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Your body's ability to fight infection like a common cold virus depends on your immune system response to the infection. There are no drugs, like antibiotics which are used for treating bacterial infections, for treatment of viruses. Anti-viral drugs make the symptoms feel better and may help you get over it quicker, but they do not "kill" viruses like antibiotics kill bacteria. One of our immune system responses to an invading pathogen (germ) can be a fever. The reason the fever is generated in response to the presence of a virus is that certain amounts of heat can inactivate some viruses and kill some bacteria. This is part of the body's normal methods of stopping germs. Fever is a good part of your defenses and that is why you are encouraged to ride through a fever without using fever reducers as long as your temperature is not over 102 degrees. Doing this will help eliminate a large number of the viruses infecting your body. Drink plenty of fluids and allow the disease and your defenses to run their courses. You should be over it in 7 to 10 days without any treatment other than OTC symptom relievers. Ask your pharmacist for help selecting the best products for your symptoms.
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∙ 13y agoIt's good because the fever fights the cold. Fever is your organism fighting the cold. It's the reaction what your organism gives when you have a cold.
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What kind of herpeswhich one causes fever blisters?
If you are fighting a virus or if you have a cold you might get a fever blister.
Can you catch a cold in a desert?
Yes, a person can catch cold in a desert if he/she is exposed to a cold virus.
Can hamsters ever have a fever?
Yes, a hamster can have a fever. This may be caused by a cold it can catch.
Can I catch my cat's cold?
No, it's a different virus. No, it's a different virus.
Can you catch a cold from eating boogers?
Technically, it is possible for the flu virus to be transmitted in this manner, so yes, you can catch a cold.
What is fever blisters?
Fever blisters are cold sores, on or near the lips, caused by the oral herpes virus HSV-Type1.
What can you throw but not catch?
A cold or other type of virus or bacterial infection.
Fever blisters and cold sores are known as what type of herpes?
Fever blisters & cold sores are oral herpes, caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1.
When you catch a cold it is most likely you contracted it from what?
A cold is a virus and you catch it from someone else or by touching something someone else has touched. This is why you should wash your hands a lot during cold season. You do not catch a cold from being cold.
When you catch a cold it is most likely you contracted it from .?
A cold is a virus and you catch it from someone else or by touching something someone else has touched. This is why you should wash your hands a lot during cold season. You do not catch a cold from being cold.
How catch fevers blisters?
They are typically passed during child hood by being innocently kissed by some one that has a cold sore or fever blsiter (they are caused by the same virus). There is also a small chance of passing them through sharing cups or utensils with some one that has a visible fever blsiter / cold sore.
What is something you can catch but can't throw?
virus, epidemic, cold, the flu
