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It is fine to go outside with a cold or virus. However, it isn't cool to go around others because you will be contagious and they'll get sick. Viruses are spread from person to person or from touching things that the sick person had some sneezed, coughed on or touched with unwashed hands. Some illnesses are caused by bacteria. Cold air doesn't cause illness. Getting fresh air and getting away from the stifling air in a house or apartment is the best way to help you get over a cold or virus and sunshine will help you heal too. I say go out and sit in your garden or yard if it is a nice day.
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How do you get your mom to come get you from school when your sick?
You go to the nurse, you say I am sick and they call your mother, the end
Does a cold draft make you sick?
If the question were, "Does cold weather cause you to get a cold or the flu?", then the answer would be: no, there is no scientific proof that it does. The studies so far have shown no cause:effect relationship between being wet or cold and having an infection by a common cold or flu virus.There are connections made by some people through anecdotal evidence, since the viral cold and flu "season" is in the cold time of year. Cold weather isn't the reason more people can be sick with viruses then, though. The cold temperatures and flu/viral illnesses are merely concomitant. Those infections are coincidental to the lower temperatures, not a direct result of cold temperatures on the individual or their immune systems. It is not that the cold temperature will directly influence an increase in infection rates, it is just that they tend to be at the same time of year. (See the related questions for more information about why the flu has a season.)There may be some indirect effect of cold weather keeping us indoors together more closely where we are more likely to spread viruses to each other. Also, the lowered amount of sunshine in the winter allows more viruses to be in the environment because there are fewer sun rays to "kill" them than in other times of year. When someone has a runny nose from a cold and then goes outside, the nose will usually produce more rhinorrhea (runny noses) allowing the spread of more viral infections, especially in children who are not as careful with hand washing and other preventive methods.However, the question does not limit being "sick" to only infections, so the answer to this particular question is: yes, it can make you sick. Obviously, exposure to extreme weather conditions can make you sick and even kill you. But the cause of the sickness is the injury from exposure, not an infection by a germ.Hypothermia can cause illness but just feeling chilly or even getting "goosebumps" or shivering from the cold weather is not hypothermia. When medical studies use that term, it is used to refer to a specific measurement of core body temperature. The term is not used just to mean that someone felt cold.Hypothermia is not the same as being cold, it is a specific medical diagnosis and :It is defined as a core body temperature that is at or below 95 F (35 C). The normal human core body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C).Needs to be treated if core body temperature goes below 95 F (35 C).Affects motor coordination through impact to the nervous system at core body temperatures of 95 F (35 C).Becomes life threatening below core body temperatures of 90 F (32.2 C).When the core body temperature drops that low, at the start of a hypothermic condition, symptoms can include intense uncontrollable shaking and shivering, then if your body continues to get colder, the shivering stops when the core temperature gets between 90 F and 86 F.It causes heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure to rise during the first stages of hypothermia as your body tries to increase metabolism and warm itself, but these vital signs fall once the core temperature gets 90°F (32.2°C).Creates coma at below 86 F.Heart rate becomes very irregular below 82 F and death can soon follow.To catch a common cold or influenza, you need to be exposed to the viruses that cause those infectious diseases. It won't matter if you get chilly or go out for a few minutes without a jacket. That is an old belief from before we knew about germs that was due, in part, to the fact that colds and flu happen more in the cold weather.While respiratory infections are caused by viruses and/or bacteria, there is some evidence that cold weather could increase the odds of getting sick, some of the proposed explanations are:Dry air helps pathogens spread.Dry air can reduce the layer of mucus which serves as protection in the respiratory tract.Cold air can reduce the movement of cellular pili (used to move foreign bodies out) in the respiratory tract.Cold-induced reduction of blood flow in some parts of the body may weaken the immune response in those areas (the body tries to preserve heat in the brain and internal organs subtracting blood from the rest).However there is no conclusive research on this yet. See more information in the related questions.
How do you make a cold go away in a day?
There is not a way to make a cold go away in a day. When having a cold you have to let it run it's course.
What can a mimi virus do?
This virus can get in your brain and make a person go crazy and laugh so hard water will come out of the victim's nose
Can you go swimming if you have a bad cough or runny nose?
You definitely can go swimming. The question should be, "Should you go swimming if you have a bad cough or running nose?" And no, you should not go swimming unless the water is warm enough, almost hot. - User:Johnnyeg94-IMPROVED ANSWER-(BY SUNLIGHT210)My advice to you is to NOT go swimming with any symptoms of a cold or any sickness. One reason is that you're mucus can get into the water and spread, and because of the infected water, other people can get sick. Another reason is that it will most likely worsen your sickness. Therefore, it is not recommended to go swimming with symptoms of a cold or any other disease.Hope that helps!~Sunlight210
How long should you wait to go outside into the cold after a shower?
I always thought since a kid you wait an hour before going outside after taking a bath or shower.
Can a cough from someone who is not sick get me sick?
It depends on your body immunity. A Cough actually can contain some microorganism, like viruses, or bacterias. They can transmit to you through the air. if you are in good form and not infected with HIV or have a complicated disease, then you will be fine and not sick.
How can you get a cold virus if you go outside on the cold without a coat?
No, you CAN'T can't catch a cold from being outside without a coat in cold weather. It might give you a better chance of catching a virus but will not automatticaly give you a cold. No, you CAN'T can't catch a cold from being outside without a coat in cold weather. It might give you a better chance of catching a virus but will not automatticaly give you a cold.
Why do you get sick when you play in the rain?
you don't- if your immune system is down and you happen to go outside in less them warm clothes you can catch a cold-
When is the best time to go swimming in the waimea bay?
The best time to go swimming in the Waimea Bay is when it's warm outside. You don't want to go swimming when it's cold out, you might get sick or very cold.
Can cold or hot body temperature cause a cold or sickness?
basically you can go naked outside, not get sick, unless if you have a warm body temperature... But if your body is using up its immune system to heat up the body, "sicknesses" can start to occur because your body has to be heated up even though your cold. Also you get the sicknesses through a virus that's in the air...
What do your body go through when grems are there?
you can get sick, you have bacteria, you can get a virus,
Why do you get a cold on a cold day?
When you go out in the snow for too long with not the right clothing (I was dared once to wear a tank top on the snow), the cold virus does not just appear like magic. Instead, when you are exposed to extreme cold, your Immune System weakens, and this allows the cold virus which you are breathing in right this second to enter your system and get you sick without getting killed by your Immune System.
Will going outside make your cold worse?
No, only if you go without clothes that keep you warm 9protected from the cold). It is good to go outside if you are sick. remember when you stay the whole time in a space, room. Then you ar ebreathing. and everytime you breath out, the bacteria go in to the air of the room. And after a while the room is full of bacterie. but if you go outside, you get fresh air. and this fresh air , cleans youre longes.
Why our hands get cold when we go outside on a cold day?
Friction
What should you eat if you feel really sick with a virus?
Depends on what type of virus you have. You should go see a doctor to see how serious it is.
Can you get sick when you go outside in the cold after sweating?
No, you can not catch a cold/flu by going outside after a warm bath. You can only catch these if you have been exposed to the virus that spreads them. So catching a cold means you caught a virus which doesnt happen after you took a warm bath!!
