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From: ttb@ihuxn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Cure for the Common Cold? (CCC)
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Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 09:31:51 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 20 09:31:51 1983
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All my life I have been susceptible to the Common Cold, also
known as Virus Infection, Upper Respiratory Infection, and
other names too numerous to mention. If there is anything
"going around", I would get it. For years I would invariably
fall prey to such a virus infection in late September, and
the symptoms would stay with me until mid December. Then,
in 1977 I had the opportunity to spend 3 weeks with a church
mission in Haiti, naturally this involved many immunizations,
including anti-malarial medication. To make a long story short,
for 5 years after this trip I didn't have one, single case of
virus infection (now I'm back to the old routine, unfortunately).
My question obviously is: did one of the immunizations I had
act as a preventative for these infections? I think perhaps
it did, and I suspect the anti-malarial medication because
I know it has long-lasting effects (blood donotations are
not allowed for 3 years after taking such medication).

Does anyone out there in net-land have any similar experiences,
comments, rebuttals, etc.?

P.S. -- If anyone wants to conduct a controlled experiment along
these lines, I for one would be glad to volunteer as a guinea pig.
-- 
                           Tom Butler
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