Contents:
- Medical Video: Top 10 Most Famous Scientific Theories That Turned out to be Wrong
- A variety of cold myths that don't need to be trusted anymore
- 1. Leaving wet hair can make a cold
- 2. Not allowed to drink milk while having a cold
- 3. A new cold will spread if accompanied by a fever
- 4. Flu medicine can cure colds
Medical Video: Top 10 Most Famous Scientific Theories That Turned out to be Wrong
All people must have been hit by runny nose or runny nose, especially every time entering the rainy season. However, many people believe that the habit of shampooing at night or drinking lots of ice can also make us catch a cold. Is that true? Come on, find out the following cold facts and myths.
A variety of cold myths that don't need to be trusted anymore
1. Leaving wet hair can make a cold
You may have been lazy to dry your hair for some reason. Whether because of being in a hurry to go to the office, lazy to turn onhair dryer, etc.
Many people think that this can cause a cold. In fact, this is just a myth, you know.
Colds occur when a virus enters and infects the respiratory tract. So, leaving your hair wet will certainly not infect your respiratory tract, as long as there is no virus entering.
This also breaks the other cold myths, for example, mostly drinking ice and shampooing at night, which is also believed to cause a cold. As long as your immune system is strong, the habit will not trigger a cold, really.
2. Not allowed to drink milk while having a cold
People who have colds often avoid drinking milk or other dairy products, because they can increase the amount of mucus in the throat. In fact, this is just a myth.
According to James Steckelberg, M.D., a professor of medicine at Mayo Medical School in Minnesota, this will not increase the amount of mucus.
He actually recommends eating cream soup, ice cream, pudding, or milk to help overcome the bitter tongue sensation when he is sick. This is also useful for relieving sore throats that are often complained of when a cold.
3. A new cold will spread if accompanied by a fever
Fever or not, you can still spread the cold virus to other people. Because the transmission of colds has occurred starting from the first 2-3 days, even if you have no fever or even cold symptoms have not even appeared. This chain of transmission even continues for the next 7-10 days.
4. Flu medicine can cure colds
Indeed, runny nose or runny nose is the most common flu symptom. For this reason, most people will immediately take cold medicine to relieve an annoying runny nose.
Unfortunately, cold medicine is not effective in treating colds. Quoted from Parents, cold medicine only works to fight the flu virus, not to relieve colds caused by viruses other than the flu virus.
Giving antibiotics will also have the same effect. Because, antibiotics only work effectively against bacteria, so this will not work to fight the virus that causes colds.
If you continue to take antibiotics that are actually not needed, this can cause bacteria in the body to become resistant. In fact, you can experience diarrhea or fungal infections due to an overdose of antibiotics.
