Cure for the Common Cold?

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How many colds do you get every year? What home remedy do you think works the best? How do you avoid getting the sniffles?

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[lawrece]

I just eat apple every morning

[Melanie]

I usually get only 1 cold per year. I stay healthy by exercising every day. When I get a cold, I try to rest as much as I can and drink plenty of water. Hot tea makes me feel better.

[Tinaszia]

I get lots of colds, maybe 5-6, every year. I go to my grandma's and get chicken noodle soup and take pepto.

[K!3RRA]

WELL I GET MOSTLY ONE COLD A YEAR,I JUST RECENTLY GOTTEN RID OF A COLD,AND I MOSTLY JUST LAY DOWN OR EAT HOT SOUP..

[TyRa]

ThE CoLd Is A ViRuS ThAt CaN SpReAd. It CoNtAiNS RuNiNg NoSeS , CoUgHiNg ,aNd, SnEeZiNg

[Kyle]

I get 2 to three colds a year but I try to stay clean from deases and it dont matter if im sick or not

[sarah]

i get a cold about 3-6 times a year.To get better i take medicine and i eat chickin noodle soup and i sleep alot to get better

[Andre Garcia]

When i get a cold i eat ice so that i can get even colder.

[Linn]

Every year i get maybe one or two colds. I always go to the doctor and get some medicane for it.It usually only last a few days and its gone. i avoid getting the sniffles by staying away from people with them. I hate being sick because i miss out on a lot of stuff.

[sedrick]

i think i have an average of maybe 4 to 5 common cold a year. i really havent thought of a home remedy. and i dont know a way how i can avoid getting the sniffles.

[Vinnie]

i don't really get colds very often. Maybe once a year. The best home remedy that works the most is probably cold medicine. I avoid the sniffles by staying very clean and sanitary and staying warm in the winter.

[willie]

I think that i probably get about 6 to 7 colds a year.My home remedy is laying in bed all day long until i feel better.I try to not get the cold by staying away from other people that do have the sniffles or any other type of sickness

[anneliese]

I usually get one or two colds a year. I haven't really thought of a home remedy, but there is a saying " an apple a day keeps the doctor away." So I guess eating "an apple a day" would be the remedy.
The way I would think of how to avoid getting the sniffles would to wash your hands everytime you touch something that you know other people have touched. another way you could avoid getting the sniffles would be if someone you know is sick you should stay away from them untill they get better.

[Britney]

I usually get 3 to 4 colds a year. But i try and stay fresh and clean. If i ever do get a cold i usually just take some medicine and off to bed i go. The way i stay away from the sniffles is to use hand sanitizer after touching things. I also try and stay away from people with a cold. Im a clean freak when it comes to my hands so i always wash my hands so that can help out too.

[Jake]

I think that i get a cold probally 4-5 times a year.Around my house we say that rest will cure it and we also take meds.In your opinion what do u think is the best cure for the common cold?

[Calab Tennison]

How many times I get the cold a year is maybe Three to four times a year. What I do at home that works the best is stay clean take medicine and sleep that usually works. How I stay away from the sniffles is I wash my hands when needed and dont share no kind of food after another person.

[Willis]

I usually get about four colds every year. Knock on wood. My home remedy is to usually just to get lots of rest. I usually run a mile a day, and some people say that if you are active you don't get sick as fast as other people.

[karissa]

I catch about five to ten colds a year.I dont have a home remedy i just constantly take cough medicine. Well you see i cant avoid getting the sniffles because i also have alergies. So i actually cant avoid the sniffles because i cant get rid of my alergies.

[ben]

I usually get 3 to 4 colds a year. I always take vitamins. And if i get a cold I just stay in bed

[Johnny #6]

i get about 1 or 2 colds a year. I usually take some medicine before bes and it works the best. the way that I keep from getting the sniffles is for example when i go into a public bathroom after I'm done using the bathroom I wask my hands and them when I go to leave i grab the door handle with my paper towel and I never ever touch the handle because I dont know how many people who dont wash their hands grab the door handle but thats how I keep from getting the sniffles.

[IESHA]

IM NOT REALLY A SICK CHILD! I MIGHT GET SICK ONCE A YEAR. BUT WHEN I GET SICK I DRINK GATORADE THATS MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!!!

[Niko]

I think there are alot of viruses in the air at the moment. I have heard a bout the cold virus coming from the chickens&ducks. In my school there is a chicken pox virus. Already 3-4 people got the chicken pox im lucky that i had chicken pox already but the school just gave the people who never had chicken pox to show their parents.

[Elizabeth]

This article is one that concerns everybody. If scientist find a cure for the common cold who know what health discoveries are at hand. Especially when you get older the common cold could be deadly. This may help us in many ways that we don't yet know.

[Haley :)]

I don't get sick very much! I might get the sniffles every now and then! When I am sick, I just want to lay in my pjs all day, eat icecream, and watch the Disney Channel all day! The best thing to do is keep your hands clean and use lots of hand sanitzer! :)

[Michael Jackson]

i get the sniffles prolly about 2 times a year. But when i do get it it's horrible, i start throwing up and running a very high fever and i can't breath cuz mi nose will be either running or clogged up w/boogies. Sum of othe ways i treat it iz take a few tylenolz and drank sum coke and gatorade!!!! it really helps me alot! oh and eat lots of icecream!!!;)

[Steven]

On an average, I get about 2 to 3 colds a year. One home remedy that I think works the best is just to stay in bed and sweat the cold out. To avoid getting the sniffles, I stay away from people who are sick and frequently wash my hands.

[****Quentina****]

I work around kids that keeps cold and other problems so some of the time i get sick and have a cold but i just take mids. and some muciex and that help also washing your hand and body help too and cover your mouth help to stop other that are around so they don't get sick.:)

[CJ]

I normanly get sick about 2 or 3 times a year and to not let other people catch my cold i keep my mouth shut and i sneeze in a tissue. I take Claritin because my nose run all the time because of my allergies and sinus. What i do to avoid this cold is at times i keep on socks and never go outside while its cold without socks or shoes on my feet.

[andrea]

when i get sick its mostly because i have been around someone that was sick i dont get sick that often. and when i do get sick i dont take any medicine because it does not do anything for me.so my home remedy that i have is to just get plenty of sleep.

[jeovan]

i consider my self very lucky because i dont get the rhinovirus that offten, i would probably get a cold at an estimate 2 to 3 times a year. What i do to help cure me from the menacing virus is soup and alot of vaccines. I avoid the rhinovirus by staying away from people that are a host to the virus and i wash my hands daily, may be 3 to 4 times a day

[shelby]

I don't get a lot of cold's maybe, one or two a year. A remedy that i hear around the house is an apple a day keeps the doctor away.I avoid getting the sniffles by keeping ypur hands clean and making sure other peaple washed there hands before contact.

[Jake]

I get one to two colds a year. I'm sick right now and DONT LIKE IT!!!!!! I think that I will just keep on washing my hands and eating hot foods. But, if you get your hands dirty, and go to wash your hands, and touch the handle to turn it on, wouldn't the germs just get back on your hand when you turn the water off?

[macy]

I get 2-3 colds a year, I mainly sleep all day and eat soup, and the way I avoid getting the sniffles is I dont mess with anything that a sick person messed with.

[Arianna]

Good ways to avoid the sniffles or other diseases are to wash your hands everyday,to go inside for a break after playing in the snow, and to avoid street animals that can sometimes carry infectious diseases.

[Pang]

I caught cold a lots because my family does! I just kept washing my hands and rest most of the time to avoid sniffles. But to avoid sickness I mostly avoid sick people and take care of myself!

[forest]

i go and work out and sweat it all out it helps me

[kyle]

i do not get colds offten.

[lora]

I do not get coldes very offen, and I eat grapes a lot!

[Derek]

I only get 1 cold each year because my mom cares for me and tells me to not let anyone sneeze on me or cough on me.

[Sophia]

i get 7 to 10 colds each ear.i avoid getting the sniffles by washing my hands after coming home from outside.I would also wash my hands before eating and after blowing my nose. My home remedy is eating Asian pears every morning and also having vitaminC.

[Biggles]

I'm kind of excited that they may actually found a cure to the common cold, especially if colds are connected to asthma attacks. I've always thought that curing the common cold is the impossible task, but maybe not.

[aen319]

I usually get colds a lot in the winter. But this winter I've only had a slight cold and it only lasted two or three days. But when I get colds I drink hot tea with lemon in it, drink gatorade, and eat chicken noodle soup. That always makes me feel better

[Ojee]

I get about 2 or 3 colds a year. I just usually drink some Triaminic and just wait until it goes away. If you wash you hand and sneeze on you arm and not you hands you won't get sick.

[Shelby]

I get around 13 common colds a year.My home remedy is washing my hands frequently, drink lots of liquids, and eats lots of chicken noodle soup. I avoid getting sniffles by washing my bed sheets often and keeping the fan on in my room to blow away allergens.

[naomi]

well i just blow my nose and wash my hands every time i come back from outside.

[halie]

The cold is horibble i have had it at least 100 times in my life and it is really werid how people get it

[Madeline]

I get the cold like 4 times a year and i stay away
frome it by eating soup.

[Madeline]

I eat alot of soup.

[deejay]

I just try to stay away from the kids that have colds and I like to eat a lot of heathy foods and i also wash my hands.

[Madison]

I usually get colds about five times a year. I hate having colds. The best thing you can do at home is probally rest and stay away from everybody. You don't want to get them sick. You should always wash your hands. After this you will feel better.