Contact Us  The Healthiest Way To Get Sick  When a person with a
strong, vital immune system gets sick they get really sick
including copious discharges (i.e. snot), a fever of 101-102,
and they usually feel awful for about 48-72 hours. Then when
it’s over, it’s over, and their immune system is actually
stronger for it.  Why do some colds last longer than two or
three days?  Photo by Flickr user spcbrass  One of the main
reasons colds last longer is taking over the counter cold
medicine. OTC cold medicines do not fight the infection, only
reduce symptoms. The symptoms of a cold, runny nose, fever,
cough, sneezing, and sore throat, are actually the body’s way of
curing the cold.  Mucus coats bacteria and viruses making them
unable to reproduce.  Fevers increase the temperature making
your body inhospitable (a cold is called “a cold” because the
virus prefers temperatures just below body temperature).  Taking
cold meds may make you feel better but it’s at the expense of
the immune system being able to effective