How to treat cold

Cold, apparently, such simple disease, and how many troubles it to us delivers... The head hurts, to do it would be desirable nothing, and in a nose – the whole revolution. And such trouble can fall down us at any time years. Cold – a virus disease, you catch or not, depends on your immunity. Strong immunity can overcome an infection and cold won't be. And the person with the weakened immunity won't have enough "margin of safety" and for long 7 days the nose will turn into «a fire hose».

What occurs to a nose during cold?

Cold is a local cold at which mucous membranes of a nose inflame, hypostasis develops. Production of slime sharply raises, slime blocks nasal courses, and we start to breathe through the mouth. During too time, the increased volume of slime promotes organism clarification from toxins. Therefore cold has also a positive side: сморкаясь, we clear additional bosoms of a nose of slime accumulating there.
Whether and it is necessary to treat in general cold?, It seems, also there is no need to be spent for cold treatment – itself will pass through a week. But so happens not always. If immunity is weakened, cold can pass to a chronic form and then of it will be almost unreal to get rid. Besides, at cold the inflammation can be thrown on гайморовы bosoms (antritis), on frontal bosoms or on a middle ear. And it already much more serious diseases.

When and how to treat cold?

It is most easier to cure cold when it only just begins. Still even there are no snivels, and the head, a forehead simply hurts and in a nose "twists". In this case the adult person already knows that such symptoms – symptoms of approaching cold.
What to do? We go to a drugstore and we buy an antiviral preparation. The most popular antiviral drugs – Arbidol more expensive) and Anaferon cheaper). If to accept Anaferon it is strict according to the instruction (1 tablet everyone half an hour within 2 hours), symptoms of cold will be gone almost completely the same day. But it is impossible to stop drug intake, the virus is still live and can quite revive. Antiviral means needs to be accepted within a week, and in a cold season such preparations can be drunk very long, from one month, to three. Anaferon's advantage and preparations similar to it not only that they suppress virus development, but also is stimulated by own protective forces of an organism.
Virus development during cold well suppress фитонциды, containing in onions and garlic. Thus not obligatory in tons to eat onions, it is rather simple to cut a bulb half-and-half and properly to breathe over it. In a nose and a throat there will be a burning, it is absolutely normal reaction. By itself, don't forget to narrow eyes during this procedure. Children at cold can make "beads" of garlic gloves. It is possible to spread out about the room cut onions. And then your onions inhalation will last much more long. The same it is possible to do as prevention of cold and others catarrhal diseases. Only thing «But!» - to use onions not always it is possible, after all its specific smell is unpleasant to much.

Aerosols from cold: advantage and harm

Medicines in the form of aerosols possess vasoconstrictive action more often. After aerosol application vessels are narrowed, hypostasis falls down and the nose is cleaned from the accumulated slime. At some o'clock of people has an opportunity normally to breathe. The temptation is very great to use a preparation again...
But Mirsovetov doesn't advise to be fond of aerosols from cold as it has mass of negative consequences. If long to use such aerosols, it is possible to lose sense of smell, sense of taste can change. The mucous membrane of a nose can constantly start to dry, and these are the new problems, new treatment... So the aerosol is emergency remedy for cold and to apply it it is possible only when is absolutely intolerable feel. But no more than one-two times a week.

Folk remedies from cold

Instead of an aerosol it is possible to buy drops from cold on the basis of natural oils. At cold drops containing fir or evkaliptovy oil well help. These oils render bactericidal effect, slime allocation decreases, breath is facilitated. As one of options of treatment of cold, it is possible to make inhalation with fir oil. The simplest way – a bowl with boiled water in which 3-5 drops of oil are added. We are covered with a towel and we breathe the ferry.
During cold it is also necessary to warm up a nose, it well removes hypostasis. For this purpose it is possible to take a small sack (if there is no sack, it is possible to use a pure children's nosovichok), we calcinate large salt on a dry frying pan. A sack with salt we put on a nose bridge and we heat. If it would not be desirable to potter with a sack, it is possible warm up a nose boiled egg.
Not less important during cold to be in heat and not to overcool. For certain much know that at emergence of cold it is useful попарить feet. Besides, it is possible to take heat baths with sea salt, to sleep in socks, in which насыпана dry mustard.
Among other folk remedies from cold - breast warming up by means of a potato. It becomes so: we cook one big potato in a uniform, we cut lengthways, we put on a breast some layers of the newspaper, then a hot potato, and from above we wrap up with something warm. As the potato gradually cools down, we take out newspaper sheets. Warming up will be long, not less than 20 minutes.
Vitamin C is simply necessary for support of immune forces of an organism in fight against cold. As you know, there is a lot of it in a citrus (a lemon, orange). Therefore Mirsovetov urgently recommends to drink tea with a limonchik (and as much as possible), by a vitaminka be charged. Don't forget and about ascorbic acid in the form of a dragee, it too the good acquaintance since the childhood option.

As it is sad, but the reason of cold can become not only overcooling. Cold can be manifestation of an allergy to any product, pollen of plants or hair of animals. Allergic cold can last all the year round or periodically arise, during plant allergen flowering, for example. In such cases to reveal allergen and appoint treatment the allergologist can only.
That the disease didn't accept a chronic form or is even worse – didn't give complications, to treat cold it is necessary, in what form it wouldn't be shown. And the main thing, be not ill, trying to protect itself from any reasons of emergence of cold.