when is a head cold contagious?

Answer 1

Severe common cold is called Head Cold-

A person infected with a cold virus may be contagious for two to three days before any symptoms appear and remain so until he or she doesn't show any symptoms. This is a period of up to two weeks or so. The height of the "common cold contagious period" is when symptoms are at their worst -- usually around day 2 to day 4 of the cold.

Many people wonder, "How long is the common cold contagious?" "Is it okay to send my sick child to school?" "Am I going to catch my friend's cold?" The answers to these questions begin by understanding a couple of things.

First, scientists involved with common cold research do not know exactly how long a person with a cold is contagious. Based on previous studies, their best guess is that a person becomes contagious about two to three days before developing the usual symptoms of a cold. Second, this contagious period can last until the person no longer shows any symptoms. So in theory, a person is contagious for about two weeks.-

Answer 2

Are Head Colds Contagious

Answer 3

Often in Winter season.Mucus usually stick and solidifies in
the vein causing severe pain and uneasiness.

Answer 4

As soon as you contract the virus/bacteria. Most are air borne and will live in the cooler regions of your respiratory tract long before you notice symptoms. Therefore you are spreading the disease with every breath, even before you know you have it.

Isn't the human body wonderful.

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