3rd cold in the past 10 wks - help!

[Sufi]

After a bit of advice. Have yet another cold, and have just totted up that I've been ill for 7 of the past 10 weeks (seem to get rid of one cold and pick up another soon after). Nothing major - cough, head cold, tired, lots of coughing up and blowing nose. Am generally healthy - run 4 times a week (tho not recently as I've been ill), don't tend to eat much rubbish, don't smoke, rarely drink. Do have a stressful job but have cut down my hours lately. DH 'gave' me this cold - he was mildly ill for 4 days and I still have it 3 weeks later! And my DS (2 yrs) hasn't been ill at all, so they're both fighting the germs and I'm not. Is it just one of those things? Can anyone help?! Just so fed up of breathing through my mouth...

you need echinacea!

Am on it... started it a day before this latest bloody cold - too late! How long can I take it for and what's the break - is it 2 wks on, 2 wks off?

I think the break varies between brands, boots is 2 on 2 off, i tend to take it as adn when I feel the need. I think it can take a while to kick in though adn although it shoudl help yu to fight a cold off more quickly it won't get rid of one you already have

I'm on my fourth since September, if that helps

Probably doesn't, but sympathies. Though I know I've caught mine from dd2, who is at pre-school and has had all the colds (though none of the tummy bugs or the flus, thankfully).