Dr. Michael Murray The IMMUNE FA CTOR - Natural MediFAQS

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discomfort of a “cold” once or twice a year at the most.
This suggests that a decrease in resistance or immune
function is the major factor in “catching” a cold. In my
opinion, maintaining a healthy immune system is the
best way to protect yourself against an excessive
number of colds. If you catch more than one or two
colds per year, you may have a weakened immune
system. In addition to Echinamide, there are other
natural measures you can use to strengthen your
immune system and help prevent colds and viral
attacks, as well as speed recovery if you catch them, or
they catch you.
What is the difference between a cold and the flu?
Usually a cold can be distinguished from other
conditions with some similar symptoms (influenza and
allergies for example) by some common sense.
Influenza is much more severe in symptoms and usually
occurs in epidemics, so contacting the local Public
Health Department is all that is needed to rule this out.
Allergies may be an underlying factor in decreasing
resistance and allowing a virus to infect the upper
airways, but usually allergies can be differentiated from
the common cold by the fact that no fever occurs with
allergies. There is also usually a history of seasonal
allergic episodes with no evidence of infection.
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