Does the change in temperature cause common colds?

Question

I have just observed that whenever my family come home from Baguio, a cold place in the Philippines (in fact the summer capital of our country) almost all of us cath a common colds. Is it because the weather in our place is hot? Does the change in temperature or weather (form cold to hot and vice-versa) cause common colds?

Answer 1

No, it's a myth. In a sterile environment, a change in temperature does not affect the presence of bacteria or virus. In fact, colder temperatures are not ideal for bacteria. The reason you catch the cold is probably because you are each carriers of a strain of the cold virus that the others are not immune to. You give them a local cold virus which you are immune to, and they give you theirs, which they are immune to.

UPDATE: Two other myths: Cold air does not cause a weakend immune system, and Anti-bacterial soap is no more anti-bacterial than regular soap unless it's kept on the skin for more than 2 minutes.

The only reason people might get sick during the cold season is because people are indoors more often and in closer proximity to eachother. SEE LINK BELOW.

Answer 2

A cold is a virus infection. Changes in temperature do not cause a cold. Changes in temperature stress the body and therefore lower resistance to virus.

Answer 3

The change in temperature is a like a window of opportunity. When a person's immune system is already weakened by circumstances: fatigue, malnutrition, et cetera (...)
From cold to hot sounds a little strange, but it's also logical that germs can do "good" business where it's hot. So everybody has an allergic reaction when they return from the cold area.
In the other case, when people go outside, into the cold, from their warm homes, their noses may start dripping. The body needs to adapt...to a combination of circumstances...

Answer 4

Cold weather/temperature lowers the ability of your body's immune system. The lower the ability of your immune system, the more likely it will be for you to catch an airborne/communicative virus, like a cold or head flu. But also, you can catch colds/flus just by shaking hands with someone. Viruses travel from someone who has the virus to a person that does NOT have the virus in a number of ways: 1) if the sick person coughs or sneezes on his/her hand and shakes hands with someone, 2) if the sick person coughs or sneezes directly on the person, 3) if the sick person and not-sick person share saliva (by drinking after one another, for instance), 4) and various other ways. To prevent your family from catching a cold/flu, always advise them to wash their hands EVERY time BEFORE they eat. This stops about 80% of colds and flus because the most common way of transmitting communicable diseases/ailments is physical contact with someone who is infected. Wash with SOAP(preferably antibacterial soap) and water(as hot as the person can stand it without scolding their hands).

Answer 5

Common cold is a viral infection of the nose and
throat. There are hundreds of different types of
viruses which can cause common cold.These
viruses are transmitted from an affected person
to another directly or indirectly. Detail informations
available at http://ailments.in/commoncold.html

Answer 6

The common cold is a viral infection. It is not caused by drafts or temperature changes. The temperature changes can be a stress on your system, which can possibly reduce your bodies ability to ward off infection, by lowering your resistance, but by itsself, temperature does not cause an infection.

Answer 7

No-viruses cause the common cold.

Answer 8

yes it's true.because our bodies can hardly adapt to the changes of weather.lalo na sa pinas:D