Is it possible to catch the same cold back?

Question

With a 3 year old daughter at playgroup she comes home every week with another cold which I then catch off her. She caught a cold 10 days ago which cleared up after around 7 days, she has now come down with another one and likewise have I. There's only a matter of a couple of days of being cold free when another one sets in. Is it possible that we are passing the same cold back and forth to each other?

Answer 1

There are hundreds of rhinoviruses that can cause colds. The most likely explanation is that your daughter is bringing home a different one each time. Colds are not bacterial in nature, they are viral.

Answer 2

It is virtually impossible to give it back and forth. Once the virus runs its track you have an immunity to it (atleast for quite a few years). The only way you would catch it back, if you didn't fully have it (as in the sniffles for a couple of days and thats it) or if you are immunocompromised (some type of previous disease that ruins you immune system).

As for colds, they are viruses not bacteria that cause them. They cure on there own (sometimes faster with homeremedies) but do not require antibiotics. Bacterial things like strep throat can be passed back an forth (thats why they tell you to throw out your tooth brush) but you need antibiotics to cure it.

Answer 3

No it can't, i do a level biology and i know more than everyone else! your body produces antibodies against the cold virus, and therefore if you get the same one, your body recognises it straigt away, and you feel little or no symtoms of a cold, the problem you are having is a totally different cold that has been spread!

Answer 4

Unlikely unless your immune system is really bad. You should have the anti-bodies after fighting it off once. I guess you could catch a mutated form but then that's not really the same cold is it

Answer 5

Absolutely. If it is bacterial, it can go back and forth until you break the cycle. Keep your daughter home from playgroup for a while and disinfect everything. Best of luck!

Answer 6

No, the cold bugs provide immunity in your body but the strains change and get stronger all the time, there are too many diffeent strains

Answer 7

colds are infection by a variety of viruses. as the collection is always changing no you cannot catch "the same one" back. there may be common elements, but it's not the same.

Answer 8

once you quite seize chilly, it ought to stay silent for weeks or attack promptly. once you imagine you´ve gained it, there´s a probability you've purely damaged it and it has lengthy previous silently dormant again till it is going to strengthen it´s head again after few weeks. it really is the reason that is adviced to nonetheless relax few days after chilly/flu in spite of in case you sense allright, because it ought to come roaring again exceptionally quickly, yet now and again even those few better days arent adequate by using the indisputable fact that is hiding on your body. so that you havent "stuck" it again, it´s been total time in you. per chance next time your immune gadget will be ready to fullyyt annihilate it.

Answer 9

colds are not bacterial !! they are a virus,it can stay in your body for months resurfacing when you are low or your immune system is depleted.
In your case it is more likely that they are different viruses each time as kids pick them up from each other.

Answer 10

you can NEVER get the same cold twice its scientifically proven