I slept in 28 degrees farenheight weather the other night, and woke up with a cold, and I've had it ever since.
Could the cold lower my immune system?
Could it affect my lungs and sinuses to make cold-like symptoms?
2006-12-09 11:24:17 · 14 answers · asked by morethanitseems 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The cold weather could lower you immune system to make you more susceptible but the viruses have to be in the air before you can catch a cold. No viruses in the air no can catch.
2006-12-09 11:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by trollwzrd 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Colds aren't caused by cold, but by viruses. Conceivably, you could lower your resistance to viruses if you're not healthy (sleep-deprived, not eating well, etc.), but if you're otherwise healthy, being cold shouldn't make you catch a cold. Being out in cold air can make your sinuses and lungs irritated, but I'd expect you'd be better after a day or so- unlike the 7-10 days duration of a cold.
2006-12-09 11:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Grace Under Fire 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You answered all your own questions correctly. You did lower your immune system thus breaking down your bodies ability to fight off the many viruses that bring on a cold.
2006-12-09 11:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
via detrimental 3, i'm assuming you advise celsius? i'm in Idaho, united statesA. right now on my farm is is 12 tiers fahrennheit. that is -11 celsius. needless to say that's the sunlight hours extreme temperature for us. After the solar is going down it gets chilly. probable right down to -20 fahrennheit, that's -28.8 celsius. needless to say if the wind starts up, and that i could element in wind kick back, then it gets even chillier, very, very quickly. final 365 days with wind kick back factored in, we had -sixty 8 fahrenheit, that's -fifty 5.5 celsius....we had that for some week strait. I in simple terms checked....we've a 7mph wind. so as that effectively brings the exterior temperature right down to one million degree fahrenheit, or -17 celsius. Winds are think to %. up this nighttime to approximately 35 mph.....going to be an incredibly chilly nighttime in my neck of the international. ~Garnet Homesteading/Farming over two decades
2016-12-13 05:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being in cold weather for a long period of time. your body has to continully fight to stay warm. So that takes all your bodies energy to do so. while your body is doing that using all your energy, it stops fighting and other baterica/virus in your body. It can not to both at the same time. your body decides keeping you warm is more serious than that bug you may have
2006-12-09 11:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by harley david 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah you probably have pneumonia... dont sleep in 28 degree weather... its not good! the cold air probably just lowered your immune system making you more susceptible to illness
2006-12-09 11:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hate labelling you, but Dweeb
you're immune /brain / heart / lungs everything is on a all low operating level
Please take care of yourself
live long - keep it real
2006-12-09 11:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It helps lower your defenses, but generally germs cause colds.
2006-12-09 11:31:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
simply no germs cause a cold not the weather
2006-12-09 11:34:47 · answer #9 · answered by hank d 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It seem that you discovered this to be true for you.
Definitely don't expose your body to extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time.
2006-12-09 11:33:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋