Winter Colds

2gypsies wrote:
It's allergies. Plain and simple. It's not contagious. When you're in new areas this happens.

For some. For me it was an upper respiratory infection.

It's allergies. Plain and simple. It's not contagious. When you're in new areas this happens.

I try to limit shaking hands as much as possible, especially attending events where eating is involved. Some folks get a bit offended if you suggest a fist bump. That might take a few generations to become accepted.

Wash your hands, a lot, too.

DW got it prior to heading north while we were in Harlingen for a week. Took her to a walk in clinic and she was diagnosed with sinus infection and bronchitis. He gave her 10 days of augmenton, an antibiotic. Note no 3 or 4 day "z" pack was prescribed.

IMO, the cause is the burning of the sugar cane fields. When we were in Mission I couldn't figure out why my neighbors park model had a black roof like mold was growing on it since it was in sunlight with no shade. Both DW and myself felt plugged up while there. When we went to the Gulf and got some salt air in our lungs it went away. Our northern upper respiratory just ain't use to that stuff is my guess.

Both DW and I got the AZ crud this year. Still had it when started our trip home. 3rd day out we stayed in Moab, UT. I guess UT does not have a crud. Because our AZ crud symptoms had disappeared.

bjbear wrote:
.. since Viruses cannot be easily treated. The only thing I have noticed is that when I started getting my yearly flu shot, I caught the Crud less often and was not as sick for so long a period.

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It's not a good idea to get Mexican Z-paks and self-medicate. Most of the time you'll be wrong. Flu shots help me too.

We also get the "crud" every year in Gold Canyon, AZ. I have always thought it was a result of so many people from so many areas all congregating in the same area. We get exposed to strains that we have not developed immunity to. Colds and flu virus continually mutate so every year, we each bring a slightly modified version with us.

Before I retired, I spent time in project work camps around the world where workers came from many different places and we always had a version of the "crud" that hit just about everyone.

Don't believe there is a real sure fire cure since Viruses cannot be easily treated. The only thing I have noticed is that when I started getting my yearly flu shot, I caught the Crud less often and was not as sick for so long a period.

Happens often in the Palm Springs area and points south. It's stuff blowing around and we northerners are not used to it.

corvettekent wrote:
We get the Yuma Crud for a few weeks when we go to Yuma, AZ in the winter. Yuma has a lot of wind that blows the sand around.

They called this Valley Fever when I lived in the Mesa/Apache Jct. area in the 1980's

We have lots of names for it, I just used the one that is acceptable on here. What we lack is a cure. I tend to think that it is allergies triggered by the local plants, and stuff that blows in from South of the Border.