How to relieve cold symptoms

Rarely can anyone boast that they do not catch cold in the cold season. This article will tell you about the common cold, its symptoms and how to remove them using folk methods.

The first symptoms of a cold

Not a single sore comes on suddenly. Symptoms may be subtle or subtle, but they must be present. Colds are a natural reaction to hypothermia. The body is frozen, immunity has fallen, all the viruses sleeping in it before have activated - the mechanism is simple.

Cold symptoms:

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

Having felt the symptoms of an approaching disease in a timely manner, you can carry out treatment more quickly and avoid possible complications. And if it turns out to comprehensively "cheer up" the immune system, then in a day you can be back "in the ranks".

Cold without symptoms

Symptoms of a cold simply cannot be 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. He can react by raising a cold to any negative event in your life or body. Causes of a temperature without signs of a cold:

• trauma - burns, frostbite, foreign body ingress;
• 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 about problems in the form of a runny nose, headache or cough. All these "events" do not just happen and may be the result of a serious illness.

If you leave this fact unattended, you can find a serious illness in an active form. Pay attention to your body's signals.

How to relieve cold symptoms

First of all, it is worth remembering that the disease cannot be carried "on your feet." The body throws all its strength to fight the infection, and physical activity at such a moment will simply take away the strength necessary for recovery. Going outside will lengthen the illness. Therefore, the first rule of a cold is complete rest.

First aid for colds:

1. Plentiful warm drink. Best of all are compotes and fruit drinks. But ordinary water will do too, tea... It's better to wait with coffee. You can and should drink broths. Rosehip decoction works well - it is rich in vitamin C.
2. A loading dose of vitamins and proper nutrition in general. Do not aggravate the disease with an upset stomach or intestines. Lean on fruits, especially those rich in vitamin C.
3. Washing sinuses saline or special sprays. The easiest way for viruses to enter the body is through the nose.
4. Enhancement immunity... This is true at any time of the year, without waiting for a cold. For shock therapy for colds, you can drip Interferon into the nose or insert a Viferon candle.
5. Taking an antiviral agent - Kagocel, Arbidol, Tngavirin, Amiksin.
6. Keep the room at a comfortable temperature. Avoid overheating or hypothermia, avoid drafts and air conditioner.
7. Gargling with soda solution or herbal decoctions. Such as sage, chamomile, calendula.
8. But to hope for miraculous power medications in the form of a powder is not worth it. They do not cure, but only dull the symptoms for a while. And they threaten the body with an overdose.
9. If rose high temperature, it is allowed to take antipyretic - Nurofen, Panadol.

It is best to coordinate the use of the medicinal product with your doctor. Especially when it comes to children's colds.

Folk recipes for colds

Traditional medicine recommends the following measures to combat colds:

• During the peak of the activity of viral diseases, lubricate the inside of the nose with laundry soap.
• Hot tea with raspberries and honey. After it, be sure to wrap yourself up warmly and sweat thoroughly.
• Hot milk with honey, butter and cinnamon is good for sore throat and runny nose.
• Rubbing the breast with goose or pork fat.
• Mustard plasters if there is no temperature. Alternatively, steam your feet in a bowl of 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. Extinguish the gas. Let it brew and take warm, before bedtime. Combining with a teaspoon of honey.
• Steam your feet in hot water for 15-20 minutes. Then wipe dry and rub your feet with vodka or alcohol. Put on wool socks.
• Grate the kiwi with the peel. Mix with honey and eat.
• Herbal tea for colds. Take in equal parts rowan, raspberry, rosehip, oregano, St. John's wort, thyme and linden. Brew half a liter of boiling water and drink with honey throughout the day.
• Slice the lemon into rings, fold into a jar and top with honey. Leave for a while to let the juice stand out. Take this juice in a tablespoon 3 times a day.
• Bake the onion with honey in the oven. Remove the core from the onion, leave 4-5 top rings, put honey inside and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Drink the secreted liquid.
• If there is no temperature, then inhalation can be used. The simplest thing is to breathe over potato broth or just hot water. It is good to drop a little fir or mint essential oil there. You can use a nebulizer and breathe with normal saline. It removes phlegm from the lungs well and copes with respiratory diseases in general.
• Pomegranate juice is a powerful natural antipyretic.
• Mint with garlic and lemon. Pour a tablespoon of mint with a glass of boiling water and insist. Chop the garlic, put in a bowl, add the juice of half a lemon. Add mint infusion and honey. Stir and drink before bed.