No, sweating out a cold does nothing. Your body is surprisingly good at maintaining a stable internal temperature despite being in a sweat-suit all day. So, nothing she does on the outside will change her temperature on the inside.
She needs to go to bed and rest. Not chores. Fluids, no dairy. Some people swear by chicken soup, hot and sour soup, or anything with garlic and chilis - seems to be easy to eat and helps thin the congested mucus so it can come out. Take over-the-counter meds as directed or speak to your doctor or pharmacist. The most you can really do is lessen the symtoms of the sinus congestion, chest congestion, sore throat, general pain and fatigue - it takes your immune system to cure you.
How the common cold really goes away? The rhinovirus gets into your system and your immune system mounts an immediate defense, creating anti-bodies to fight the virus. It takes a couple days to get up and running, and a couple/few/several days of hard war of anti-bodies fighting virus. And a few days of clearing all the dead cellular material out of the body and recovering from the fatigue and respiratory symptoms.
yes. apparently that works for some people.( because they are the people I know). I see that it works for them well. however there is also people who get better by just sleeping a lot and eat when they can. ( don't really want to admit but I'm in this group too).
When you get a cold listen to your body. whatever it tells you to do, just do it. (this is different for each individuals.) For example for some people their body will tells them to go out and exercise and when they do they get better but for some people their body tells them to just rest and rest a lots and when they follow it they get better. So it's important to listens to your body when you get a cold.
For your girlfriend she is probably in a group where she feels if she excercise she will get better. anyway tell me the result of her action if you can because I would like to know if that works for her. thanks.
Myth: You can sweat out a cold
Verdict: When you're feeling fluey, you're willing to try anything to get rid of the aches and pains and stuffy nose, and while having a hot bath or rugging up may mean you feel better, it won't make a difference to your recovery time. "You won't get rid of a cold by sweating it out," Dr McCoy says.
Dr Hampson says that sometimes our body naturally develops a high temperature in order to get rid of an illness, but forcing it to heat up won't help.
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I think I'm with the boys on this one, sweating naturally is fine and okay but the way she's doing it might make her have super high fever and she might have other stuff happening aside from just a simple cold.
Drinking lemon tea with honey and wait until it's gone naturally is far better for you.
There are natural ways. You can boil water, then pour it into a glass and add camomile in it. After that put the cup on the table, take a towel. Look down on the cup, cover your back of the head and neck with the towel, and breathe in the water with camomile for 10-15 minutes. Just be careful when the water is hot, when you think it is too hot, don't breathe it in until its a little colder. This method works and my mom always told me to do this when I was younger. There is an another method: eat a lot of vitamin C. You can squeeze one or two lemons into a cup and then drink the whole glass of lemon juice/acid. The cold will go away in no time.
No and I would highly recommend stopping her now. Words from a doctor in training. When you sweat you release water and minerals that is it no germs. It's not physically possible for sweating to help a cold because if anything it makes a cold worse. By sweating you dehydrate yourself which is bad when you have a cold because your body needs water to fight the bacteria water is key when ill so keeping hydrated helps a lot. All she is doing is helping the bacteria fight against her body.
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Sweating works for a infections that are caused by a Bacteria. Cold and Flu are both Viral infections, Viruses are non-living organisms (yep people hard to believe, but this is the reality, I'm sorry if you believe otherwise. You're teaches should be ashamed so should you parents).
Your Girlfriend looks silly and is doing herself no good. In fact she is Dehydrating herself via sweating. One thing that tends to ease Cold/Flu is Chicken Noodle soup, do to some odd vitamins and minerals in it that help the body in fighting off the Cold virus. And you can't forget drinking plenty of fluids, as well as some Tea with Lemon and Honey, works as well.
What she is doing now on the other hand... Well temporary moment of Insanity based on some functional information she may have heard somewhere or read from some shady internet source like the Onion or maybe 4Chan message boards, or was told by a friend who clearly has a Ph. D in infectious diseases and works or CDC.
You can "exercise" out a cold. Maybe not sweat it out. Exercising gets your heart going and breathing up. This can help to clear congestion. It also release hormones that help you feel better. But as for siting in a sweat suit all day, I'd say that'd make it feel worse especially if you don't replace enough fluid. It raises your core temperature and the stuffiness could add to congestion.
I find that I can do exercise and it helps to relieve cold symptoms. But as a cold is a virus, it is literally to get rid of the cold itself like this as the viruses live in cells.
So she's not wrong, but far from correct. Get her to take the silly, uncomfortable suit off, go for a run (or any exercise that suits her fancy) have a nice steamy shower. That will do her the world of good!
Hope this helps!
Well the older generation always said to sweat out a cold. Used to make up hot toddys. A wee bit of whisky or rum with a spoon of sugar and hot water. You can't just dismiss things people have been doing for tmyears as superstitious or unfounded bullshit. These things, at some time, were based in fact. We just assume they don't know what they're talking about. They came up with poltices and all that stuff and they're proven to draw out infection from a wound. She should be lay up under the quilt though not dressed like an artic explorer
Not crazy... misinformed. In the past it was believed that sweating out the cold is the way to cure it faster. Sweating may be good but it's different when it naturally sweats at night while you're asleep and your body rests. Like this... It may stress the body, make it worse and probably pass out at some point If she doesn't drink enough water and stop this shit.
Inhaling hot steam and drinking hot tea would had been a better idea. The immune does all the fighting. She just needs to rest, eat and drink plenty water If she wants it to cure faster.
Good possibility of her to, become dehydrated.
Signs of mild or moderate dehydration include:
Thirst
Dry or sticky mouth
Not peeing very much
Dark yellow pee
Dry, cool skin
Headache
Muscle cramps
Signs of severe dehydration include:
Not peeing or having very dark yellow pee
Very dry skin
Feeling dizzy
Rapid heartbeat
Rapid breathing
Sunken eyes
Sleepiness, lack of energy, confusion or irritability
Fainting
Symptoms for babies and young children can be different than for adults:
Dry mouth and tongue
No tears when crying
Dry diapers for 3 hours
Sunken eyes, cheeks, soft spot on the top of the skull
Sleepiness, lack of energy, or irritability
Severe dehydration is a medical emergency and needs to be treated immediately.
there's no science that shows sweating out a cold, which is really sweating out a the aches and pains from fever, will improve recovery time
but you can potentially feel better. like taking a very hot bath may help sooth the aches and pains, but the sweating aspect won't help reduce recovery time
I have never tried it with a cold, but I think it does help when I have a fever. I will avoid taking any medication that reduces fever (assuming it is not dangerously high) and do as much physical activity as I can stand. I've been outside splitting firewood by hand with a temp of 102. When I'm about to be over it, I break out in a heat rash on my neck and torso. I feel like it cuts a day or two off of it.
The again, maybe it's in my head. I dunno.
You cannot do anything to counteract a virus. Cold Eeze zinc lozenges and Emergen-C will lesson the symptoms but not the duration. It must run its course.
Wearing a rubber suit can cause dehydration at a time when you really need fluids.
These are medical facts. She is not helping herself.
~JSmith
While sweat removes toxins from the body, dehydration will only make matters worse. Plus the sweat is being kept close to the skin with clothing like that. The only thing that will truly cure a cold is adequate nutrition, proper hydration and excess rest. Medicine helps symptoms, but our bodies do the work and actually cure us. She would have to sweat completely naked, like in a sauna which saps the strength your body needs to fight off infection.
You don't sweat out a cold or fever.
The sneezing, coughing and fever are symptoms. That means they are the results that your body is reacting to the illness. They are not the actual disease. Treating the symptoms makes you feel better but doesn't do much for the actual disease.
The disease is caused by virus or bacteria screwing around in your body. Your body reacts to these Invaders and causes the symptoms.
I've done that my whole life. Not the outfit, but sweating out the common cold and the flu. I'll stay under my blankets and sweat like hell (pun). I'm generally sick only two days. The only thing is, you have to remember you have to drink plenty, PLENTY" of water to help! I try to get 2 gallons, ice cold water.
if it works it works. you can't tell her what to do. get on with your day
Um I dont really think that works your immune system has to work on its own since a cold is a virus and you want take antibiotics she's needs to hydrate and rest and probably be with a tissue box all day for congestion purposes she needs to get all the shit out of her (snot and all that)
Myth: You can sweat out a cold. Verdict: When you're feeling fluey, you're willing to try anything to get rid of the aches and pains and stuffy nose, and while having a hot bath or rugging up may mean you feel better, it won't make a difference to your recovery time.
A wetsuit? Yeah, I don't think that's what's going to cure a cold. LOL
How 'bout plenty of liquids, a couple of IB's, some cough drops, and sleep, or rest.
A cold is a virus - it has to be dealt with on a cellular level within your body - there is no magic bullet. You have to develop the antibodies that kill the virus cells. It takes some time, and has to run it's course. Antibiotics do nothing for this.
No, that won't make a difference and it might make her more uncomfortable. Make sure she gets rest, lots of fluids, and takes the proper cold medicine on time.
u Many people believe the old wive's tale about sweating out a cold. We know that colds are caused by viral infections and those don't get sweated out.
first of all HILARIOUS second i do not know how her technic works but i know that intense fysical activity can result in cardiac arest i think the best idea is to get a lot of sleep that is what I do when i start feeling sick i take like a day off because i know if i don't i will be in efficient or sick for a long time
I don't think thats how it works, colds are viral infections.. not water that your body naturally sweats out lol She could end up giving herself a fever.
You can sweat out a cold but just layering up and sweating won't work if she were to go to a gym and have an intense workout and sweat that way or if she were to hit a sauna then it would work. Your body when sweating will also release some of the toxins in the body so yes your girlfriend is right but only if she puts on an extreme sweat.
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