The scientific reason why you could suffer the worst colds that others

To be struck by an awful phlegmatic cold is never pleasant.

However, it is even worse when you seem to be suffering from much more serious symptoms than those of your peers.

According to researchers at the University of Virginia, this is a scientific reason why this could be the case, and all bottles are found in the bacteria in your nose.

Dr. Ronald Turner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, conducted a study at the university to determine how the mixture of bacteria present in your nose could match the severity of your cold symptoms.

In the study, which was published in the journal Scientific reportsThe researchers concluded that people who have more Staphylococcus bacteria in their nose are more likely to develop cold symptoms than people with a lower nose.

Although the cold itself is caused by a virus, the organisms living in your nose can exacerbate your symptoms by affecting the amount of virus that you can expel from your nasal passage.

Dr. Turner and his team of researchers conducted their study with 152 participants, testing their nasal microbiomes before and after infection with a cold virus.

They were able to place participants in six different "buckets" depending on the types of bacteria present in their nose.

Dr. Turner and his colleagues discovered that the association between the organisms present in the nose and the severity of cold symptoms was very intriguing.

"The first surprise was that you can identify those different buckets in which people fit in, and the fact that the buckets seem to have an impact on your reaction to the virus and on your condition was also interesting," he says.

"There were effects on the viral load and the amount of virus that you throw into your nasal secretions.

"So, the background microbiome, the bottom-up bacterial model in your nose, has influenced how you reacted to the virus and how sick you were."

Although the researchers found a positive correlation between nasal microbiomes and the severity of cold symptoms, they said other factors could also play a role.

"What we report is an association, so it's quite possible that the fact that you have staph in your nose and you have more symptoms is not directly related," says Dr. Turner.

"It may well be that there are underlying characteristics of the host that make you susceptible to staph in the nose and also make you more likely to get sick."

Sometimes it can be difficult to tell if you have a cold or the flu.

Although both are respiratory diseases, the symptoms of the flu are often much more serious.