Colds feel worse to lonely people, study suggests

Loneliness has no impact on symptom severity or likelihood of getting sick, but does appears to be linked to feeling more under the weather, say researchers

Having a cold can be a miserable experience, but it turns out that the symptoms may seem worse if you feel lonely.

A study by a team of US researchers has found while loneliness does not appear to have any impact on an individual's chance of falling ill with a cold, or the actual severity of the symptoms, it does seem to be linked to feeling more under the weather.