All of us would have caught a cold now and then.
🤧And most likely we get cold in cool weather or after drinking a cool drink or after eating ice cream or getting wet in the rain.
🤧This disease is so common and mild that even its name has been changed to the common cold.
🤧This common cold is caused by a virus called rhinovirus (rhinitis).
🤧We get attacked by this virus in any weather conditions, whether it may be summer, autumn, rainy, or winter.
🤧But we get this virus quite often in cold weather like in the rainy or winter season.
🤧Because this virus thrives more at a temperature of 37°C, and our nasal cavity has a temperature of 33°C which makes them more active and helps them reproduce rapidly.
🤧This virus also replicates rapidly in water so as in rainy season.
🤧Major reason why we get cold is by inhaling droplets released by affected person or by touching objects which has this virus on them.
🤧Okay fine but then what is the problem with ice creams and cold drinks?
🤧People more often consume ice creams and cold drinks in the summer season.
🤧Let me make you sure that, rhinovirus also thrives during the summer season but is not as active as in cold weather.
🤧But why do we get cold after consuming ice cream and cold drinks?
🤧So let me explain it to you when we consume ice cream and cold drinks, they damage the inner mucosal lining of the nasal cavity further making it vulnerable to the rhinovirus.
🤧So these are the scientific reasons behind the tales said by our parents about getting cold.
😌Hope you find it helpful.
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