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Spring Fever at a Pharmacy in Troy

TROY — Cooke’s Pharmacy in Troy was a revolving door of sneezes and coughs as people picked up their prescriptions. Pharmacist Lyle Haflett says it&...

TROY -- Cooke's Pharmacy in Troy was a revolving door of sneezes and coughs as people picked up their prescriptions.

Pharmacist Lyle Haflett says it's been this way all winter. The warmer weather equals more colds.

"Bacteria seems to be more active, virus more active, and people more active. So when the weather's warmer, you're going to have more colds. It's a trend, year after year," Haflett said.

Someone who is all too familiar with a cold that won't go away is Richard Burguess of Troy.

"Head's just really stuffed up," Burguess said.

Burguess has been fighting a cold for a few weeks.

"Chills and chest hurts from coughing so much. Pretty much all the bones in my body ache," Burguess said.

Instead of a long stretch of cold weather, we've seen a drastic change in temperatures from day to day. Haflett says there is more bacteria in the air and not enough cold weather to kill germs or other things that make you sneeze.

"It's always like a common cold constantly," Tiffany Westbrook said.

Tiffany Westbrook of troy was picking up medicine.

"I have a lot of allergies. They've been a little worse than normal. I have to use a lot of nasal spray and my eyes are constantly itchy," Westbrook said.

The pharmacist says when you feel a cold coming on, stock up on vitamin c to prevent it from getting worse.

"If you feel a cold coming on, take two grams of vitamin c sold over the counter, twice a day. The severity of the cold will be much less," Haflett said.

Haflett also recommends washing your hands as much as possible, and when that cold does strike, he has plenty of medicine to make you feel better.

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