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- From: suter@VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.MPG.dbp.de
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- Subject: common cold
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.084436.28961@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 10:46:27 GMT
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- Subj: common cold
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- dear colleagues,
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- what is the source of the common cold ? in origin it is a viral diseases
- but my more specific questions are:
- 1. can one 'catch' a cold (by running in the snow in a wet t-shirt)
- 2. how does this work: is the immune system weakened by the temp shock?
- apparently, the acitivity of the white bloodcells seems to go down after
- cold shock (personal communication by someone), but doesn't the body
- temperature stay well within the 37C range ?
- 3. do any of you have references/ideas/suggestions on this matter?
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- several of my colleagues (and me also) infected ourselves at a late night
- party and were AWOL for one week, suggesting that alcohol also may have
- something to do with it.
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- sneezing,
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- clemens
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