Why is it easy to catch a cold in summer
A cold in summer is not easy to cure because the symptoms are not clearly identified during the treatment. Some people use antipyretics as soon as they have a fever, which not only does not cure the disease, but makes it worse. The internal causes of summer colds are as follows: First, due to the hot summer climate, the human body sweats more, and sweat glands consume a lot of energy. Second, the days are long and the nights are short in summer. The sultry weather often affects people's sleep and rest, resulting in insufficient sleep. Third, in summer, many people have poor appetite, mainly light food, which affects protein's intake. Because of the hot weather, some people don't want to exercise, which reduces the exercise time. These factors will reduce the body's resistance, make the cold virus take advantage of it and cause a cold.
Xia Han's external cause is excessive greed. If someone is sweating profusely, take a shower with cold water or take a cold bath. Some people like to enjoy the cool in the shade, in the passage or in the cold; Some people turn on the electric fan when they sleep or adjust the temperature of the air conditioner very low, which is easy to catch a cold.
If a cold in summer does not cause complications, such as particularly painful head or other parts, or persistent high fever for a long time, patients only need to take antipyretic and analgesic drugs, plus enough rest, and generally recover in about a week. Patients should drink more boiled water, because there is a great demand for water in summer, and they are prone to fever when they catch a cold. This is the process of fighting germs and consumes a lot of body fluids. Sleep is also helpful for treating summer colds. At ordinary times, we should also strengthen physical exercise to enhance the body's resistance to diseases.
Don't abuse cold medicine when you catch a cold in summer.
Some people think that people who are exposed to colds should take cold medicine to avoid being infected. The western medicine for treating colds is mainly antipyretic and analgesic drugs, which can only alleviate some symptoms of colds and have no effect of enhancing resistance, antibacterial or antiviral. So cold medicine has no effect on preventing colds. On the contrary, long-term use of antipyretic and analgesic drugs may lead to leukopenia, which will reduce the body's resistance and make it more susceptible to infection.
Other patients take several cold medicines at a time because their cold symptoms are serious or they have not improved after taking one medicine. Cold medicine contains the same or similar ingredients, so it is easy to overdose when taken together, and the side effects of the medicine will also accumulate. The toxic and side effects of cold medicine will not only reduce white blood cells, but also have gastrointestinal reactions, and even cause ulcer perforation, bleeding and liver and kidney damage.
Some patients have symptoms such as runny nose, sore throat, fever and general malaise, thinking that they have caught a cold. After taking the medicine, they will sweat and their body temperature will drop, but after a few hours, their body temperature will rise again, and so on for several days. Some people don't have a fever, but symptoms such as cough, headache, joint pain and vomiting don't get better or even get worse. It's dangerous for them to take cold medicine instead of seeing a doctor. Because this may not be a simple cold or not at all, taking medicine according to a cold may delay the illness. Many diseases also have symptoms such as fever and headache, so it is necessary to find a doctor for diagnosis and symptomatic treatment.