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Between sleepless nights and a general feeling of lousiness, coming down with a cold is never pleasant. Plus, colds always seem to have a way of striking at the most inopportune time — like before a vacation, a birthday or during the holiday season., a family medicine doctor at Temple Health in Philadelphia. “So, people can get it by coming into contact with others who are sick or by touching contaminated surfaces and putting their hands on their face,” Wardlaw said.
“Viruses can remain on skin for a couple of hours and on other surfaces for several hours,” Chung added.Areas like door handles, cell phones and light switches can all become contaminated with cold virus droplets if they’re touched by someone who’s sick.Get lots of sleep and practice other smart habits.
Again, this is something many folks learned early on in the pandemic when people were encouraged to spend time in outdoor, well-ventilated spaces as opposed to crowded, indoor areas.“There really isn’t strong evidence to support a range of other products people commonly use in an effort to try and prevent colds including probiotics, vitamin C or D supplementation, or zinc sulfate,” according to Chung.evidence that zinc prevents colds.
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