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Anonymous
I recently heard somewhere that when you have a cold, nasal congestion and sore throat (which are actually swelling of the respective areas) are actually caused by your body pumping more blood to those areas to provide more white blood cells to combat the virus. Similarly, runny nose, sneezing, and coughing are your body's way of trying to remove harmful things. So in effect, the symptoms we feel when we have a cold are actually the result of our body fighting the virus, not results of the virus itself.

If this is true (and if it's not, correct me as I am curious) then what exactly does the cold virus do? Like, if our body did not send more WBCs or try to expell things, and just let the virus do its thing, what are the true effects of a cold?

Also, would this mean that medicines which treat the symptoms we feel actually make the cold last longer?
>> Anonymous
Quite interesting, I have no idea what a cold virus exactly does. But I'm curious to find out too.
>> Anonymous
Kill you probably.
>> Anonymous
Welcome to the realization that most medicines prolong disease, as opposed to offering a cure.
>> Anonymous
Viruses essentially hijack a cell and force it to pump out more viruses instead of normal body cells. I assume that if this went on for long enough, your body functions would become quite comprimised.
>> Anonymous
Don't colds also tend to come with fatigue, muscle aches, and maybe dehydration? Then again, if your body is focusing on fighting in the throat and nose, it seems like whatever the virus truly does (or would do) is located in those areas.
>> Anonymous
>>355821
cold viruses essentially hijack your cells and make them spit out more virus until they die. if this goes on too long, so do you, so it makes sense that your body would like to avoid that.
bacteria are like parasites and feed on your cells or the energy in your blood. this is no good either.
that's probably why you feel so tired when you're sick - the infection is hurting you and your body is hurting you to kill it
>> Anonymous
>>355821

YOU DON'T TAKE MEDICATION FOR A FUCKING COLD
>> Anonymous
>>355854

Please die in a fire.

Thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>355889
You are some kind of idiot.
>> Anonymous
>>355969
you are some kind of pussy that breaks a nail and wants to get an xray to see if you damaged any bones
>> Anonymous
>>355969
pussy
>> Anonymous
look at SARS, its just a variation of the flu. colds and flu will kill you. they used to kill people by the thousands in the past.
>> Anonymous
>>356010

SARS=Flu
just like
cancer=Scurvy
>> Anonymous
>>355821

you would eventually die, its the blood vessels and capillaries enlarging in your nose.