How to quickly get rid of a cold
A simple cold is not enough for someone to causeconfusion. Each of us, as a modern well-read person, as a rule, has the right tool in the form of drops or spray, which we use whenever we stop breathing normally. And what if the rhinitis began to repeat with an enviable regularity?
The medical "name" of the problem is rhinitis. This is a protective reaction of the nasal mucosa to the presence of pathogenic irritants, in which the role of viruses often appear.
Causes of rhinitis
Cold and frequent changes in temperature.
Craze for food.
Increased adenoids.
Bad ecology.
Tobacco smoke.
Foreign body in the nasal passage.
Hormonal disorders.
Allergy.
Injury of the nose.
Polyps.
Viral infections.
Types of colds
Acute rhinitis
This is a frequent "companion" of acute respiratory disease and influenza. Sometimes an increased outflow of mucus is caused by a trauma to the nose, and in some cases - anatomical features in the form of curvature of the nasal septum or the presence of a foreign body. All these factors necessarily provoke a violation of breathing and nasal congestion.
Runny nose as a symptom of respiratory disease passes through three stages in its development:
Reflex coryza. As a result of hypothermia, the local immunity "fails" and the work of the vessels of the nasal cavity is disrupted. Mucous is first subjected to spasm (itching), and then swells (difficulty breathing).
Catarrhal runny nose. From the nose begins to emit abundant watery mucus, reducing the olfactory abilities. The stage lasts 2 - 3 days.
Partial improvement of the condition. The person can already normally breathe, but discharge from the nose is still present. They become more viscous and dense, acquiring a yellow-green color.
Chronic rhinitis
It's a runny nose that can appear on the basis ofacute rhinitis, if it was improperly treated or did not pay attention to the problem at all. Also, breathing disorders due to a chronic rhinitis occur on the basis of occupational diseases and allergic reactions.
Than the chronic rhinitis is dangerous
Runny nose as a temporary condition for the body inthe whole is harmless. But at the same time, with illiterate treatment or negligent treatment of one's own health, its consequences can significantly shake your immunity. If the infection becomes uncontrolled and spreads beyond the nasal cavity, develop:
sinusitis - an inflammatory reaction of the paranasal sinuses in the form of sinusitis, frontal and etmoiditis;
nasopharyngeal diseases (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis);
acute otitis media.
How to treat a cold
If you remember what a rhinitis is dangerous for the body, it will become obvious that the rhinitis is promptly and promptly treated at its earliest stage.
Start with thermal procedures: steam your feet in hot water, brew fragrant herbal tea and drink it in small measured sips. If you are not allergic to essential oils, light the aroma lamp, after adding a few drops of lemon, mint or eucalyptus oil.
Please note that the specific treatmentdetermines the stage of the common cold. So, drops, narrowing the vessels, are useful in the early stages of rhinitis, when the discharge from the nose is minimal. This means that you can use them no more than 5 days so that receptive vessels of the nasal mucosa are not "used" to the medicine.
In the second stage of rhinitis with strong secretionseffective washing. Salt solutions and non-alcoholic infusions based on chamomile or calendula are quite suitable. The vasoconstrictors during this period will not be of much help to you.
At the final stage of development of rhinitis, antibacterial drugs of local action are best used.
Of course, the common cold is enoughharmless to get rid of it yourself. But be careful! If 10 days after the appearance of rhinitis your nose still does not breathe, your ear hurts, annoying unpleasant sensations under the eyes and over the bridge of your nose, pershit in the throat - hurry to the therapist or lora.
