{"id":20973,"date":"2018-10-17T15:26:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=20973"},"modified":"2018-10-17T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:26:13","slug":"colds-nose-microbiome-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/colds-nose-microbiome-study\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Blame Your Nasal Microbiome For Those Terrible Colds, Says Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about keeping yourself in optimal health during cold season, you probably picture loading up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/vitamin-c\/N-cp99i1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vitamin C<\/a>, getting plenty of sleep, and washing your hands thoroughly. Thing is, all those efforts could be wasted if you&#8217;re not taking special care of your nasal microbiome.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wait&#8230;A Nasal Microbiome? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, a nasal microbiome is a thing. It refers to the collection of bacteria living inside your nose. \u201cIt is important that we begin to understand the nose microbiome, because we have harmless and beneficial microorganisms in there, but may also have a number of microorganisms that may cause health issues,\u201d says gut health expert <a href=\"http:\/\/casemed.case.edu\/dept\/dermatology\/Faculty\/MGhannoum\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahmoud A. Ghannoum<\/a>, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, research recently published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-018-29793-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Scientific Reports<\/em><\/a> suggests that our nose microbiomes affect the type of colds we get and the severity of the symptoms we deal with.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the <em>Scientific Reports<\/em> study, researchers tested people&#8217;s nasal microbiomes before and after giving them the cold virus.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [rr-products] does not match the conditions -->\n<p>What they found: There are six different patterns of nasal microbiomes, which lead to different reactions to the cold virus. The most notable connection: People whose noses were rich in a type of bacteria called staphylococcusbacteria (or staph) had more severe nasal symptoms than those whose noses had less staph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe background microbiome, the background bacterial pattern in your nose, [influenced] the way you reacted to the virus and how sick you got,\u201d says lead researcher Ronald B. Turner, M.D., of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/09\/180926111001.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/gut-related-health-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>5 Common Health Issues That Trace Back To The Gut<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turner notes that environmental characteristics\u2014such as whether you&#8217;re exposed to pollution or whether you have allergies\u2014may also influence cold severity. However, he suspects that an interaction among you, your environment, and the pathogen ultimately determines your condition.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers then gave participants oral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/probiotics\/N-cp99jn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">probiotics<\/a> to see if the good-for-you bacteria could impact the makeup of the nasal microbiome and help relieve the cold symptoms. They saw no benefit. Though research on the use of probiotics to balance the nose microbiome has a way to go, Ghannoum suggests <a href=\"http:\/\/stm.sciencemag.org\/content\/4\/151\/151ra124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal research<\/a> on the use of probiotic nasal sprays shows potential.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Takeaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While this study doesn\u2019t do much to help us <em>fight<\/em> terrible colds, it does help us understand why some people get worse colds than others. What\u2019s more, these findings support ongoing research that shows how connected our microbiome is to all sorts of health issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why we do not know much about the nose microbiome yet is that, compared to the microbiome in the gut, the microbial communities present on the surfaces of the nose are less studied,\u201d says Ghannoum. \u201cBut that\u2019s next for microbiome researchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/cold-season-supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five supplements nutritionists take during cold season<\/a> to keep their immune systems strong.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Diggin\u2019 What\u2019s Good? For more essential health facts, tips, and inspiration, joi<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>n our Facebook communities,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/EatingHealthyVitaminShoppe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eating Healthy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/StayingFitVitaminShoppe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Staying Fit<\/a>, today!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about keeping yourself in optimal health during cold season, you probably picture loading up on vitamin C, getting plenty of sleep, and washing your hands thoroughly. Thing is, all those efforts could be wasted if you&#8217;re not taking special care of your nasal microbiome. Wait&#8230;A Nasal Microbiome? Yes, a nasal microbiome is<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/colds-nose-microbiome-study\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You Can Blame Your Nasal Microbiome For Those Terrible Colds, Says Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":20976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You Can Blame Your Nasal Microbiome For Those Terrible Colds, Says Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We all know about the community of bacteria living in our guts, but what about our noses? 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