Nasal congestion, red throat, watery eyes, chills - all this is familiar to us with the onset of cold weather. Such symptoms are accompanied by acute respiratory diseases, usually called colds. In a person with a normal immune system and without chronic diseases, ARI occurs within a week. But let's figure out what to do in order to quickly remove unpleasant symptoms, as well as reduce the risk of possible contamination of loved ones.
What should I do with the first signs of acute respiratory disease?
Do not delay the treatment with the appearance of the first symptoms, and hope that everything will pass by itself. In the treatment of acute respiratory disease, the combination of folk remedies and medications gives a much quicker positive result. A plentiful warm drink, rest and taking antiviral drugs - that's what will help you speed up recovery. It is advisable to refuse to visit public places and spend the first two or three days at home, in bed.
Medication
Since respiratory diseases are most often accompanied by inflammation of the nasopharynx (nasal congestion or discharge from the nose, redness and sore throat when swallowing, etc.), then from the time of their appearance, one should start rinsing and rinsing the nose.
The rinse solution can be prepared from:
- decoction of chamomile;
- Furacilin tablets;
- salt.
One of the most common rinses with more in the throat is soda-salt solution. To make it, you need to dissolve half a teaspoon of salt and soda in half a glass of warm water. You can add a couple drops of iodine or tea tree oil.
After rinsing, it is recommended to treat the throat with medical aerosol (Stopangin, Ingalipt and others) or to dissolve a pill of the drug preparation (Sepptethine, Anti-antiangin, Pharyngosept).
As a vasoconstrictor , to eliminate nasal congestion, you can use:
- Naphthysine;
- Xylen;
- Sanorin et al.
It should be noted that these drugs have a drying effect on the mucous membranes of the nose, so they need no more than 7-10 days.
For treatment of cough in adults, with ARI, medications should be prescribed by the attending physician. As a rule, to reduce cough use preparations of central action:
- Tusprex;
- Codeine;
- Sinekod and others.
To achieve an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect , peripheral drugs are prescribed:
- ATSTS;
- Lazolvan;
- Bromhexine.
As an antiviral agent for ARI treatment in adults, the following are prescribed:
- Grippferon;
- Remantadine;
- Arbidol;
- Tamiflu.
These drugs act directly on the virus, preventing its development and reproduction.
In ARI, antibiotic treatment can be prescribed only after the study and establishment of the causative agent that caused the disease. Antibiotics are used only for bacterial and parasitic (mycoplasma and chlamydia) infections.
Most often, the acute respiratory disease proceeds without a rise in temperature, and the treatment does not require the use of antipyretic agents . But in case of its increase, the following tools are recommended:
- Paracetamol;
- Antigrippin;
- Teraflu and others.
Folk recipes for colds
Abundant drink is recommended to relieve symptoms of intoxication. It is very good to drink acidic fruit drinks (cranberries, viburnum, cowberry, dogrose), tea with lemon, as well as decoctions of herbs that have
- Mix the flowers of lime, chamomile, yarrow and mint in equal proportions. Brew one tablespoon of this mixture with a glass of boiling water. After half an hour strain and drink.
- With chills, ginger tea will help. For its preparation, grate the fresh root of ginger and, pour it with boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes. After let it cool slightly, add honey and drink.
- A mixture of aloe and honey juice in equal proportions is an excellent tool for the rapid treatment of cough in ARI.