Re: Can a cold last a month?

From: MS (ms_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:04:11 -0700

The thing is:

It seemed before (not in this post) that you were reacting with a kneejerk
reaction against a group of people, that you assumed I was part of, without
really paying (until now) attention to what I had written.

For instance, you wrote about "accepting advice from total strangers on the
Internet". Not only did I not accept any advice (in this post you yourself
are giving me advice), I didn't ask for advice. Read what I wrote---it was
simply a question, as in the title, whether a cold virus could really last a
month.

Also, if you looked at the response I wrote to Bobbie, in which I mentioned
several prescription medicines I take regularly for nasal problems, you
would know that I am a person who goes to doctors, you don't get those over
the counter. So, obviously, I am not one of "those people" whom you think
are always "asking for medical advice from total strangers on the Internet,
while never going to doctors". Yet it was that very post that you responded
to with your comment.

So, I was just pointing out to you that, it makes sense to really look at
what someone has written, rather than be quick to pigeonhole someone in a
group, and react to that.

Perhaps you got that message, because your message below has a completely
different tone, finally responding to what I wrote. Thank you.

Yes, if someone has a respiratory condition for a month, in many cases it
would be advisable to see a doctor. If the doctor thinks it is a bacterial
infection, they can prescribe antibiotics. They can do nothing for viruses,
however, except to say "stay home, drink plenty of fluids", etc., which I
don't need to spend hours waiting in a doctor's office for.

As I have a lot of experience with bacterial sinus infections, as described
in that response to Bobbie, I don't think that's the case here. I probably
do know more about that than the average layman, though of course not as
much as a doctor. As I said, I have sometimes been on antibiotics for most
of the year, much less so since my last sinus surgery.

As I also said, I don't have fever any more. I feel fairly normal except for
nasal and throat symptoms worse than usual. (As mentioned, I always have a
bad nose, that's why I'm taking so many meds for it.)

Therefore, I asked if symptoms of a cold can last for weeks after the actual
cold virus is gone, that perhaps the inflammation caused by the virus can
take weeks to heal after the virus is gone? That was my question.

Actually, there seems to be a lot of people with lingering colds lately.

"Carey Gregory" <tiredofspam123@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:motbn09q2dnts476it3eebqhea468s3uc1@4ax.com...
> " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >Can doctors do much to help a person with a common cold? Doctors are very
> >busy, with overloaded schedules, and they probably don't like people
coming
> >in for any ailment, such as a cold.
>
> I agree: Doctors can't do diddly for colds, and you shouldn't even go see
> one if that's all it is.
>
> But colds don't usually last a month....
>
> I think you're completely justified in asking why you still feel sick.
> Maybe just allergies, maybe more than a cold... who knows? It's just
that
> someone who can look down your throat and exchange more info in 5 minutes
> than we can exchange here in 5 days seems like a much better bet.
>
> >So--from your statement "that's a refrain you'll hear a lot around here",
it
> >might be that you think a lot of people are making such a statement, so
you
> >interpret statements you read as saying that, and give your pat response
to
> >the pat statement you think you read, when the writer (certainly in my
case)
> >is not saying that at all.
>
> My response was just a reality check. Please don't over-interpret it or
be
> offended. You're obviously free to discuss it all you want, but if I were
> you, I'd have an appointment by now....
>

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