Usually, the common cold tends to life within a week to ten days. And whilst there is no cure for a cold, it’s recommended to avoid repeatedly touching your face. It’s also recommended to drink plenty of fluids, to eat a healthy diet and to get plenty of sleep, in order to help your body fight off any winter viruses.
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00:00Yeah, I mean, the common cold is the big one, really. The viruses that cause these colds
00:06and flus that we get at this time of year, they like the colder temperatures. So that's
00:11why there's less of them around in the summer. I think the other reason is that in winter,
00:15you know, there's several things that we might do that are not really good for our immune
00:21systems. We might huddle indoors a lot more, so we're in close contact with people, so
00:25there's more chance of catching them. We might get out a little bit less. We might
00:29be less, doing less exercise because it's cold. There's lots of maybe Christmas parties
00:35and less eating well. And I think there's just this combination of factors, particularly
00:41at this time of year, it can be quite stressful. There's a lot going on. You know, sleep schedules
00:46can be knocked out if we're, you know, having late nights, work deadlines, that kind of
00:50thing. So it kind of put that all together. But as I said, if you're a healthy adult with
00:55no health issues, then you should be fine.