Is a cold triggered by exposure to cold at night in winter considered a wind-heat or wind-cold type of感冒?
Disease description:
It's winter now, and I caught a cold from being exposed to the cold at night due to inadequate warmth. I want to know whether this is a wind-heat type or wind-cold type of common cold?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Yang Shuwen
Winter colds that occur at night are usually due to wind-cold invasion, as wind-cold type colds typically refer to common colds triggered by exposure to cold. Patients often experience symptoms such as runny nose, chills, fever, and sneezing. In contrast, wind-heat type colds are usually caused by the body's exposure to wind-heat pathogens, and patients commonly develop symptoms including sore and swollen throat, yellow nasal discharge, cough, and sweating.
