can you get sick from being cold?

Question:

i argue daily with my parents about this. you can't get sick from being cold! they don't believe me! i know when you're cold, it weakens your immune system or something like that and then that makes you more vulnerable to catch a cold but that doesn't mean that you will infact catch a cold. i mean, can't you wear a tshirt outside on a cold day and not get sick? my parents think you can. i need some facts here people. my parents need to be persuaded. help!

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This is one of the most persistent myths about colds. The only way to catch a cold is by being exposed to a cold virus. Cold air may irritate an existing condition, such as asthma, which would weaken your immunity. This could make your body more receptive to a cold virus, but only if you come in contact with it. If you've caught a cold after getting chilled, it's only coincidence.

I hope this will convince your parents. You can get hypothermia from being cold, but that is about it.

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listen to me you can get sick when you are to cold. your body has a temp. of when it's to cold and when it's to hot. you can get sick wearing a t shirt

Well if you are too cold like below freezing in water, then yes you can get hypothermia. But if you go outside with a t-shirt in cold weather you will not get sick. The only way to get a sick (a cold) is to catch bad germs.

Just from the temperature alone, no, I don't believe you can. But it can lead to all other sorts of health issues, hypothermia, frost bite, susceptibility to illness.

if your body is cold your body is concentrating on warming u up which means less energy is used to fight of infections or virusis (sp) like a cold. You wont always catch a cold but u are more vunerable.
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my science class

NO NO NO! You cannot get sick from being cold. A cold is caused by a virus. This is a never ending myth. Constantly being subjected to cold without a coat ( in weather that is below freezing) can lower your immune system's defenses against that cold virus and make you more susceptible to the virus.

NO! you can only get sick from bacteria or germs or viruses. dressing inappropriately (causing you to be cold) can lower your immunal resistance and leave you more receptive to becoming sick. the only reason they tell you that is so you will wear more clothes.

You CANNOT get sick from being cold. There are viruses that cause sickness not temperatures.

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