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One of the unfortunate parts about colds is that the range of experiences seems to be fairly large for different people. It sounds that like me, you've never ex
by tolmasky 5y ago
One of the unfortunate parts about colds is that the range of experiences seems to be fairly large for different people. It sounds that like me, you've never experiencd a "24 hour bug," and a cold is at minimum a one week affair. Not sure if you've looked into it, but there is some research starting to develop around why this is the case, namely, it might be bacteria that inhabit our nose that take advantage when our defenses are down from a cold: https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20181001/colds-especially-bad-your-nose-might-be-to-blame https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20181001/colds-espec...
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoIt seems fairly common for a cold to last a week[1]. They wouldn't be debilitating for the whole time - it'd be a day or two of bad symptoms and then a obnoxious sniffle for another week. But I'd still come into the office and be that guy in the corner who was going sniff sniff sniff the whole day, even with a box of kleenex. Thankfully I haven't had one since I moved to working from home - I've come to realize that I need to be more careful with hand washing and general hand/face hygeine. [1] https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/your-cold-wont-go-away https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/your-cold-wont-go-away