Why do we get colds when we go out in the rain, but not when we shower?

Question

i was just wondering why this is?

Answer 1

Well. It actually depends on where you're getting rained on. I'm positive that if you were out in the rain; lets say the philipines during summer, its almost refreshing! However, if it was a regular day of around 75 degrees farenheit and you were in the rain then things occur more differently.

In the rain: the rain contacts ur skin and through the rain you actually lose more body heat in a short period amount of time. when you lose body heat, your blood circulation slows down and so does the ability of your immune system.

On the other hand, when you're in the shower, your blood circulation is better. because the heat of the water increases the speed of blood flow. and your immune system would be up to beat with the bacteria entering in your body.

And that is why, we usually would get a cold if we were out in the rain but not when we shower.

Answer 2

The common cold is a kind of virus - the rhinovirus, rhino means nose. It is tranmsitted by being in the prxomity of others who have colds.

In very cold conditions the virus can not survive and colds are almost unheard of amongst people such as the Inuit and Eskimo that live in Arctic regions.

If you are cold then your body's immune system is weakened and you are more susceptible to contracting all kinds of illnesses including a cold.

One reason that people catch more colds in winter is that people tend to congregate together more closely and so spread the virus around. We also tend to keep doors and windows closed in our houses and places of work so we breath in more stale air then fresh air and the use of central heating provides ideal conditions for the virus to thrive in.

Answer 3

It is not the going out in the rain that gives you a cold, it is the sheltering from the rain with other people that does it. If you live in a climate with winter rainfall then colds are common in winter. If you live with summer rainfall then summer is the season for colds. You get them from other people's germs not from the weather.

Answer 4

Who told you that lie. You can get sick either way, becuase of the cool air becoming trapped in your body from the water landing on you. However, you have a lessser chance of catching a cold when your in the shower becuase you able to dry yo urself off quicker and the air inside your home is warmer than the outside.

Answer 5

You don't get colds from the rain, you get colds from contracting a virus from the air or a person.

You may get stuffy after being in cold rain, but that's different from a cold.

Answer 6

Cold temperatures don't give you a cold, but they lower your body's immune system, which makes you more susceptible to catching a cold. Take a cold shower, and it will have the same effect.

Answer 7

The cold rainy atmosphere habours a lot of virus than the shower. A very condusive atmosphere for catching the bug.

Answer 8

we do not catch colds in the rain, we do catch colds when we are around other people who already have colds and spread their germs, we don't usually share our showers with groups of germy people (well maybe that's just me) so as a result we don't "catch" colds in the shower

Answer 9

Well first you do not get cold from going out in the cold. Colds are viruses so you get them from people though being cold does tend to give you the sniffles it is not a cold.

Answer 10

You don't get a cold from the rain you get a cold from germs.