Why do I have a cold in summer?

[Milkybar_Kid]

It is the middle of summer, how is possible that I have come down with the common cold?

I thought that one could only get a cold in the winter?

This one is as strong as the winter ones.

Ai-ya

[cfimages]

Colds are caused by viruses not seasons. Some viruses are more prevalent in summer, some in winter.

[StuartCa]

Summer colds are quite common. My house and office are all suffering now.

[jimipresley]

Viruses don't hibernate in summer.

[sandman]

You are weak and insipid. Probably you have never spent the winter months in the northern hemisphere wearing nothing but underpants and socks. What can you expect.

[Dragonbones]

My understanding is that there are probably 1/3 - 1/4 as many colds in summer, but they still happen (some being actual viral colds, and others being allergic reactions misinterpreted as colds). I've read that air con in summer dries out the air (allowing virus particles to stay buoyant and travel farther) and also dries out your mucous membranes, decreasing your resistance to them. Also, people stay indoors in both the cold wet weather of winter, and the hottest weather of summer, and transmit the viruses to each other as a result. If instead you avoid air con and crowded places, you'll be less likely to get a summer cold, especially when it's very humid.

[headhonchoII]

I usually get a cold of some sort after air travel, summer or winter makes no difference for me. It's all about the amount of contact you have with different people and places and maintaining immunity.

[almas john]

Not just physical weakness my good man, but a sign of moral degeneracy - you know the kind of thing I'm talking about: ill usage of women's clothing catalogs, improper tossing of pasta, spending time with Jimi P.

But seriously, hope you get better soon, and treat yourself to some liquid medication.

[StuartCa]

If instead you avoid air con and crowded places, you'll be less likely to get a summer cold, especially when it's very humid.

Ok, time to become a nomad. Desert air will do me the world of good.

[sandman]

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