I got a bad cold, and wasn't kissing my girlfriend, but she was around and very close, so she contracted the cold a few days later. Is it a bad idea to kiss her, even though we have the same virus? Or does it matter now that we're both infected already?
2007-02-05 06:41:18 · 13 answers · asked by ColdKisser 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
When it comes to sickness, you can only have the same sickness once. Colds come in millions of different strands, so you can have a cold more than once...but you can't have to same cold strand twice. Your body builds an immunity to it as you get better.
Its why you get a flu shot, they're actually injecting the flu virus into you, so you feel crummy for a few days, but then you can't get it again...
So, as long as it's the same cold she got from you, then go ahead....do what you like.
2007-02-05 06:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can kiss her if you want the cold back. Even though you both have the same sort of germ it is most likely you are getting over it before her since you got it first. Colds in adults last 10-14 days. So go ahead and kiss away but neither one of you will get better any time soon you will just keep passing it on to each other over and over and over.
2007-02-05 14:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by Chynna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's fine to kiss her, b/c you both already have the same cold.
2007-02-05 14:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by rklst9pitt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you get sick from a common cold virus, it's just your body fighting it. Once you aren't sick anymore, it means your immune system has created an immunity to that virus and it can never make you sick again. So kiss away!
2007-02-05 14:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't kiss anyone with a cold
2007-02-05 14:43:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if it's the common cold, you can't get the same common cold virus twice.
2007-02-05 14:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad idea
2007-02-05 14:44:33 · answer #7 · answered by whatelsewhatever 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ew
go ahead - but you both run the risk of keeping your colds for a longer period of time than you hope
2007-02-05 14:44:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You will be spreading even more germs....might be best if you wait until the cold has gone.
2007-02-05 14:44:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no kiss another girl
2007-02-05 14:43:20 · answer #10 · answered by flavorlicious 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋