You may be more susceptible to colds or other infections, or become more accident-prone.
Colds, however, are milder and more likely to cause a runny or stuffy nose.
He insisted that fresh, cold air was not the cause of colds, and preached zealously the " gospel of ventilation."
Saltmaking is by no means an unhealthy trade, some slight soreness of the eyes being the only affection sometimes complained of; indeed the atmosphere of steam saturated with salt in which the workmen live seems specially preservative against colds, rheumatism, neuralgia, &c.
Infection by a virus may come from the same virus that causes colds and from an Epstein-Barr virus - the latter causes glandular fever.