The special signs of this season are the colorful leaves falling from the trees, the checkered weather, the shorter and shorter days and a sudden cold. A runny nose, a sore throat and a feeling of weakness make us dream about nothing other than warm tea with lemon drunk under a thick blanket. What to do to avoid autumn colds this season?
Cold symptoms
The common cold is a viral infectionwhich most often affects the upper respiratory tract. Symptoms are similar for everyone – it is a runny nose, cough, increased temperature, there may also be a sore throat, general weakness and breakdown.
In the first days of infection, we Poles often focus on natural medicine. Raspberry juice, vitamin C, routine, and garlic are the ingredients we use most often. When raspberry juice, lemon and garlic do not help, we seek help from a doctor.
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How to cure a cold?
We use most often anti-inflammatory drugspainkillers to help the body and speed up the healing period. Colds are always accompanied by inflammation – in order to fight it, drugs with an analgesic and antipyretic effect are not enough, which only alleviate the symptoms, instead of fighting the cause of our ailments.
We can use substances from the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen or acetylsalicylic acid. Both acetylsalicylic acid and ibuprofen can cause side effects, as the leaflet informs us about. However, ibuprofen is less irritating to the gastrointestinal tract than acetylsalicylic acid. In research, it is sometimes used as a reference medicine, i.e. it is used to compare the safety of other medicines.
Patient awareness
Patients’ awareness is growing. More and more patients read leaflets, check, first of all, side effects, try to match them and find them at home. However, there is still a large group of patients who are not aware that in their diseases a given active substance should not be used in them at all.
That is why it is worth reading leaflets and consulting the choice of drugs with your doctor or pharmacist.
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