Comments on: Why do I get a cold every time I see my grandkids? https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: KyPerson https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795428 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:17:21 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795428 I work around college students and I have grandchildren. I very seldom get colds and I am 74. I think I just have a very robust immune system. Even when I got covid, it was one and half days of a mild fever and then I was better.

]]> By: DisGuested https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795377 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 03:03:12 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795377 I use Aquegel Zinc, a gel barrier applied in nose. Also Xlear nasal spray which has xylitol. Now most recently at doctors recommendation, Nowonder nasal cleanser from Israel; nitric oxide. Seems to help. I use to catch everything all the time. No longer. Really think keeping the nose clean is key.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795305 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:09:40 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795305 Kate:

Yes, they’re very big on sharing. 🙂

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795302 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:07:16 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795302 Your grandchildren love you SO MUCH.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795300 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:55:53 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795300 Lee:

I did not have a third or fourth booster.

Zinc lozenges, which I’ve taken for years in order to reduce the severity of colds, seem to have little to no effect so I’ve stopped using them.

I’m practically Lady Macbeth with the handwashing.

I actually don’t get many colds aside from the ones I get from my grandchildren. But that’s good for several a year.

]]> By: Lee https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795293 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:25:58 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795293 It may be dependent on how many mRNA injections you got. The third, and definitely the fourth, causes a flip of the usual IGg3 IGg 4 levels in most people which persists, which makes people more vulnerable to respiratory viruses.

There are number of immune enhancers, such as quercetin, chaga mushroom powder, and black seed oil you can take as supplements.

Also, nasal lavage and gargling both with decrease your pharyngeal viral load.
Frequent handwashing was shown over forty years ago to be the single most effective intervention to decrease respiratory virus infection in military barracks.
(IIRC–every four hours under the sergeant’s supervision. Far more effective than masking, which basically does nothing.)

Zinc lozenges or nasal zinc applications are more useful than swallowing zinc at disrupting the enzyme RNA viruses need to replicate.

]]> By: Jimmy https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795262 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:22:08 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795262 I believe only SOME colds are coronaviruses, maybe 20%. I second what others have said about Quercetin (along with zinc tablets). I have had maybe 1 or 2 colds in the last 5 years, both very mild. There’s also the usual preventives: hand washing, gargling with Listerine, etc. I’m not diligent about this and haven’t needed to be.

]]> By: Keith https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795256 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:53:59 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795256 Ivermectin by body weight twice a month . Ymmv

]]> By: Waidmann https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795244 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:39:15 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795244 Have you considered Ivermectin? It’s effective treating coronavirus, and, if I understand correctly, the common cold is a coronavirus. There’s a pre-exposure protocol for when you know you’re about to be around them, as well as a early treatment protocol for when you start to feel sick.

]]> By: TommyJay https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/29/why-do-i-get-a-cold-every-time-i-see-my-grandkids/#comment-2795188 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:58:38 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=140841#comment-2795188 A year ago, a friend gave me some Emergen-C for a cold. I was initially skeptical because I had tried large doses of vit. C in the past. However, looking at the ingredient list I saw it had a large amount of various B complex vitamins also.

About 8 months ago, I had been diagnosed with hyponatremia or low sodium. Potentially, anything that might be lost through urination such as sodium water soluble vitamins could be an issue for me. I started adding an electrolyte to my water, and reacquainting myself with the salt shaker. I noticed that the electrolyte additive also contains B-complex.

So, I’ve been adding vit. D3, C, zinc, and the electrolyte with B-complex to my multivitamin for a while, and haven’t had any infections for this modest time period. The 2nd half of 2023 was a time of serial infections for me.

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