Autumn is the season of colds.
First signs of a cold is known to everyone — sore throat, tingling in the nose and nasal nasal passages, cough, fever.
Naturally, to be laid up permanently, many immediately begin to provide first aid throat spray various solutions, water the nose by special agents, to wrap up, etc. Doctors say that in most cases all these actions are performed correctly and lead to the deterioration of the situation and a prolongation of the disease. What are typical mistakes people make in the treatment of colds
Closed Windows
Traditionally, at the first sign of colds people begin to wrap up. Starts rampant fear of draughts and open doors. Doctors also say that if the person with primary symptoms dull place in a closed room, and even to include additional Parking, it will lead to the progression of SARS and increased inflammation!
On the contrary, the doctors say that SARS should be regular ventilation of the room — this will allow you to get rid of viruses in the air and not let them stagnate and multiply in the environment: pathogens when the temperature difference does not survive. Of course, ill sit under the open window is not necessary — it is better to leave or to carefully hide. In the case of regular airing and an additional humidifying room air, the patient will note that it is much easier to breathe than when he is sitting with closed Windows and doors without fresh air.
Combating cough
Cough associated with SARS is a constant, nagging, heckling, etc. of Course, it should be fought. And many go to pharmacies in search of of any drug from such a symptom.
Doctors warn — to do so is strictly impossible. First, there are drugs that cannot be used without prescription of the specialist. Secondly, it is necessary to understand the type of cough — dry, wet or even is the reaction of irritated throat. A number of drugs used for expectoration: they contribute to liquefaction of sputum and removing it from the bronchi. And there are those that inhibit the cough syndrome — this is assigned only by a physician and only in the case when long time stored dry non-productive cough, exhausting the patient. If use of the drug that suppresses the cough syndrome, in those situations when we need money for expectoration — it is possible to achieve that in the lungs will begin to accumulate pathological substance and will develop pneumonia.
Useless antibiotics
In the age of affordable drugs and the advice of the Internet, many will immediately begin to heal themselves strong drugs according to the principle “to be sure”. Therefore, the use of antibiotics in SARS — history of fairly common. While few people think that destroying the micro flora of your body, Yes, and absolutely in vain — because antibiotics are designed for treatment of bacterial infections. SARS, as a rule, this pathology of the virus. Therefore, antibiotics will not help. These medications should appoint only specialist and only in the presence of symptoms that indicate a bacterial component of the disease. Often to the purpose of potent drugs, it is recommended to conduct tests — what kind of pathogen is present in the body and only after that to assign therapy.
Uncontrolled reception of antibiotics leads to the fact that the person tightens SARS, the consequence of which can be complications such as sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, meningitis etc. are Also medications this kind of spoils the intestinal microflora by killing literally everything alive. This means that the immune system suffers and that needs to fight viral infection.
Popular “tricks”
A fairly common practice of treatment are popular “old wives’ recipes. And if some of them, like drinking tea with lemon, broths and compotes of berries, useful and contribute to the cause of healing, the use of onion or beet juice with vegetable oil as nose drops doctors criticized. After all, despite the simplicity of the recipe and, it would seem that the security folk medicine, it is easy to burn the mucosa of the nasopharynx!
Dangerous rubbing
In the presence of high temperature as the first sign of a cold, many are beginning to apply rubbing the body with alcohol or vinegar. Neither tool modern doctors are not recommended, because there is a risk of poisoning of the body — because these fluids through the pores into the body. Especially important is the rule for children. The maximum that you can use — warm water for rubdowns. And to act carefully because you can cause vasospasm, and then the temperature will soar even higher and even longer to get off.
To drink alcohol in order to treat and not worth it. It is proved that a mixture of ethyl alcohol with various medications have a very negative impact on the body, forcing it to work to the limit.
The rejection of the soul
Sometimes during sickness a man afraid to take a shower — said that he will thus supercooled, because the temperature difference hot body and outside air can be quite serious. But here begins another problem. After all, while a person is sick, on the surface of his skin out toxins and waste products of viruses. And if they are not washed off, they will stay and further enhance infection. Recovery will be delayed. So to wash during SARS must.
The only thing — to do it properly: only warm water, immediately dry off and get dressed. Naturally, the room in which a person comes out of the bathroom, there should be no draughts. As a rule, after a shower, the patient feels much better.
