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09-30-2009 08:14 AM |
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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe
(Post 4926638)
I don't know (re: your first question)... ask your doc, or PM one of our Pelican docs.
Re: your second question, as far as I know, a flu shot ramps up your antibodies to fight a particular strain, or strains... whichever it was "designed" for, but the following year or any ensuing year, if a different strain comes along and you don't get the shot that was cooked up for it, you won't have the antibodies to fight it.
That reminds me what I heard or read once about cold viruses; I think there are 100-200 different ones. Imagine each one has an ID number, and once you've had one, your body can ramp up and fight it off quickly if you ever come in contact with it again... it's like you "have its number." Theoretically, if you could catch them all in the first 30 years of your life, you'd never really suffer from a cold again.
If all that is erroneous, any docs here please set me straight.
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more or less true; that is offerred as one reason for the fact that the elderly have much lower rates of 'colds' than do younger people - not perfect tho
garlic is known to act as an antibiotic (bacteria) so it can help with a 20 infection - no idea re viruses
generally, getting regular light exercise will promote immune defenses; hard exercise can reduce it -- and light vs. hard varies among individuals.
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