How Has Cold Virus Mutated Over Last 20 Years? Posted: 10-14-05 13:50pm
Over the last 5-10 years all my colds
start off in the same way: I get a raging
soar throat for 2 days, a lull on the 3rd
day and then slight stuffiness for a
couple more days. I.E. Colds now
target mostly my throat, often leaving me
with a throaty cough (as opposd to a
chesty cough).
However, this never used to be the case.
Before the age of 34 I never once got a
soar throat with a cold. What I did get
were the classic nasal symptoms of
sneezing, runny nose — basically totally
stuffed up.
Hence my question: has the cold virus
changed over the last 10 years to now
target the throat more than the sinuses,
or is it just affecting me differently as
I grow older?
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gemstone83x
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 57 Location: uk
Different Viruses , Different Symptoms Posted: 10-22-05 15:59pm
I dont know about over the past 20 years,
but I think there are so many different
cold viruses, and they will affect you in
different ways. Emotional upset and
stress can wear you down and make you more
prone to having a worse cold than usual I
think. (in my case because my mum died 2
weeks ago)
i have a cold at the moment and the ones
ive had lately have started off very
quickly as a sore throat yesterday and
today ive had a headache on and off all
day. Ive had a flu jab so im pretty sure
its a cold, and they can be quite bad.
Its just that time of year and its easy to
forget how you felt when you last had a
cold.
Maybe you've developed a lot of immunity
to the cold viruses that are higher up in
your nose and sinuses, so its mainly the
throaty ones that are getting in there
now.
Either way I hope you feel better soon.
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 10-22-05 16:43pm
Gemstone83x, I am soooo sorry for your
loss, losing your mum is always very
difficult!!! With stress, your immune
system can get very low. I quit taking
the flu shot because it made me so sick
after a week or two as it does several
people that I have known and talked to,
you can still get the flu after that , the
shot only covers certain strains of the
flu. I am not saying do not take it as
it is your choice and I am not a Dr. I
know that my Dr. Wants me to take it
because I am high risk with my medical
problems but I just keep telling him no
thank you.
I hope you feel better soon.
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 10-22-05 16:57pm
Monkfish, as we grow older, everything
changes and we are all different.
You might have gotten allergies, have you
been to an ear, nose throat specialist, or
maybe even talk to a pharmacist.
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gemstone83x
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 57 Location: uk
1 Posted: 10-22-05 18:17pm
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Monkfish
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3
Posted: 10-23-05 04:24am
Isn't nature cruel to make us more
susceptible to infection when we're
feeling down like gem. Effectively nature
is trying to weed out the weak. It amuses
me sometimes how some people swear by the
"natural" way of doing things, when in
fact, nature would see most of us off!
Anyway, I suspect it is stress related.
I've had a lot of stress in my life over
the last 5 years. Maybe I should get a
blood count or something.
Talking of blood count and nerves: I get
nervous about going to the dentist — not
through fear of pain though, but the fear
of getting hiv from poorly sterilized
equipment. We all know the correct
procedures that "should" be in place, but
I wonder how many practices carry them
out? Especially here in the uk were
dental hygiene lags behind the us.
