Colds and stuff

I used to get a cold after Christmas and another around my March birthday - don’t want to tempt fate - touching wood -but not had either for a few years now!

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Had not had a cold for a couple of years. Then my DGS came round with a cold. So bad sore throat, hacking cough & runny nose. Two weeks on & still coughing & feeling rotten. Think it is down to Lockdown no germs about so when one comes along it is worse than usual. Thank you Covid!

I have couple of colds a year..... but haven’t had one since COVID ...... must be social distancing and vigorous hand washing.

I haven't had one since I stopped teaching in 2011.

I catch few colds, possibly being a teacher for nearly 40 years built my immunity. Having said that, during my recent stay in France, where DH lives permanently, I did have a cold for just a few days but he didn’t! I guess it was due to encountering an unfamiliar virus.

I can't remember either. Perhaps one was too trivial to be noteworthy. Who knows? Certainly seems a long long time. Have occasionally felt vulnerable around sniffling/coughing GC but so far so good and..... their company is certainly worth risking a cold for. My choice assuredly.

By the time we reach a certain age we have acheived immunity to a lot of the common bugs. My mother at around eighty boasted that she hadnt had a cold for thirty years, and I now find myself doing the same. Maybe this is the 'herd' immunity the boffins keep talking about!

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Now you mention it I can't remember the last time I had a cold. I do get a sore throat sometimes though.

Yes so do I. I have decided it is bacterial rather than viral though, as I’m going nowhere to get anything without mask stringent hand washing/ gelling etc and strict social distancing.

About 6 months ago, had a cold or a flu which really laid me up.

The last two colds I had were January 2019 and early September 20.. I had just started chemo in 2019, and friends took me to a wiggery ( as we jokingly called it ), and then into a cafe for a coffee. In 2019 I was taking all sorts of jollop to boost my immune system, and the cold was very slight. Lockdown and shielding have kept colds at bay this year, but I started one a few weeks ago and prayed it would not turn into Covid. It didn't and again it didn't turn into much. Just a sniffle and a sneeze. I kept well away from people. too.
Before 2019 I used to travel across London regularly to see family and always came home with a cold.

Now you mention it I can't remember the last time I had a cold. I do get a sore throat sometimes though.

I hardly had any for years - until grandchildren at nursery and school started bringing them home and passing them on.

January this year I had a nasty chest infection, but have not had " the common cold" for years. I qualified as an Infectious diseases nurse and have still got a fairly robust immune system even though I'm almost 80.

Not had a cold this year and YES I do think it's down to social distancing, working from home, shielding and not having to do my daily journey on the London Underground.

I usually have a few gum and/or ear infections every few months, I think because I'm getting an extra one and a half/two hours sleep as I'm not having to travel in and out to work I'm better rested, less stressed and generally in better spirits. The upside to Covid-19.

I have one now. DS is at a special needs college and although they are being as careful as is possible due to having some very medically vulnerable students he has brought a cold home and shared it with me.

Yes last week I'm not sure how i caught it, i wear a mask, wash my hands and socially distance, but in any other year if i get cold im miserable for ages with it, this one i started sneezing last weekend felt awful for a few days and then seemed to get over it much quicker

I am hoping that the extra precautions we are all taking against the virus will also help protect us against catching colds and flu. Fingers crossed.

Not had one for over 30 years.. I had a very bad one then and was determined it would not happen again. I started telling them to go away at first sneeze. Mind over matter. I took control. It worked.

I get them every few months. I used to get some from small grandchildren when I collected them from school, or from the daily swim, some chemical triggers sneezing and running and blocked nose and it can go on a few days or go in a day. I'm just finishing one now after not having one all summer. It started Saturday, so if it has really gone that's not too bad. They do say at least a week. I did feel a bit fragile but since cold is not a corvid symptom and had no cough or fever it was just a cold.

It was last year not a bad one but few sniffles I’m immune compromised so I usually get them

I rarely get colds. I start with a sore throat, but it normally just affects me as a severe cough. The last one I had was in February. Just as I thought I was getting rid of it, it kept going. If I had it now, I would get tested for Covid, but I think it was just my usual type of cold which goes to my throat.

I had a head cold 3-4 weeks ago, probably got it from DGD. Was over it pretty quickly, definitely not Covid-19. I just took standard symptom relief remedies. I always have a bit of a wheeze and cough as I have asthma.

I don’t get colds these days, but I pick up every little cough due to my asthma. And they take forever to go, despite using high dose steroid inhaler daily all the time. Occasionally I go to the GP and get oral steroids but I try to avoid that if possible. So no to colds, yes to coughs.

I think this is normal as we get older.

I believe there are only a certain number of cold viruses and by the time we reach our 60s and older, we have encountered most of them.

Our immune systems are amazing aren’t they?