I keep getting colds

[Toeclip]

No cycling this weekend again due to yet another cold! Seem to be getting a cold every 4-5 weeks, could be the same one lingering on I suppose. Would a vitamin C supplement help prevent/fight off these colds?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Nope

 

[Nearly there]

I've not had a cold for 3 years

 

[the_mikey]

It could be bad luck or you could be more susceptible to colds due to polluted air, either at work, at home or in a car for example. Other lifestyle factors may also play a part.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I've not had a cold for 3 years

I thought something similar about a month ago.

Not stopped sniffling and sneezing for the past 3 weeks

 

[Nearly there]

I thought something similar about a month ago.

Not stopped sniffling and sneezing for the past 3 weeks

I once boasted to the wife that me and my oldest daughter never get ill next day we both got food poisoning not a pretty sight

 

[lulubel]

If your diet is poor, then a good multivitamin supplement will probably help your immune system, but if you have a healthy and varied diet, you should be getting everything you need already.

Whether you get a lot of colds or not is mostly down to the places where you spend a lot of time and how many people you come into contact with. When I drove buses, I'd spend most of the winter with a cold - they'd just come one after another - but when I left that job and started working from home, the colds stopped.

 

[defy-one]

I had colds all year round when i travelled by london undrrground. Since i started using the car and bike .... no more colds/flu :touchwood

 

[Saluki]

I used to get colds but then I started taking Echinacia, 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. It works for me and I haven't had a cold for years. I also take aloe vera (2fl oz) every morning to keep my immune system tickety-boo. Getting colds/flu and other lurgys, is a thing of the past for me.
Could the echinacia thing be worth a go, any decent herbalist should stock it and its not expensive.

 

[Nebulous]

Being in good health helps, but avoiding close contact with lots of people is also important.
All the stuff about wiping door handles, phones, gear handles, steering wheels hand-washing etc also makes a surprising amount of difference.

 

[MattHB]

There are just masses of bugs about. Get one and it lowers your defences for the following ones. Last year was the same.

 

[Moodyman]

Doesn't help if you've got kids. They bring from school and share around the home.

And despite what you read you can actually get cold from very cold weather. It's not cold as in fever/headaches but certainly a runny nose and congested chest.

 

[ianrauk]

Doesn't help if you've got kids. They bring from school and share around the home.

Indeed... since our little one started nursery, the amount of colds he has bought home and I seem to be catching has rose significantly.

 

[marshmella]

No idea how old you are Toeclip but i used to have colds all the time during my 20s and 30s, i seem to have fewer since i hit my 40s...i'll just get some tissues ready..

 

[Toeclip]

I`m 63 years old and took early retirement 3 years ago and was enjoying it until this winter when these colds started to hit me. Colds seem to last just two/three days and then I`m okay for a bit and then bang they start again! Today I`m feeling much better and looking to get out on the bike tomorrow.