Catching a cold from the A/C

[judgesmails]

Every spring I catch a chest cold after I start using my A/C. I have central air and do not have any problems when I use heat in the winter.

Would using an air filter of some sort help prevent or lessen the severity of the cold? It usually lasts 6-8 weeks.

[Alobar]

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Every spring I catch a chest cold after I start using my A/C. I have central air and do not have any problems when I use heat in the winter.

Would using an air filter of some sort help prevent or lessen the severity of the cold? It usually lasts 6-8 weeks.

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this makes no sense.

Also your a/c is already equipped with a filter. However they dont make a filter that would actually filter out the virus that causes a cold. Not that the virus that causes a cold is laying dormant in yout A/C anyway....which is why this makes no sense

[wh1t3bread]

You probably have allergies and not a cold. Just stating the obvious.

[Ringo_Mojo]

Yeah unless you're terribly feebly cold's don't last 6 weeks.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

My read is that you're the sniffly nerdy kid with the allergies.

[Freakin]

Buy an ionizing humidifier. See if that helps. It will keep the air moister, but not heat it up at all like a steam humidifier could.

Freakin

P.S. Keep your finger away from the ionizer in the humidifier....

[astroglide]

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