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Hello,
I've only had 2 confined water dives here (I'm taking my Open water certification) and each time I got a cold. Can anyone help me explain why that may be happening to me and what I can do to prevent it?
Thank you!
Cindy
Hello,
I've only had 2 confined water dives here (I'm taking my Open water certification) and each time I got a cold. Can anyone help me explain why that may be happening to me and what I can do to prevent it?
Thank you!
Cindy
The folks above are right. Exposure to cold temperatures has nothing to do with getting sick (that's been tested).
Hello,
I've only had 2 confined water dives here (I'm taking my Open water certification) and each time I got a cold. Can anyone help me explain why that may be happening to me and what I can do to prevent it?
Thank you!
Cindy
I tend to disagree with this assessment. After all, we do have defined entities: cold induced asthma, cold induced urticaria.... Therefore, cold induced sinus congestion, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis might not be too far off. All might be due to cold induced mast cell degranulation, or other mechanisms that we have not defined.
I tend to get nasal and sinus congestion, with sneezing when chilled. This has happened since I was a kid. So, while one might not get viral infection from just being cold. But having symptoms of a cold might be induced by hypothermia, in some individuals.