Wet hair causes the common cold? Myth and reality!



Wet hair causes the common cold? Myth and reality!How many times in your life you were told that if you came out with wet hair will tsabon with colds and flu? This warning appears to be transmitted from generation to generation since the time of ancient human with the same warning: "no swimming after eating" – in this case, you will not be just a cold, but will they sink and die.

Now is the moment of recognition, primarily between you and yourself, in your depths. Are you burdened you continue to move the message to the younger generation not to come out with wet hair? If you have answered Yes, continue reading this article. If you say to yourself, but you look around you, if concerned feel embarrassed by yourselves and then keep on reading the article.

In a recent study, 40% of mothers who rejoined the survey that they believe that if they sent their wet hair out, it will be back.

In 1878-born legend



Wet hair causes the common cold? Myth and reality!

This year the French chemist Louis Pasteur decided to have a little free time sunny afternoon, and decided to examine how it affects cold chicken which was anthrax. Despite fears that try to do this experiment at home you will lack to you how it was made.

It has been blessed of the chickens roost and subjected to anthrax bacteria. Anthrax is a disease of humans and animals, and also used as a biological weapon in war. After exposure to anthrax, immersion foot chickens in ice water to see how it will affect their chances of survival after exposure to anthrax.

Already infected hens anthrax and died. Then Louis Pasteur decided to do another experiment with the rest of the chickens, but this time did not spread the girl with ice water immersion. Instead, he wound them with a warm blanket and whew-stayed alive.

Wet hair doesn't cause colds, as well as go out without a coat

After several hundred years-20th century scientists discovered the Germans during the first world war, soldiers who were sleeping in the cold and wet ditches were more than 4 times that of their colleagues who been covered with a blanket.

It seems that some mothers of that period they were introduced on the discovery of German scientists, they decided that what is good for the hardened soldiers certainly would not be good for small children and they decided not to let them out with wet hair.

Over the years added more versions of the myth, for example, there are people who believe that when you go out with wet hair, body heat outside through wet hair. But they don't know that in the same time, the body heat that even through the palms of bare hands or all other parts of the body not covered with warm clothing.

After that we agreed to go out with wet hair does not lead to colds, make clear that even if you do go to bed with wet hair-even with AC running – you will not be a cold chill but you may they wake up with "mohiken". Also if you came out without a coat will not be a cold chill, but fragile! Did not hear that from us.

You wonder with all this what causes the common cold?

Colds are caused by viruses. And the exposure and contact with infected with colds. More than 200 different viruses can cause colds. But the most important is the dominant virus "Renault-virus (rhinovirus). When sneezing or coughing near you and doesn't cover his mouth, small droplets containing the virus fly directly toward you. The virus can also be found in public places such as toilets, sinks and other surfaces. Which means that you can be infected even if it was also said: something carries little virus.

Cold air in the winter-which is less moisture than hot air in summer can drain the mucous lining in the nasal channels which makes it easier for the virus to enter the body and cause infection. Therefore, colds occur more in the winter.
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