight Listverse.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:55:59 +0000

There are actually quite a few misconceptions in your misconception buster. People may seem healthy but have impaired immune function due to imperceptible interference in the nervous sytem. It isn’t so much that “healthy & unhealthy people alike are susceptible to colds” but that healthy-appearning people are susceptible to colds. The better your immune system is functioning, the more readily you body fights off the cold. Unfortunately, conventional medicine does not measure immune system function until is is in really bad shape. Secondly, treating the symptoms with medication DOES suppress how the body deals with illness, and further disrupts and damages the body and its function. Medicines don’t “contain” or heal the cold, they make you feel “better” at the expense of keeping you sicker longer, or fooling you into thinking you are well enough to go out and about when you should be resting. Medicine is great for emergency care, but should be minimised in normal “illness”. Your flu-shot information is also quite incorrect – there are MANY studies out there showing the non-efficacy and also harm caused by flu shots; however as long as the flu shots are a money-making endevour for pharmaceutical companies, advertising will overshadow what is best for our health. Not enough time to devote to going through each of your points, but remember, convential medicine is not an exact science, and many things that are pushed as being correct or true are in fact only theory, held up by studies that are geared for the results that are wanted.

By: Colorado Doc

Colorado Doc — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:11:07 +0000

As a doctor with plentiful experience in treating colds and flu, I disagree with almost evey one of the bullets above.

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:10:40 +0000

The 8th section on Weak Immune System, is incorrect with possibly bad research.
Ever since I started increasing my immune system since about a year and half ago with lot of fruits and raw vegetables, I have hardly ever got sick. On the rare occasion I caught a col about twice, they disappeared within a day and I do not get sick like I used to previously.

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By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:08:35 +0000

I think the phrase is “feed a fever, starve a cold” and refers to keeping warm in both instances, not actually consuming food.

By: deathbyreply

deathbyreply — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:04:41 +0000

Anything that makes you think whether it feels GOOD or BAD, you’re actually right. It’s just mind over matter. These myths are made coz it makes the infected think that it is good for him/her. After that Brain is a powerful weapon, able to battle any kinds of sickness, provided you have no doubt.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:06:51 +0000

True, but having a boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife looking after you and giving you little kisses from time to time always helps! Not full on snogs though