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Cold and flu viruses constantly change their exact genetic makeup, which results in changes to the proteins expressed on the outside of the virus. Your immune system can recognise and therefore rapidly fight anything it has met before, so if you encounter a cold virus with a protein system the same as one you have already met, then you will react to it quickly enough to avoid becoming ill. But the chances are that the virus has changed enough since the last season, and your immune system will have to learn to fight it. This generally takes a week - hence the old adage that if you treat a cold you'll be better in seven days and if you leave it alone you'll be fine in a week. It is believed that the more colds you had as a baby/ child, the fewer you will have as an adult. It also seems that a child develops a healthier immune system if exposed to plenty of ordinary dirt eg being allowed to play at making mud pies and eat the samd pit if it wants to!
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Do vaccines decrease immunity to the common cold?
No
Can a person become immune to common cold viruses?
Repeated exposure to viruses causing colds creates partial immunity.
What diseases did the conquistadors bring to the Aztecs?
the common cold and pneumonia type illnesses to which the Aztecs had no natural immunity Also smallpox.
Why it is difficult to produce immunity to common cold?
It's difficult to produce immunity to a common cold because the common cold is not one virus - it is over 700 viruses at last count. Rarely are more than 200 local to any particular area, but that is still, in effect, 200 different colds you can catch. Children tend to get the most colds, as all colds viruses are "new" to them. The amount of colds a person gets as they get older tends to decline, for that same reason - they've already had most of the indigenous colds viruses.
What killed millions of native after the europeans came?
C.Disease
Is cold a proper or a common noun?
Cold is a common noun.
Where did the common cold come from?
The common cold is caused by a virus passed from person to person. This rhinovirus is the virus that causes the common cold.
What is the physical structure of a common cold?
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What is the physical structure of common cold?
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What are the types of immunity?
The three types of immunity is innate immunity, adaptive immunity, and passive immunity.
How common is reinfection after recover from lice infestation?
Lice infestation does not provide immunity against reinfection; recurrences are in fact quite common.
Does the virus cause a common cold?
Yes a virus does cause the common cold.
