Asthma: Preparing for the cold

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  • Asthma: Preparing for the cold

    It seems to be accustomed carefully - so there is no, still got, damned! In the morning I woke up - from the nose flows, in the throat. And it happens - the temperature under forty, the head splits, the muscles of the lomit. And then the doctor says: «flu».

    Why winter flu loves

    And flu, and organs - virus diseases. Why do they come during the cold? No more than that bright hot sun, which mows the viruses, like a machine gun, is once. In winter, people are located in the room - these are two. Different stresses reduce the protection of the body - three. Cold air can break the protective barriers in the nose - four. Viruses have their own activity cycles - five. And, probably, much more that we are unknown - it is six, eight, forty-four...

    The main thing - there is a chance to get sick. Make so that this chance is minimal or if the disease is nuts, so that it is less harm to - here is the task of every person, especially astmatics.


    Simple self-defense

    Recall the simplest ways to prevent diseases that can apply all.

    • Lubricate the nose with vegetable oil or oxoline ointment before leaving the house. In this case, the virus is harder to fix on the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract.
    • You can rinse the nose and rinse the throat after returning home - that is, produce cleaning from possible infection.
    • It makes sense to wear a mask if at home or in the nearest environment at work there is a patient. «Moral» or aesthetic inconvenience is incommensurable less significant than the aggravation of asthma, if a person who is ill, is infected with, for example, the flu, from his neighbor in the workplace. Do not neglect banal things - close the nose and mouth with a scarf in the cold; dress exactly on the weather - so that there is neither hot or cold.
    • Great, of course, hold hardening, but it should be started in the warm season. In any case, the hardened person is sick much less.

    What medication?

    Anti-flu is sometimes taken by remantine - it is used as prevention and as a treatment in the first day of the disease. There are no specific drugs against. If a person is caught up, it is usually treated with plentiful drink, tea with jam and honey. Just do not forget about possible allergies. From the antipyretic paracetamol is preferable - especially those who sick aspirin bronchial asthma or has polyps in the nose. Some prefer homeopathic treatment, such as Echinacea.

    And antibiotics? Only by appointment of a doctor! Of course, a highly different frequenter of medical offices and hospitals is often prescribed by itself. But the rule is such - only a doctor can do the purpose of antibiotics. Especially since asthmatics and allergetics are often «issued» Reaction to antibiotics.

    And prevention?

    About elementary means we have already said. As for flu vaccine, in the vast majority of cases for people who have asthma or other types of allergies, it is safe. Especially since the flu itself can cause very difficult complications, and then regret that I did not agree to vaccinate.

    The most reliable means of preventing asthma exacerbation during ARZ or flu - keep it under control always, applying preventive preparations. During a cold, you can increase their dose, having coordinated the action with the attending physician. And if the symptoms appeared, then at the first signs of aggravation of asthma, it is necessary to sharply increase preventive treatment. In these cases, the picoflorometer brings invaluable benefits, in terms of which it is possible to catch the start of the narrowing of the bronchi in time.

    And, of course, we will remember - positive emotions strengthen immunity.

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