I must have heard that a million times as a kid. Now I find myself saying the same thing! Is this something told to kids to scare them into putting on their coats or is there truth to this?
2007-02-28 01:22:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Catching a cold is not from the cold. It is a myth. It is from a germ. The reason why going outside with out your coat can give you a cold is because when your body is cold it works very hard to "fight" the cold and stay warm. If your body is not very healthy, than your immune system will be worn down and the germ of the sickness will take control. When your system fights to stay warm, it depletes the body of vitamins/minerals/antioxidants etc, that is VITAL for health. If we dont get enough sleep, water, good healthy food, too much stress etc, the lask of these things or too much stress etc are catalysts to sickness. We take on the actual germ from being indoors and from other people - keyboards, door handles, washclothes, remote controls, etc.
2007-02-28 01:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no truth to the statement. You cannot catch a cold because you go outside without a coat on, you catch a cold from the germs in the air-regardless of the coat issue. Yes, I believe it was a scare tactic made up by some parent who knows how long ago to get their child(ren) to wear their coats when it became cool outside. Kids don't feel the cold as much as adults do, they have higher metabolism than an adult does-generate more body heat etc.
2007-02-28 01:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by dragondave187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A cold is "caught" through germs and you're able to get the germs whether or not you're wearing a coat. However, if you wear a coat with a hood (and you've got the hood on) less heat is escaping your body keeping you warmer and feeling good!
2007-02-28 02:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jayna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You catch colds from viruses, not cold weather. But, after you have a cold, the cold weather could make it worse, since you're already sick. Yeah, it was also a scare tactic and a myth parents believed back then.
2007-02-28 01:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly, enable's take issues to a real stretch.... in case you bypass exterior without a coat, and additionally you get badly chilled, you will throw a rigidity on your physique, that could make it extra basic for a close-by chilly virus to leap up, attack you, and get you ill. yet whilst there is not any virus handy....you will no longer seize a chilly, despite in case you have been out at minus 70 F. in Antarctica. (yet placed on a sweater! i'm chilly!)
2016-12-18 12:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cold is a virus infection I'm sure it doesn't care whether or not you're wearing a coat.
2007-02-28 01:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, yes and no. You can't catch a cold from being cold, but it does weaken your immune system, making it more likely that you'll get sick.
2007-02-28 01:25:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anna 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well you can catch a cold from not wearing your coat at sametime you can catch a cold from other people sneezing on you are not washing there hands.
2007-02-28 01:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by annjilena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you catch a cold from germs, not from being cold. but being cold lowers your ability to fight off germs, so in turn you should wear your coat to stay warm.
2007-02-28 01:26:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe that being cold does lower our immune systems, and that can leave us open to getting sick.
2007-02-28 01:25:42 · answer #10 · answered by jude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋