Common Cold

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then measured the subjects' saliva for a substance called secretary immunoglbulin-A antibody, the less they had of it, the more likely it was that the subject would come down with the cold. This may be true according with Dr. Stone, but an argument made by Dr. Gwaltney, "You see, you could have a ton of immunoglobulin-A and you could still get sick. If you don't have a specific antibody for the cold virus that's after you, you're still a goner."
Acute stress is one of the most forgotten way of how a person could catch a cold. Acute stress lasting maybe only a few minutes, can lead to colds. The important thing, said Dr. Stone, is that a number of little stresses accumulate to produce a big, cold-inducing whammy. Rarely people blame the cause of the cold on acute stress, but it could happen and people don't know about it.
Similar to acute stress, chronic stress is also a cause of the . According to Dr. Cohen, chronic factors like a fear of flunking out of college, repeated ...

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