2007-06-25 00:02:57 · 18 answers · asked by Ebab831 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
No, no, no. A cold is a virus and can only be caught by coming into contact with that virus. Going out in the cold may reduce your resistance to germs temporarily but will not give you a cold itself.
2007-06-25 00:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot catch a cold when going out in the rain. It is a virus, not something you catch because it's cold.
2007-06-25 00:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by Flip-Flop Crazy Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely. You don't catch colds from being cold (or wet), you catch them when you comeinto contact with a virus, and it manages to get past your immune system. If you went out in the rain, and someone with the flu sneezed on you, then you would probably catch the flu, but not because of the rain.
2007-06-25 00:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by Mike T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. You catch a cold by coming into contact with the virus.
However it is airborne and thrives in cooler than would be normal conditions, as would be provided if you were to 'catch' a cold while out in the rain. The common cold virus mutates almost constantly and we therefore are susceptible to it in any environment. But it's a playful little sucka and loves splashin' about in it's wellies :)
2007-06-25 00:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by Ring of Uranus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! Unless it is winter!!!
You may catch a chill, your feet may feel cold which leads to sneezing but not a cold.
Colds and flu's are virus controlled, or if your body immune system is down you can easy catch a cold because your body is tired, and valuable to getting sick.
This also can be an "old wife tale", but again depends on the seasons.
2007-06-25 02:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by kimberly_mccachren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You catch colds from other people, not from rain or cold weather.
2007-06-25 00:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by Ron S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know the scientific answer but when i was little my parents said to never go out in the rain cause you might catch a cold. but i dont think its true though
2007-06-25 00:06:23 · answer #7 · answered by AMTRAK 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
sort of, by being cold and wet you lower your imune system. However the cold virus is killed in the cold and actually lives inside in the warm. you would catch it by coming back into your warm house not directly from being outside.
thats why you get colds more often in the winter, our houses are kept warmer and people spend longer inside together so the virus can spread more easily
2007-06-25 00:08:24 · answer #8 · answered by Stephen M 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
NO!! An old wives tale, complete rubbish.
A cold is a virus. It doesnt rain viruses does it?!
2007-06-25 00:08:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no it is a virus.U can get cold goin out in the rain tho
2007-06-25 00:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋