David777
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Several studies demonstrate the incidence of the common cold to be highest in preschool and elementary school-aged children with an average of 3-8 colds per year. Adults and adolescents typically have 2-4 colds per year. David greatly dislikes catching head colds and as an adult has only caught about 3 colds each decade despite often working in large corporate offices and labs where many others were sick. Since I retired 8 years ago, I have never caught a head cold though once I did come down with influenza and then a few weeks later was one of the last to catch COVID-19.
With cold and influenza seasons approaching, I'm going to share a process to knocking out head colds before they can start that for decades has been ignored by medical science. Of course, head cold medicine is an enormous profit area for drug and medicine corporations. Thus a possible reason this has been suppressed.. First a couple of recent news article snippets:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323431#cold-weather-and-viruses
Some research suggests that rhinoviruses may replicate more efficiently at temperatures lower than 37°C, or 98.6°F, the average core body temperature in humans. The temperature inside the nasal cavity is approximately 33°C (91.4°F), which may make it an ideal breeding ground for rhinoviruses. However, this does not confirm that lower outside temperatures increase the risk of rhinovirus infection. Most research on rhinoviruses has primarily focused on examining how differences in body temperature affect the virus’s ability to reproduce.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4311828/
Based on our findings, it is intriguing to consider possible implications of the relatively less robust IFN and ISG response observed in respiratory epithelial cells at cool temperature. Many respiratory viruses initiate infection in the nasal cavity or infect the nasal cavity to cause “colds” without infecting the lung. In addition to the greater accessibility of the nasal cavity to pathogens in the environment, diminished innate immune induction at cooler temperatures could also contribute to a more permissive environment for respiratory infections in the nasal cavity compared with the warmer airways of the lung.
Along these lines, it is also intriguing to consider the possibility that inhaling cool air might diminish resistance to respiratory virus infections by lowering the temperature of potential host cells lining the nasal cavity. Our observations therefore provide a possible mechanism for the popular but controversial idea that exposure to cool weather conditions can increase susceptibility to common colds.
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About 4 decades ago I read parts of a technical medical book about viruses that related how head cold viruses best reproduce at about 92F degrees. And that gave me an idea that has kept me freer of head colds than any other persons I have got to know. As a child and adolescent, I had normal numbers of head colds. But after I began using the below methods, that changed dramatically.
Of course, I also practice the usual habits of not putting my hands on my face after being in public places, avoiding people with head colds and flu coughing and sneezing, washing one's hands after being in public areas touching foreign objects, and consuming a normal amount of vitamin C regularly mainly via citrus fruits. And note virions can only live about three hours on surfaces that eliminates the possibility of contagion from many objects.
Significantly, when I do catch a head cold, I never ever take any common cold medicines. However, I do usually get an influenza shot in the fall and note, this advice does not apply to influenza. Thus without cold medicines I do suffer more during a cold than others, but those medicines have little to do with preventing colds but rather alleviating symptoms.
My secret is that I make my throat and nasal passages too warm for rhinoviruses to take hold. Remember how the above reference states viruses multiply very poorly at normal body temperatures (98.6F average)? I thus cut colds off before they can get started by reducing their ability to reproduce. Once a cold has gotten a grip on me, I'm as much dead meat as the next person and a cold will run through its normal course.
During late fall in public places, we are all often breathing in extremely tiny viruses floating about in the air. Likely thousands of them at times, as every milliliter of mucous from an infected person contains millions. However most do not succeed in infecting us. Some simply end up at places too deep and thus warm in our body to reproduce efficiently. Others don't reach parts of the nasal epithelium on cell walls the virions target. And others are gobbled up by our white blood cell defense system.
In fact I suspect unless viruses can attain a critical concentration at a site they land at and are reproducing at, our white blood cells will remove them at a faster rate than they can multiply and thus eliminate them. Else with so many millions entering our bodies we would be certain to always come down with infections.
That is what is occurring during the critical incubation period of 8 to 10 hours after which a head cold may be perceptible. Being aware of that short incubation period is useful for knowing when one must be alert after public exposures. A tiny area of infection is building up a virus colony and expanding until it becomes noticeable. Before that is when one can knock out a cold by allowing your white blood cells to envelop virions at a faster rate than they can reproduce. Add too much heat and virions can't reproduce fast enough.
Very key, is keeping those upper respiratory tract areas extra warm at the earliest subtle signs. If I wait until say a runny nose is obvious, I'm dead meat. Also if one is near sick others during their day, just keep those areas warm as soon as possible without waiting to experience symptoms.
During all times of the year I never sleep with my neck exposed to the night air. Thus always lay warm clothing, blankets, etc over my neck and also my upper chest. Or even better wear a neck warmer. You know, those hoop shaped often fleece clothing accessories that just fit over one's neck? Skiers and winter sports enthusiasts often wear neck warmers, wool neck scarves, or balaclavas. And stores selling such goods are of course a good source. In fact the second best thing to wear to bed if one has just been exposed during the day to a room of sneezing coughing co-workers is a snug expedition weight balaclava. Also note, to balance keeping one's neck extra warm so as to not become uncomfortable, one might keep lower areas less covered.
I have more to add with this process but will limit input in this initial post to the above.
With cold and influenza seasons approaching, I'm going to share a process to knocking out head colds before they can start that for decades has been ignored by medical science. Of course, head cold medicine is an enormous profit area for drug and medicine corporations. Thus a possible reason this has been suppressed.. First a couple of recent news article snippets:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323431#cold-weather-and-viruses
Some research suggests that rhinoviruses may replicate more efficiently at temperatures lower than 37°C, or 98.6°F, the average core body temperature in humans. The temperature inside the nasal cavity is approximately 33°C (91.4°F), which may make it an ideal breeding ground for rhinoviruses. However, this does not confirm that lower outside temperatures increase the risk of rhinovirus infection. Most research on rhinoviruses has primarily focused on examining how differences in body temperature affect the virus’s ability to reproduce.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4311828/
Based on our findings, it is intriguing to consider possible implications of the relatively less robust IFN and ISG response observed in respiratory epithelial cells at cool temperature. Many respiratory viruses initiate infection in the nasal cavity or infect the nasal cavity to cause “colds” without infecting the lung. In addition to the greater accessibility of the nasal cavity to pathogens in the environment, diminished innate immune induction at cooler temperatures could also contribute to a more permissive environment for respiratory infections in the nasal cavity compared with the warmer airways of the lung.
Along these lines, it is also intriguing to consider the possibility that inhaling cool air might diminish resistance to respiratory virus infections by lowering the temperature of potential host cells lining the nasal cavity. Our observations therefore provide a possible mechanism for the popular but controversial idea that exposure to cool weather conditions can increase susceptibility to common colds.
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About 4 decades ago I read parts of a technical medical book about viruses that related how head cold viruses best reproduce at about 92F degrees. And that gave me an idea that has kept me freer of head colds than any other persons I have got to know. As a child and adolescent, I had normal numbers of head colds. But after I began using the below methods, that changed dramatically.
Of course, I also practice the usual habits of not putting my hands on my face after being in public places, avoiding people with head colds and flu coughing and sneezing, washing one's hands after being in public areas touching foreign objects, and consuming a normal amount of vitamin C regularly mainly via citrus fruits. And note virions can only live about three hours on surfaces that eliminates the possibility of contagion from many objects.
Significantly, when I do catch a head cold, I never ever take any common cold medicines. However, I do usually get an influenza shot in the fall and note, this advice does not apply to influenza. Thus without cold medicines I do suffer more during a cold than others, but those medicines have little to do with preventing colds but rather alleviating symptoms.
My secret is that I make my throat and nasal passages too warm for rhinoviruses to take hold. Remember how the above reference states viruses multiply very poorly at normal body temperatures (98.6F average)? I thus cut colds off before they can get started by reducing their ability to reproduce. Once a cold has gotten a grip on me, I'm as much dead meat as the next person and a cold will run through its normal course.
During late fall in public places, we are all often breathing in extremely tiny viruses floating about in the air. Likely thousands of them at times, as every milliliter of mucous from an infected person contains millions. However most do not succeed in infecting us. Some simply end up at places too deep and thus warm in our body to reproduce efficiently. Others don't reach parts of the nasal epithelium on cell walls the virions target. And others are gobbled up by our white blood cell defense system.
In fact I suspect unless viruses can attain a critical concentration at a site they land at and are reproducing at, our white blood cells will remove them at a faster rate than they can multiply and thus eliminate them. Else with so many millions entering our bodies we would be certain to always come down with infections.
That is what is occurring during the critical incubation period of 8 to 10 hours after which a head cold may be perceptible. Being aware of that short incubation period is useful for knowing when one must be alert after public exposures. A tiny area of infection is building up a virus colony and expanding until it becomes noticeable. Before that is when one can knock out a cold by allowing your white blood cells to envelop virions at a faster rate than they can reproduce. Add too much heat and virions can't reproduce fast enough.
Very key, is keeping those upper respiratory tract areas extra warm at the earliest subtle signs. If I wait until say a runny nose is obvious, I'm dead meat. Also if one is near sick others during their day, just keep those areas warm as soon as possible without waiting to experience symptoms.
During all times of the year I never sleep with my neck exposed to the night air. Thus always lay warm clothing, blankets, etc over my neck and also my upper chest. Or even better wear a neck warmer. You know, those hoop shaped often fleece clothing accessories that just fit over one's neck? Skiers and winter sports enthusiasts often wear neck warmers, wool neck scarves, or balaclavas. And stores selling such goods are of course a good source. In fact the second best thing to wear to bed if one has just been exposed during the day to a room of sneezing coughing co-workers is a snug expedition weight balaclava. Also note, to balance keeping one's neck extra warm so as to not become uncomfortable, one might keep lower areas less covered.
I have more to add with this process but will limit input in this initial post to the above.
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