There is no cure for colds

If you want to know whether a cold needs medicine or not, you should first see whether the medicine can cure the cold.

There are two types of colds, the common cold and the influenza. Let’s start with the common cold.

The common cold is generally caused by a variety of viruses, to treat the common cold, we have to see whether there can be anti-virus drugs.

Unfortunately, the answer is:

So far, the world has not developed a specific antiviral drug for the common cold virus, that is, there is no medicine that can be taken to make the cold go away.

At present, the medical treatment of the cold or rest + symptomatic treatment + prevention of secondary infection-based.

“Symptoms”of “Symptomatic treatment”refers to symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sneezing and fever caused by the common cold. And now the cold medicine on the market, are aimed at them.

That is to say, now all the cold medicine, is not “Cure a cold”, but only to alleviate the cold brought about by the various symptoms of discomfort.

There is no special antiviral drug, cold medicine is only to ease the symptoms, then the common cold is how good?

The answer is: it’s fine by itself...

Because the cold in medicine is defined as their own recovery of infectious diseases, although the incidence of high, but under normal circumstances, 7 to 14 days, people can be cured.

So for colds, in general:

I can do it lying down

Do you see this as a solution to the problem? Does the common cold need not take medicine in fact?

The answer is still no.

In fact, the biggest impact of a cold on a person is the discomfort it causes. If the discomfort is severe, such as a high body temperature, severe nasal congestion, sneezing, and a sore throat that makes it impossible to eat, it affects your life, your studies, your rest.

So from this point of view, although the cold medicine “Cures the symptoms but not the root cause,”taking medicine to relieve the discomfort is also very meaningful, and is also conducive to the body’s self-recovery.

So when the symptoms are severe, the body can not bear it: take the medicine, or to take.

For more on how to take your cold medicine, check out Dr. Syzygium aromaticum’s answer sheet:

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Finally, a few common cold/medication/prevention myths:

Take patulin can not prevent a cold, reason from above look for;

EAT vitamin C also can not prevent a cold, the reason or from above to find;

The common cold should not be casually used Amoxicillin such antibiotic drugs, know why you must be my true love powder;

Should not take several kinds of cold medicine at the same time, prevent the medicine excessive to cause the liver and kidney function damage

Dr. Tintin, you said something about the common cold, so should I take the medicine if I get the flu?

Flu so serious, every year around the world to die so many people, their own medicine is generally not able to stand, or hurry to the hospital.

As for how to tell if you have the common cold or influenza.

This kind of matter also still go to the hospital, after all: Rich Experience is inferior to check the serum