Colds are probably the most common. Everyone came across them. The common cold usually arises from a decrease in immunity against a background of hypothermia and is characterized by such characteristic symptoms as cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever, general deterioration of well-being. And given the prevalence of colds, most people do not go to the doctor, as there are a lot of means and methods for treating it at home. The main ones are discussed below.
Treatment of the first signs of a cold at home
The sooner you start to take action, the higher the chances that the disease will not drag out, and perhaps it will even be avoided. At the first signs of a cold, you need:
- Avoid hypothermia. If you are supercooled and suspect that it can provoke a cold, take measures to keep warm. Drink hot, dress warmly. If there is no temperature, it's good to take a hot shower. In addition, an effective means of heating and treating colds at home is the foot bath with mustard.
- Try to lie down. The cold, if carried on its feet, flows much harder.
- Drink plenty of fluids. In this case, the drink should be warm and preferably with a high content of vitamin C (tea with lemon, broth of dogrose, tea or compote of black currant).
- Begin to take funds to improve immunity. Of the herbal remedies, the most effective drugs are echinacea , as well as ginseng and eucalyptus. Among other means of this category, drugs based on interferon (arbidol, amixin, amyzon), which also have an antiviral effect, are popular.
Treatment of colds with fever at home
Increasing the temperature is a natural reaction of the immune system to the presence of inflammation or infection, and with a slight increase in knockdown should not be. Take antipyretics are necessary if the body temperature is above 38 degrees.
Common and effective means for lowering temperature are soluble preparations based on paracetamol:
- Coldrex;
- Teraflu;
- Fervex;
- Pharmacitron.
Also for taking off the temperature, you can take aspirin or analgin. The latter, although it is considered an anesthetic, but has a good antipyretic effect. Intramuscular injection of Analgin with No-shp is considered one of the most effective means at high temperature.
Ways to treat the main symptoms of a cold at home
Consider how you can at home cure a runny nose and cough, which for colds are the most frequent and most symptomatic symptoms:
- Inhalations. They are made with decoctions of medicinal herbs (chamomile, sage, mint, linden), or on the basis of essential oils (pine, cedar, tea tree). In addition, an effective folk remedy for treating a cold at home is inhalation by steam of boiled potatoes.
- Gargling. For rinsing, you can use a decoction of chamomile, sage, a salt solution with the addition of a few drops of iodine, or such agents as Malavit and Chlorophyllipt.
- Warming procedures. In the absence of high temperature, a good effect results from the use of mustard plasters, as well as rubbing the chest and back with warming balsams (Dr. Mom, Asterisk, etc.).
- Drops. To facilitate breathing with a cold, vasoconstrictive drops (Naphthysine, Galazolin) and herbal preparations that have a therapeutic effect, such as Pinosol, are used.