Does Blowing Your Nose Make a Cold Worse?

If you have a cold or thinking about. getting a cold, there are a number of. things you should not do. Let's talk. about. [Music]. that. Good mythical morning. Yes, my. hair is down. Stay tuned and it will be. up soon enough. Yes, I have a bandage on. my arm. I'll tell you about that in good. mythical more. Click through at the end. of this episode. But now we ask you not. now but in the past to ask us to give. you advice. We select some of that and.

then we give it to you. Facebook, Twitter, you know the drill. A connect asks at retin link any advice. on not being repulsive to others while. having a cold. I feel like a walking. germ but have to be around people now. Okay, good question. First of. all, I consider this one of my pet. peeves. Now I'm sorry if you suffer from. a lot of cults. You know what? I suffer. from colds. My children both have colds. right now. But cold.

symptoms demonstrated by another person. in my presence is a pet peeve of mine. I. don't like the runny nose. I I don't. like the noises. It's not tasteful. I. don't like the potential contact with. germs. It's not appetizing. Right. And. so the first thing I would say is you've. got to adjust your greeting. Okay? So, you can't be you can't be shaking. people's hands and giving hugs. You. know, a fist bump. I know. Do No, I. don't want to even touch your hand. Elbows. I don't want to hurt you. What.

if I don't want to hurt you? What if you. have a wound on your just a little wave. like, "Hey, no, we'll do this." Yeah, a. little bit of that. Maybe a little bit. of elbow. I don't want your germs. And. the second thing is is you you know, not. only should you not greet people. normally, you shouldn't talk. You know, you should talk as little as possible. because your voice changes and it's. annoying. I mean, call me a jerk if you. want to, but you know, no one wants to. hear this version. No, they don't. So, just, you know, I have a cold. Learn. Morse code or just speak just speak in.

very quick humble sentences when you. have a cold. You'll get over the cold. faster anyway. You don't spread as many. germs. But the biggest pet peeve, and I. got a bone to pick with you about this, is do not blow your nose in front of. other people. I I'm sorry. Like some. people some people it's like they're. tooting a trumpet. It's like when you. blow your nose it's like I'm announcing. the king. Okay. It just to me to me if you're.

going to shoot anything out of an. orifice of your body, you should be in. the bathroom. I I mean if if you're. going to do something that's going to. shoot something out of an or I heard you. the first time. You should be in a. restroom. Not in public, man. Okay. I. will own it. I am a I'm a public nose. blower. But then I started looking into. it. Once I got this advice, I wanted to. give good advice and I realized not only. should you not blow your nose in public, you should not blow your. nose period at all. It is not good for. you to blow your nose. The amount of.

pressure that you generate by doing that. is so much more than anything your body. is designed to take. In other words, your head could explode. That's a lie. But what could happen is you could force. bacteria or viruses up into your sinuses. and I mean you're at greater risk of. getting an infection from that. Oh yeah. If you are going to blow your nose, the. way to do it is to blow one nostril at a. time. Like a farmer blow. Yeah. Left. side than right side. But do that in the. bathroom. Do that. You can do whatever. you want to in the bathroom. I don't. have a problem with that. Or just take a.

nasal decongestion. Uh if you have to. sniff nasal spray, if you have to sniff. more than once per minute, do something. alone. go find a quiet place because. that person next to you in class or the. person in the cubicle next to you who's. going when you're doing that you're. annoying them. You have no mercy for. these people. And the last thing and. this is a pet peeve of mine. I'm sorry. I'm on a soap box here but coughing is. totally voluntary. People argue with me. about this all the time but coughing is. voluntary controversial. Coughing is a. voluntary reaction to an involuntary.

sensation inside of your throat. You. have the power to not cough. My wife and. I get in arguments about this because. she'll have a cold and it'll be the. middle of the night and she's I'm like, "Make a decision not to cough because. when you cough, you actually further. irritate the thing that causes the cough. and then you just go into a coughing. fit. Just make the decision not to cough. and don't get colds in in general. Drink. orange juice. OJ.com is where you should go to learn. more about that." Okay, we got another. Jeremy Pearl asks, "Can you give me. advice on how to give nonawward hugs to. other guys?" Yeah, you need to learn the.

man pat hug, which is by definition the. least awkward hug in existence. We will. demonstrate. class in pat over. What's awkward about. that? You know what time it is? Nope, it's not that time. It's the other time. The axe styled in seconds. [Music]. challenge. In this week's challenge, Link has to get two ping pong balls into. a jar before I finish styling my hair. However, here's the catch. He can only. use a recorder. And by that I mean the.

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