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I am probably wrong, but my understand has been that being cooler longer-term, say living at 50 degrees reduces peripheral circulation. This provides a place fo
by voidlogic 10y ago
I am probably wrong, but my understand has been that being cooler longer-term, say living at 50 degrees reduces peripheral circulation. This provides a place for the virus to replicate with less immune interference.
It seems like many of the studies to disprove cold temps -> rhino are just acutely exposing people to more extreme cold temps. I also wonder, what we colloquially refer to as colds is a superset of rhinoviruses, any study should prob. test all the common cold viruses?
Also, a probably controversial tangential anecdote, my wife and I started taking 3 Vitamin D (2000 IU Summer, 3000 IU Fall/Spring, 4000 IU Winter) a year ago and neither one of us has gotten the cold or flu since knock on wood. This is not only surprising considering numbers of sick co-workers, but also an anomaly historically for us. I know Vitamin D has an effect on the passive immune system that lowers TB and influenza infection rates, I wonder if this same is true for rhinoviruses....
- autokad 10y agothe problem with 'studies' is that they try to treat the world as binary, when its all systems. the vitimin d thing is interesting, cold = dont go out = dont get vitimin d. try sleeping in a cold room with no clothes/blanket. will wreck your immune system fast.
- Jtsummers 10y agoHonest question, do people really find sleeping in cold rooms with little/no clothing to cause illness? I'm probably an outlier (last illness was food poisoning in 2003), but I sleep through the winter in boxers, covered in a light sheet, with the heat set low (65F, higher if I had a GF at the time and she was sleeping over). Is it the shock to the body for those unaccustomed to it, or just another area where I'm at outlier?
- autokad 10y agoi think 65 with a sheet is within the optimal sleeping range :) i should have quantified, <60 = cold
- voidlogic 10y agoA lot of people don't realize too warm is bad too, less restful sleep, elevated cortisol etc
- DanBC 10y agoCurrent UK advice for infants is to keep the room at 18 C. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/reducing-risk-cot-death.aspx#temperature http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/reduci... The "Keep Warm, Keep Well" (mostly aimed at older people) suggests a minimum temperature of 18C, but also says that you can have it cooler if you're comfortable and healthy. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/winterhealth/Pages/KeepWarmKeepWell.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/winterhealth/Pages/KeepWarmKeepWe... 65F is 18C.