hello,

Many times I was under the rain with girls, and then the next day they were sick, at least with a sore throat.

Is there any reason to be sick after being wet by the rain ? Even when raining it's never cold here, so why being sick ?

Is it a virus or bacteria / germ ? And why without knowing the cause they always take antibiotics ?

 

Thank you, I really want to know.

Maybe you should remove 'under the rain' from that statement. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Great question!   My wife is very tough, not frail, and yet the same thing happens.  A stuffy nose for a day or two.   I wonder if it is real or psychological.  But she seems to have real symptoms of a sinus infection.  

35 minutes ago, TC17 said:

Great question!   My wife is very tough, not frail, and yet the same thing happens.  A stuffy nose for a day or two.   I wonder if it is real or psychological.  But she seems to have real symptoms of a sinus infection.  

 

Tell her to take a warm shower as soon as she gets in and to stay in there until she is comfortable  and relaxed again. Usually wards it off.

7 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:

 

Tell her to take a warm shower as soon as she gets in and to stay in there until she is comfortable  and relaxed again. Usually wards it off.

Not many Thais have hot showers

1 hour ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Not many Thais have hot showers

 

i guess it depends on the class of thai you hang out with. i've never dated anyone who didnt have one and as far as i know all my thai friends all have hot showers

30 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

i guess it depends on the class of thai you hang out with. i've never dated anyone who didnt have one and as far as i know all my thai friends all have hot showers

What’s the temperature of the water got to do with class? Not everyone wants a hot shower at the end of a hot sticky day. 

If you live here for a while, you have the same. The rain together with the wind will feel cold, then getting into a air con area, will get you a cold. 

2 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Not many Thais have hot showers

but some have warm cuddly grandpas...just like a teddy bear..but gassy.....

48 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

What’s the temperature of the water got to do with class? Not everyone wants a hot shower at the end of a hot sticky day. 

Lucky for me I have no "class"  ????

Thai people and women in particular exhibit uncommon and illogical behavior and have quirky traits about them, been here for 35 years and still i get puzzled to their way of life, thinking and doing things, having said that, i'm still here and loving it...

4 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

i guess it depends on the class of thai you hang out with. i've never dated anyone who didnt have one and as far as i know all my thai friends all have hot showers

" i've never dated anyone who didnt have one and as far as i know all my thai friends all have hot showers"  You obviously don't live in a rural, provincial area.

6 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Not many Thais have hot showers

 

I never saw a cold shower in Thailand. Even without heating the water it is already hot.

 

In my home country a cold shower in winter will be only a couple of degrees away from freezing.

 

I liked the way they heat the water in the shower in Thailand, with a small electrical device heating the water only when it is needed. Thought about trying it in my home country, till I realized that it will not work in colder climates because it makes the water only a couple of degrees more hot.

 

 

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

If you live here for a while, you have the same. The rain together with the wind will feel cold, then getting into a air con area, will get you a cold. 

Rubbish. A cold comes from a virus not from the air-con. It's an old wive's tale.

16 minutes ago, dimitriv said:

 

I never saw a cold shower in Thailand. Even without heating the water it is already hot.

 

In my home country a cold shower in winter will be only a couple of degrees away from freezing.

 

I liked the way they heat the water in the shower in Thailand, with a small electrical device heating the water only when it is needed. Thought about trying it in my home country, till I realized that it will not work in colder climates because it makes the water only a couple of degrees more hot.

 

 

You can get electric showers all over the world with power up to 8 or 9 kWatts. That will heat the water, and your electricity bill as well.

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Thai people and women in particular exhibit uncommon and illogical behavior and have quirky traits

Yeah, the thing is that it is not uncommon or quirky if everyone has those traits,... if you don't, then ??

8 hours ago, solafr said:

Many times I was under the rain with girls, and then the next day they were sick, at least with a sore throat.

Under the rain or under the sheets ?

In my area the women seem to have a fear of rain. Even in the lightest drizzle they run inside or grab an umbrella.

39 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

Yeah, the thing is that it is not uncommon or quirky if everyone has those traits,... if you don't, then ??

Their traits are not better or worse, just different.

 

Vive la difference! I love them all.

My wife was the same when she first came to live in Phuket 12 years ago all I could think of was in BKK she was constantly in the A/C never getting fresh air, eventually it stopped, maybe because where we live we are surrounded by the Ocean in the morning when I get up I open all the doors and windows let the air blow through the house

13 minutes ago, polpott said:

Their traits are not better or worse, just different.

 

Vive la difference! I love them all.

exactly the point I am making... 

In reality it may due to their avoidance of sun/UV light. With all the coverup powder and schemes to avoid "becoming dark skinned" they may have Vitamin D deficiency that makes them more susceptible to cold virus infections.

Just now, tonray said:

In reality it may due to their avoidance of sun/UV light. With all the coverup powder and schemes to avoid "becoming dark skinned" they may have Vitamin D deficiency that makes them more susceptible to cold virus infections.

Never thought of that. Good point.

 

Isn't their food vitamin D rich?

Thais think there is bacteria in the rain but it is just that they can transfer quicker in a wet environment. 

2 minutes ago, Wongkitlo said:

Thais think there is bacteria in the rain but it is just that they can transfer quicker in a wet environment. 

Yes, I always say to my partner how strange it is she does t get sick having a shower. 

I think it is more of a sinus irritation problem or natural body reaction than a virus or bacteria. 

If you come from a normally humid atmospheric area like Europe and stay in an AC hotel room with the cold dry air constantly blowing, your sinuses/ throat will become irritated for a few days.

I think Thai nasal sinuses react to the colder damp conditions during the rains, fooling them into thinking they have caught something.

 

3 hours ago, polpott said:

Never thought of that. Good point.

 

Isn't their food vitamin D rich?

Deep fried pork and sticky rice chased with sugar Laden drinks and topped off with sweet roti covered in chocolate sauce  ? Maybe.. 

5 minutes ago, tonray said:

Deep fried pork and sticky rice chased with sugar Laden drinks and topped off with sweet roti covered in chocolate sauce  ? Maybe.. 

Hey! That's my diet.

A Nation of hypochondriacs.

Always got something wrong with them, that no other country in the world gets.

I need to see limbs cut off before i listen to there nonsense about illness anymore.

been there done that.

 

I say, What ever it is.

Get yourself off to the pharmacy and on the way back get me 6 large beer Chang's.  Krap.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 hours ago, solafr said:

any times I was under the rain with girls, and then the next day they were sick, at least with a sore throat.

experienced the same with many different women. many say rain made me sick. 

 

i would say in my case, the shear volume of women polled would validate your hypothesis.