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Has anyone being exposed to colds recently and didn't get it

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Tofuckwith2022 · 23/12/2022 16:12

Has anyone else been around people with colds and never got it.

I am well and truly exposed to someone else's cold with load sof coughs in my face and my surroundings today and its still not done. I am also unfortunately highly stressed. I think my mother might have dementia and her behaviour is causing some stress along with other general stresses. I am also having some late nights. Not because I am enjoying myself but because I am trying to wrap presents and organise some sort of a nice and good Christmas.

Before the pandemic, I was exposed to colds and I was lucky to escape them. I usually have a relatively good diet with vitamins and mineral supplements and a reasonably good diet.

I am drinking plenty of fluids trying to avoid this thing or the worst of it.

I really love Christmas and I don't want to be sick. I know many people will argue its a cold and mild but sometimes colds can be though going. I'm just not in a position to get sick. Whatever about next week and after Christmas. I don't want to be sick at Christmas time.

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Vargas · 23/12/2022 16:15

People are exposed to viruses all the time and most don't get ill. Try to get some good sleep and eat well. If you have vitamin C you can try taking that, it can't hurt. If you're keen to do more you could buy some First Defence or similar.

mondaytosunday · 23/12/2022 17:08

My daughter is bedridden with this flu thing. I've been with her a lot and stayed with her til she fell asleep the other night. I'm fine.
I think it's luck and I don't usually get sick. I remember having the flu as a child - they even sent me a card from school! And again I was really I'll on holiday with the kids. I'd paid for an Airbnb and stupidly insisted I still go (my husband was working so just me and two little ones). I'd get up, throw up, get the kids something to eat, go back to bed shivering, then force myself to take the kids somewhere, inevitably throw up again, and then drag us back home. Repeat for five days. I must have been insane!
Have you had a flu shot?

Rustyhandlebars · 23/12/2022 17:13

My daughter has a terrible chest infection but I haven't caught this.

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MermaidEyes · 23/12/2022 18:14

My dh and kids have all been been ill for weeks with colds, bad coughs and snotty noses and I haven't caught any of them. I'm fully expecting to wake up Christmas morning with a sore throat....

Smallorangecat · 23/12/2022 18:24

I am a nurse. I have been exposed to confirmed flu, Covid and various other respiratory viruses that would present as a cold in most people. I also have children, one of whom sleeps in my bed and coughs whatever virus she had last week all over me. I am not ill (yet?). I do not sleep well or eat healthily and have not got round to having a flu vaccine, so I have no idea how.

Titsywoo · 23/12/2022 18:28

I've been around so many people (including all my family) in the last 2 months when they have had colds and viruses and so far not caught anything. I'm sure I will very soon but it isn't a certainty that you will catch a cold from someone.

FrightfullyFreezy · 23/12/2022 18:47

Yea loads. My siblings and kids came over last week and one had a heavy cold but no-one has come down with it. They were fine for our panto visit on Monday too.

Lizzim18 · 23/12/2022 20:29

My partner had a bad cold last week and I have escaped it for now.

MrsSkylerWhite · 23/12/2022 20:34

I suspect it may be genetic. My mum spent lockdown drawing up our family tree, she got back to 1648. Three lines frequently lived on into their nineties, one lady reached 102 in the 1700s. More astonishing, several men lived into their nineties in the 17/18/19 hundreds.

I’m exceptional in no way, shape or form but I’ve never had ‘flu, never caught Covid and the whole family can come down with bugs of all varieties and I don’t get them 🤷‍♀️

blackheartsgirl · 23/12/2022 20:55

I’ve escaped this bout of colds and flu so far. My 4 dc have all had it, my granddaughter has had it. I work in a school now and the teachers and kids have so many bugs.

I did catch everything going when I was in uni and also when the dc were little so whether I’ve built up some immunity who knows 🤷‍♀️

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