The cause of the cold is the virus - and there are more than 200 viruses. Contrary to popular belief, the simple supercooling of the body does not cause illness, but only increases the sensitivity of the body to viral infection.
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For a predisposition to colds, neither the overall health of health, nor food features, although clearly expressed the connection of colds with the immune system. So, for example, strengthen the risk of infection overwork or depressive condition.
The cold is transmitted by air-drip, but a more frequent cause of infection - through the mucous allocations carried by hand. Since it is caused by various viruses, and immunity to them is a value of non-permanent and decreases over time, most people continue to catch up throughout life. For the same reason, against the cold so far it has not been created any effective vaccine.
Does not have expected protective action and vitamin C. Either the impressive doses of this vitamin can not prevent a cold. However, he, as it turned out in the course of several studies, significantly facilitates the symptoms and speeds up the process of recovery.
In addition, the disease can be prevented if you enter interferon in the nose and the upper respiratory tract in advance.
At the very first signs of colds - feverish sobbing of the body, headache, cold, cough, temperature lifting, etc. need to take measures to suppress.
First of all, you should drink half a cup of water, in which 5 drops of iodine. Then, if the legs are wetbed, soda them with vodka and put on dry stockings. Put some dry cans on your chest and back. Drink 2-3 cups of very hot tea with a mixture of ginger and honey. If there is no ginger, then drink in the form of infusion, like tea, something campling, for example, lime color, elderberry, raspberry and other. Then go well and try to fall asleep.
Treatment of colds - business and simple, and complex. From viral infection you can not get rid of instantly, but it is possible to speed up the process of recovery. The main task during a cold is to help the immune system to cope with the disease, for what you need to give the body more rest.
In addition, it is advisable to take a large amount of warm drink, which helps to wash viruses from the body and improves the functioning of leukocytes. It is best to drink diluted fruit juice, decoctions or infusions of medicinal herbs and chicken broth.
A common medium with a cold has always been hot tea with lemon and honey. Hot tea at the same time dilutes the selection, and in lemon and honey, and there are also antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and healing mucosa,. To enhance the healing properties of hot tea, you can add red pepper to it instead of lemon, which reduces throat pain and has an anti-inflammatory effect.
It is also necessary to stop using milk and dairy products. Milk - product giving the body the greatest amount of mucus.
Medicines from colds are very diverse and only mask the symptoms of the disease. They are widely available, but apply them with caution. Aspirin may even increase the spread of the virus in the body and its allocation, so acetominophen (tilenol) or ibuprofen (Edilol) is preferred.
Fighting cold viruses also increases the need for vitamins in the complex. You must take from 50 to 100 mg of vitamins in the complex day before the disappearance of cold symptoms.
