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Your Password? Common Mistakes That Prolong Sickness  8 Ways You
Could Be Making Your Cold Worse  Whether it's the common cold or
the flu that ails you, you're only hurting yourself (and making
the illness last longer) if you don't take proper care of
yourself.  mistakes that worsen cold   Here we go again: You
woke up this morning, and that cold you felt coming on is now in
full bloom. Your head hurts. Your throat feels sore, and you
have a cough. With more than 200 different types of viruses
responsible for causing the common cold, you're likely to get
sick a few times a year or more, according to the National
Institutes of Health. Kids can catch as many as six to 12 colds
a year, eight on average. If you treat it well, your cold is
likely to last a week or two. But if you don't, it could lag on
for longer. Here are some common mistakes that prolong cold and
flu misery.  pretending you aren't sick  Pretending You Aren't
Sick   It's easy to want