Why is it that I can infect myself with the common cold?

Question

I can infect myself with the common cold without having to have it spread to me through others. I can firmly close my nasal passageway, open it again, and repeat. The next day, I'm sick. What causes this?

Answer 1

the bacteria often sit inside the nasal cavity or the throat, until they are able to move into the nose and lungs by coughing or breathing in. this is what causes the original infection i think.

Answer 2

I don't know what you are doing the with nasal passages, but it's not causing a cold.  Colds are only caused by a virus, and once you have one strain of it, you develop immunity to that strain so you can't get the same exact cold ever again.  

Sounds like you might have bacteria in your swollen sinuses, and every time you do the "experiment", you cause a pressure build-up in the sinuses and make them drain fluid.  It's definitely NOT a cold, though.  

Answer 3

Why would you do this? Aside from that, the nose is one of the dirtiest places in the body, containing a multitude of germs, including staph germs.

Answer 4

     The common cold is a variety of about 47 viruses so, considering that, I don't think your infection your self. If you still think so then go to the nearest hospital for testing, you are a medical anomaly.

Answer 5

Your dirty and need to clean yourself.

Nasty.