my brother in law little girl has a bad cold i babysit her all day could i get her cold? or maybe even get the flu? i cant get the flu shot because i have a reaction from it. i cant getting sick because it lasts so long
2006-10-27 00:02:46 · 8 answers · asked by brandy_hollifield2000 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yep. In fact, colds and flu are very contagious. The reason there are more colds and flus transmitted in the winter is not because of the decrease temperature. It's because more people congregate indoors breathing, hacking, sneezing and coughing all over each other. Snotting kids are a good source of germs.
Use good health practices. Make sure you are eating healthy, get plenty of sleep, and take a multivitamin with vitamin C. Studies are shaky on if that helps but it couldn't hurt. Most importantly, wash your hands frequently. Just plain soap and water works great. In a pinch you can use the waterless sanitizers as they can be carried in a purse or kept in a drawer when soap and water are not about.
2006-10-27 00:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by ontopofoldsmokie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The common cold is the most contagious disease. Why is this so? It is a virus that causes it and not bacteria. A virus is smaller than a bacteria thus it can penetrate more and spread faster. Small doses of virus (1-30 virus particles) when introduced into the nose are sufficient to reliably produce infection. From the time a cold virus enters the nose, it takes 8-12 hours for the viral reproductive cycle to be completed and for new cold virus to be released in nasal secretions. This interval is called the incubation period.
Cold symptoms can also begin shortly after virus is first produced in the nose (10-12 hours). (13) The time from the beginning of the infection to the peak of symptoms is typically 36-72 hours.
2006-10-27 00:11:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanjean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he merely says he feels "chilly" all you could fairly do is take his temperature, if he has a severe fever you ought to placed an ice p.c.. (wrap it in a think of layer of something so the ice isnt without delay touching him, this might deliver him into ask your self) provide him some fever reducers alongside with advil, tyonel, alive, ect. they're going to say on the bottle in the event that they might decrease fevers or no longer. If he's throwing up and says he's aching in muscle groups then you definately can guess he's have been given the flu, if thats the case i might take him to be certain a doctor. If he would not have those indications it ought to jsut be a cold, or the suggestions reacting in differnt strategies. i'm getting chilly chills each and all of the time, that's a sort of my briain reacting to rigidity.
2016-11-25 23:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you could get it. Hand-washing helps prevention. Also, do not touch your nose if you have just been in contact with a cold patient.
2006-10-27 00:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, my husband came home with a cold 4 days ago. I have it now and his is getting better. At least he has learned to share...lol
2006-10-27 00:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by Donna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, that's the way a cold is spread
2006-10-27 00:06:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer is YES you can catch it. But if you take precautions you don't have to worry about it.
2006-10-27 00:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can catch her cold, those viruses spread very easliy!!!!!!
2006-10-27 00:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by shirley e 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋