Can I Get The Same Cold Twice

Here s a rundown on cold viruses how you can have two at once and what you can do to cut down your risk of catching one.

Can i get the same cold twice. Yes you can catch the same cold twice depending on the strength of your immune response. You re not going to catch a cold from the same virus serotype again right after getting better. It s actually highly unlikely to catch the same cold twice. It is usually not possible to become infected with the same strain of the common cold virus twice because you develop immunity after being hit once.

The not so good news is that you can get another cold from a different virus or a different virus strain. You wonder if the only way to avoid getting sick again is to be quarantined until spring. But there s good news. Yes you can have two colds at the same time it s cold and flu season.

Now the good news is that you can t get ill from the same virus serotype right after getting better due to the fact that you ll have developed antibodies which help to protect your immune system for a little while. Most of what we know about immunity to cold viruses is based on studies performed in the late 1950s and. Colds are caused by.