You must do two things, probably both of which require you establish new habits... As you report, either wash your hands frequently, or carry alcohol-based hand wipes, available at all drugstores. Secondly, STOP touching your face! Your nose, your chin, your lips, rubbing your forehead, etc. Many folks have an absolute "tic" about touching their faces.
If they wouldn't do that, they would cut their colds or other upper respiratory ailments by 90%! Truly! Ask your spouse/live-in/S.O. or other friend to take notice for about 3 days. Everytime you brush your nose, scratch your ear, rub your chin....they are to point it out to you. No criticism, just "You just touched your nose." Period. You are going to be amazed! And healthier! <g> keith whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I have a third theory. You catch colds from other people right? But when > they see you in your hat (especially the Nepalese one!) they go "Uh-oh, > weirdo" and steer a wide berth. Ergo, no colds :-) > > >Chris (actually I have a wide-brimmed 'Indy' type hat myself) > > I may have missed this, because of deleting some of this thread. Isn't most > body heat (internal) supposed to escape through the top of the head? Thought I > read that years ago. Probably someone already said that, and the immune system > is more susceptible if one is chilled. > > Myself I cut my colds down to almost nothing by increasing the number of > times I wash my hands. Using bacterial soap. When I come home out of being a > public place, it is now the first thing I do. I won't go into it, but for years I > did some work that took me into other people's homes. Lots of other people's > doorknobs, other people's kids with colds and flu (kids are prime speaders of > colds because they pick up bugs at school). I used to get colds and the flu > sometimes until I read that most germs are passed through doorknobs and washing > one's hands would stop the spread of germs. > > But they stopped once I washed my hands once before coming home and once when > I got home. And I haven't had a cold or the flu for years. > > Marnie aka Doe Now if I could just do something equally effective about my > allergies. :-)
