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Rant: I argued with my friend for years that you can't get a cold from being cold.
He kept saying his mom in Chicago always warned him about wet hair in winter, but I thought it was just an old wives' tale. Then I read a study from Yale University that showed cold temperatures can weaken your nose's immune response, making you more likely to catch a rhinovirus. Has anyone else seen solid proof for or against this?
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graygonzalez4d ago
Read that Yale study too. It makes sense that being cold stresses your body. So your friend's mom was kinda right.
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jamesf264d ago
Exactly, the stress response is a big part of it. Your body has to work harder just to keep its core temperature up. That extra load can mess with your immune system, making you more open to catching whatever's going around. It's not just an old wives' tale, there's real science behind bundling up. Makes you wonder what other common sense advice from parents actually has a solid biological basis.
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