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Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 11:03:00 EST
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Re:  fighting colds

Here's another off-the-wall method that seems to work for me.  If I
feel a cold coming on, I purposely dress very warm, and sleep very warm,
on the verge of discomfort.  This usually reduces the duration and
intensity of the symptoms (I know, that's just a guess, there is nothing
to compare them to!).

Why does it work?  Because an elevated temperature (fever) may not just
be a side effect of illness, it may actually be an attempt by your body
to deter the reproduction of the infecting organisms.  If this concept
is correct, purposely staying (uncomfortably but not dangerously) warm
helps hold the infection at bay.

Then again it may just be a placebo.  All I know is, it works for me.

Alan Silverstein, hpfcla!ajs