How to relieve cold symptoms

It’s rare that anyone can boast that they don’t catch a cold during the cold season. This article will tell you about a cold, its symptoms and how to relieve them using traditional methods.

First symptoms of a cold

No pain comes suddenly. Symptoms may be hidden or unnoticeable, but they are definitely there. A cold is a natural reaction to hypothermia. The body froze, the immune system dropped, all the previously dormant viruses in it became active - the mechanism is simple.

Cold symptoms:

1. The main sign of an approaching cold is weakness and drowsiness. This is a signal that the body has already begun active healing activities.
2. Chills, cold hands and feet.
3. Decreased activity, a consequence of weakness.
4. Headache.
5. Increased body temperature. It is unlikely to be strong right away, so it may go unnoticed.
6. Runny nose. It is caused by the fact that when hypothermia occurs, the blood vessels experience spasm and the integrity of the mucous membrane is disrupted. Dryness, itching and snot appear.
7. Discomfort in the throat. Dryness, soreness, pain, redness, hoarseness.
8. Cough. Even if it is rare or only in the morning, it is still evidence of a mild form of the cold. Most likely, inflammation in the upper respiratory tract.

By sensing the symptoms of an approaching disease in a timely manner, you can carry out treatment more quickly and avoid possible complications. And if you manage to comprehensively “invigorate” the immune system, then within a day you can be “in action” again.

Cold without symptoms

Cold symptoms simply cannot go completely unnoticed. Even if a runny nose, fever or cough does not appear on the first day, general weakness will still be present.

Our body is unique. It can react by increasing colds to any negative event in your life or body. Causes of fever without signs of a cold:

• trauma - burn, frostbite, foreign body;
• severe stress;
• food poisoning;
• vegetative-vascular dystonia;
• oversaturation with physical activity;
• overheat;
• ovulation and menstruation;
• teething;
• malfunction of the thyroid gland;
• the presence of parasites in the body;
• allergy.

In addition to temperature, the body can send signals of problems in the form of a runny nose, headache or cough. All these “events” happen for a reason and can be the result of a serious illness.

If you leave this fact unattended, you can detect a serious disease in active form. Be attentive to your body's signals.

How to relieve cold symptoms

First of all, it is worth remembering that the disease cannot be endured “on your feet.” The body throws all its strength into fighting the infection, and physical activity at such a moment will simply take away the strength needed for recovery. Going outside will lengthen the duration of your illness. Therefore, the first rule of a person with a cold is complete rest.

First aid for colds:

1. Drink plenty of warm drinks. The best ones are compotes and fruit drinks made from berries and fruits. But regular water will do, too. tea. It's better to hold off on coffee. You can and should drink broths. Rosehip decoction is good - it is rich in vitamin C.
2. A heavy dose of vitamins and proper nutrition in general. Do not aggravate the disease with stomach or intestinal upset. Load up on fruits, especially those rich in vitamin C.
3. Washing sinuses saline solution or special sprays. The easiest way for viruses to enter the body is through the nose.
4. Promotion immunity. This is true at any time of the year, without waiting for a cold. For shock therapy for a cold, you can drop Interferon into the nose or insert a Viferon suppository.
5. Taking an antiviral drug - Kagocel, Arbidol, Tngavirin, Amiksin.
6. Make sure the room temperature is comfortable. Avoid overheating or hypothermia, avoid drafts and air conditioning.
7. Gargling with soda solution or herbal decoctions. Such as sage, chamomile, calendula.
8. But rely on miraculous power medicines It is not worth it in powder form. They do not cure, but only dull the symptoms for a while.  And they threaten the body with an overdose.
9. If it rises high temperature, it is allowed to take antipyretic drugs - Nurofen, Panadol.

It is best to discuss the use of the drug with your doctor. Especially when it comes to childhood colds.

Traditional recipes for colds

Traditional medicine recommends the following measures to combat colds:

• During the peak activity of viral diseases, lubricate the inside of the nose with laundry soap.
• Hot tea with raspberries and honey. Afterwards, be sure to wrap yourself warmly and sweat thoroughly.
• Hot milk with honey, butter and cinnamon is good for sore throat and runny nose.
• Rubbing the chest with goose or pork fat.
• Mustard plasters, if there is no temperature. An alternative is to steam your feet in a basin with a hot mustard solution.
• Pour 15 tablespoons of vodka into a saucepan and put on fire. When the liquid boils, add a pinch of tea and cover with a lid. Turn off the gas. Let it brew and take it warm before bed. Combine with a teaspoon of honey.
• Steam your feet in hot water for 15-20 minutes. Afterwards, wipe dry and rub your feet with vodka or alcohol. Wear wool socks.
• Grate the kiwi together with the peel. Mix with honey and eat.
• Herbal tea for colds. Take equal parts of rowan, raspberry, rose hip, oregano, St. John's wort, thyme and linden. Brew half a liter of boiling water and drink with honey throughout the day.
• Cut the lemon into rings, put it in a jar and fill it with honey. Leave for a while to release the juice. Take this juice one tablespoon 3 times a day.
• Bake the onion with honey in the oven. Remove the core from the onion, leave the top 4-5 rings, put honey inside and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Drink the released liquid.
• If there is no temperature, then inhalations can be used. The simplest thing is to breathe over potato broth or just hot water. It’s good to drop a little fir or mint essential oil there. You can use a nebulizer and breathe with regular saline solution. It removes mucus from the lungs well and copes with respiratory tract diseases in general.
• Pomegranate juice is a powerful natural antipyretic.
• Mint with garlic and lemon. Pour a tablespoon of mint into a glass of boiling water and leave. Chop the garlic, put it in a bowl, add the juice of half a lemon. Add mint infusion and honey. Stir and drink before bed.