How to treat a cold?
When a cold catches into the house, everyone will recognize hersymptoms. Familiar since childhood signs, which from time to time appear in everyone, quite unpleasant. We will nevertheless define more specifically what we mean by the term "cold" ...
Symptoms of a cold
- weakness
- sneeze
- runny nose
- nasal congestion
- sore throat
- a sore throat
- cough
- headache (less often)
- elevated body temperature (less often)
All this is popularly called cold, and in medicine- acute respiratory viral infections. But today we will define not only how to treat a cold (SARS), but also how to treat a cold on the lips. Also we will discuss special circumstances, or how to treat colds during pregnancy and lactation, how to get rid of the ailment of young children.
How to treat a cold at home
At home, we usually treat common coldsmeans. And we must pay tribute to the experience of our grandparents, the result does not make us wait if we grab for overcoming the symptoms in the first days. The main thing is to know how to treat a cold with folk remedies correctly, then it will be good. Folk remedies for colds:
- If you have a rhinitis or cough,Bole in the throat, apply inhalation as many times a day as you can. Put a ladle of water on the fire, bring to a boil, add a drop of essential oil with eucalyptus or a bit of old-good balm "Star." Put the water on the table and lean over it so that the steam does not burn your face, cover the head with a towel. Inhale the steam with your nose or your mouth.
- Drink tea with honey, lemon and raspberries, and then get into bed. Drink cranberry fruit drinks, and generally drink as much liquids as possible!
- Eat garlic and onions (excluding the period of breastfeeding), as an antibacterial and diuretic.
- Relieve pain in the throat and eliminate the cough by rinsing the propolis tincture. Dilute 1 teaspoon of tincture in a glass of warm water.
Than to treat a cold at the child
Doctors strongly do not recommend sendinga cold in the school or kindergarten. Check that at home the child always walks in socks. If there is a runny nose, dig in the nose with drops, with a cough and sore throat, and in any case, do inhalations (for example, with fir oil or sage), drink your baby tea with honey or raspberries. At the nursing child treat a cold together with the doctor !!!
How to treat a cold during pregnancy
Pregnant women should be more attentiveto their health, because they can harm the baby by taking illegal drugs during pregnancy. No chemistry! Herbal infusions are also used selectively during this period. It is forbidden to take any drug containing alcohol, even in small amounts. That is, under the ban all the usual tinctures of licorice, magnolia vine, ginseng, zamaniha, echinacea, levzeya, rhodiola rosea and so on. All of them provoke an increase in blood pressure and greatly increase the pulse of a pregnant woman. Why increase the burden on the heart and vascular system of the baby!
If you feel very bad, doa mixture of horseradish: finely grate, mix with sugar in a 1: 1 ratio and let stand in a warm place for 12 hours. Strain, this drug should be taken 1 tablespoon every hour. During pregnancy, it is good to treat the common cold with folk remedies, and it is best to wash your nose with a weak saline solution from the syringe. To make it simple: in one glass of water dilute table salt at the tip of the knife. You can also bury in the nose preparations based on sea water: Salin or Aquamaris.
How to treat a cold with breastfeeding
With the first symptoms of a cold, take action! During this period, your health plays the same important role as during pregnancy. In order not to infect an infant, wear a gauze bandage on your face, change it every 2 hours. Please do not disregard this advice. Any means (both national, and medical preparations) can be accepted only after consultation with the doctor! Self-medication will help you cope with the common cold, and make the baby worse.
Breastfeeding during the cold does not stopit is necessary, the cold is not transmitted in this way to the child. The first thing you can do is to drink hot tea with raspberry or currant leaves. With sore throat, use a rinse every 2 hours. With a cold, grate the onions, put it on the gauze and compress on the wings of the nose.
Cold on the lips: how to treat
Colds on the lips (herpes) are often treatedfaster than folk remedies, rather than the use of any medications. With a chill on the lips, the chamomile will help the place and inside. Brew 1 tablespoon chamomile in 1 cup boiling water. Let the grass infest for half an hour. Then you will need to add to it 1 tablespoon of propolis tincture. Take this medicinal infusion 3 times a day for 1 tablespoon. This will help to remove the inflammatory process, acting from the inside. But you also need to make lotions from the same infusion of chamomile.
