Medicine for treating common cold

? A cold? Literally, it seems to be? The fever caused by a cold, in fact, these patients generally have stagnation in the body, and then they have a common cold. Next, I will take you to understand the treatment of colds, hoping to help you!

The treatment of common cold has a tendency of self-healing, mainly using non-drug methods, including bed rest, ensuring adequate sleep, drinking more water, light diet and so on.

Drug treatment generally aims at relieving symptoms and shortening the course of disease. Patients with mild symptoms can choose Chinese patent medicine for oral treatment. But first, we must distinguish the type of cold.

Summer-dampness type is more common in summer, showing obvious digestive tract symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea and so on. Huoxiang Zhengqi or Gegen Qinlian Decoction is the first choice for treatment. Patients with exogenous wind-cold syndrome are obviously afraid of cold, so they can drink some ginger soup, or choose drugs such as Ganmao Qingre Granule to dispel wind-cold and relieve exterior syndrome by sweating. In addition to sneezing, patients with exogenous wind-heat syndrome mainly show symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat and yellow sticky nose. Yinqiao powder should be used to relieve exterior syndrome, clear away heat and detoxify.

If you have a high fever after a cold, or cause severe cough symptoms, you must go to the hospital. Chronic cough caused by cold is difficult to treat and needs to be prevented in advance. In addition, if the symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea persist for a long time, it will cause water and electrolyte disorder and acid-base imbalance in the body, threatening life safety. Therefore, although the cold is small, it should not be underestimated.

Preventing colds and improving the body's resistance is the key to preventing diseases. Usually pay attention to more rest, moderate work and rest, regular life, and ensure adequate sleep; Strengthen physical exercise and choose swimming, walking and other sports methods in summer; Avoid impatience and keep a good mood.

Keep the indoor air circulating, and often open the window for ventilation. Avoid sudden entry into air-conditioned rooms with low room temperature. In fact, after sweating a lot, the human body's ability to resist the cold is greatly weakened. If you feel the cold stimulation at this time, it is easy to catch a cold. In summer, people often ignore the importance of keeping warm. For women who work in air-conditioned environment for a long time, it is necessary to prepare a coat, preferably wearing pants or stockings to avoid catching cold.

Pay special attention to your diet. When the weather is hot in summer, the human body will consume a lot of water, so be sure to drink more water, preferably light salt water; Diet should be light, eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins, and avoid greasy, spicy and cold foods; Mung bean porridge and lotus seed porridge are often cooked at home, which can prevent heatstroke and cool down.

Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your hands and bathe frequently, and go to crowded places less. Fruits and vegetables must be washed before eating. In addition, when the sun is strong and the temperature is high at noon, outdoor activities should be reduced as much as possible, and umbrellas should be taken when going out to avoid wind-heat colds caused by summer heat.

Cold related knowledge 1, what is a cold?

The common cold is commonly known as a cold. Will you get a crown in front when you have an attack in summer? Is it hot? Words, become cold. Apart from literally adding a sentence, the common cold is different from the common cold in other seasons in terms of etiology and symptoms: the common cold in other seasons is mainly caused by cold pathogens, while the common cold is usually caused by internal heat in the body, and then the common cold in the common cold is felt, so there are many cases of damp and heat in summer. The internal causes of colds include overeating, poor sleep in hot weather, sore throat, too little activity and so on. External causes include eating too much cold drinks, low air conditioning temperature, sleeping without a quilt, blowing fans for a long time, etc.

The symptoms of a cold are different from those of other seasons. The main symptoms of colds in autumn and winter are respiratory system, such as cough, runny nose, sneezing, cough with phlegm and so on. Because of the high temperature and humidity in summer, the main symptoms are digestive system, such as nausea, dislike of food, stomachache and headache.

2. Early symptoms of a cold

? A cold? Symptoms are mild, only nasal symptoms, such as stuffy nose, runny nose, sneezing and mild cough. It can be cured in 3 ~ 4 days. If the pharynx is involved, there will be fever, sore throat and tonsillar enlargement, and most of the fever lasts for 2 ~ 3 days.

3. Serious symptoms of a cold.

If the symptoms are severe, there are high fever, chills, headache, fatigue and loss of appetite. Children may often cough, and may also have pharyngeal congestion, herpes and ulcers leading to tonsil exudation, accompanied by obvious sore throat. Inflammation can also cause swelling and pain of submandibular lymph nodes, spread to sinus, middle ear and trachea, and cause complications. Infants with high fever are prone to convulsions. White blood cells are mostly normal or low in virus infection and high in bacterial infection.