Debunking Medical Myths – The Common Cold

I’m Josh medical correspondent and the
illness we looking at today is the
common cold guncle is a virus which
infects people for about one to two
weeks and manifests itself through sore
throats and a cough although there are
many medications you can buy for the
common cold pharmacy none of them
actually cure the common cold but they
do a really good job of relieving the
symptoms there’s also this notion that
you know walking in and out of the cold
weather will make you more susceptible
to getting a cold current research shows
that this is not the case and in fact
the quite the opposite could very well
be true that being indoors with
especially with other people who have a
cold will actually increase your chances
of contracting a cold yourself the cold
is passed on obviously by someone
coughing around you but little is have
known that the cold virus will actually
live for about three hours on your skin
on telephones on guard rails and a lot
of the transmission is actually from
someone touching that picking the virus
up on your skin and then putting their
hands towards their face now as a result
of this the Center for Disease Control
recommends that you wash your hands
regularly especially during the cold
season and avoid putting your hands to
your face in order to reduce the
transmission of the virus so by doing so
you can prevent your chances of getting
a cold and live comfortably a little
more this winter