What is this strange and powerful force? What wretched virus can cause such grief to a living organism?
- It can take a robust, beast of a man and turn him into a nose-snorting, eye watering, weeping, whining wimp of a human being!
- It can topple a fierce, male warrior from his horse in the field of battle and leave him shaking and shivering under a blanket!
- Male athletes can take a hockey puck to the face or a football helmet to the noggin and cry to get back out on to the field of play. Give the same athletes this virus and they cry the tears of the woe begotten.
- It can take a proud, independent man and reduce him to a waif-like creature begging for comfort from the closest mother-like figure!
We are talking about an age old nemesis, an ancient pestilence - the Curse of the Man Cold!
Women are able to keep motoring on during a bout of the cold virus. Obviously the female body has some superior immune system response to this ailment or else they only succumb to weaker strains. They also have a common response which is to call the hapless sufferer of the Man Cold a whiner and a 'baby'. Anecdotal evidence and male instinct makes it evident that the virulent strain that attacks us is a much more apocalyptic plague.
I can speak expertly from my own experience. I can go for more that a year without catching a cold.
However when it hits - it hits hard! Little Bobby Strong with a cold undergoes a metamorphosis into little bobby weak - a sniffling, sympathy siphoning sissy !
What does the scientific evidence have to say about this discussion? One study suggested that men have larger temperature receptors in the in the brain and thus have greater reaction to cold viruses.
Another theory is that women's estrogen helps alleviate cold symptoms. However, other scientific studies dispute such findings as inconclusive.
Could it be that women are biologically able to endure some types of suffering better than men?
How many men do you know that would not surrender or give up the ghost if they had to undergo the pain of labor?
The more important issue is how to best avoid catching any type of cold.
- Get as much sleep as possible. Getting run down with work and exercise can compromise the immune system.
- Avoid over training.
- Eat a healthy diet with an abundance of fruit and vegetables.
- Wash your hands frequently.
- If someone sneezes - Dive For Cover !
- Ramp up the thermostat. A high body temperature helps fight the virus. That's why your body develops a fever.
- Seek steam and humidity. This helps with nasal congestion.
- Keep hydrated by drinking water.
- Get vitamin C from natural sources such as fruit.
- Get as much rest and sleep as you can.
- Some experts suggest light exercise. My personal experience is that anything more strenuous than a slow walk just makes me sicker. It won't ruin your fitness to take a few days off!
- Taking a few pulls from a flask of Grandpa Zeke's homemade hooch fresh from the still. It may arguably kill the virus if it doesn't kill you first!
The common cold and the Man Cold must run it's course. The full virus usually passes in a week to 10 days with about 2 or 3 days of peak misery. Be smart! Ease gradually back into your exercise program. You do not need a relapse.
Until Next Time....Keep Healthy
Little Bobby Strong
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| The wretchedness of the Man Cold ! I neither condone nor condemn this patient's consumption of that homemade hooch for medicinal purposes. |
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