What's wrong with fever, cold, cough and sore throat?

Fever is very common in life, mostly caused by bacterial infection, cold, and chill. It is closely related to usual diet and excessive fatigue. People often feel unwell, weak, have headaches and dizziness, and don’t want to eat. It can also cause sore throat and cough. These symptoms affect the health of the body, so what should we do?

1. Drink more warm boiled water to replenish water. Drinking more warm boiled water is the simplest way to cool down the body, especially when you have a fever, feel dry and sore throat, and cough frequently. Drink more warm boiled water to replenish water and moisturize your throat. It is recommended to drink one cup each morning when you wake up and before going to bed, one cup each before and after meals, and one cup when you have a sore throat or sweat.

2. When you have a high fever, you can take some fever medicine in moderation to help reduce the fever. When the fever persists for a long time, you can take drug treatment methods. Common Western medicines include aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. If the fever is caused by a cold, you can try taking some cold medicines, such as Anrike, cephalexin, etc. Be sure to follow the instructions in the medicine box and take the appropriate amount each time daily, or do as directed by your doctor.

3. During the illness, it is not suitable to eat greasy food. You need to eat more liquid or semi-liquid food. It is not advisable to eat greasy food when you have a fever, and try to eat less meat and seafood. You can eat more semi-liquid foods as staple foods, such as porridge, clear soup, etc. Drink more liquid drinks, such as: milk, soy milk, ginger tea, jujube tea, vegetable juice, fruit juice, etc. Helps replenish moisture.

4. Drinking a bowl of mung bean porridge when you have a fever can help clear away heat and reduce fire, which is beneficial to recovery. Mung bean porridge is very simple to prepare, it is rich in nutrients, and has the therapeutic effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Just take an appropriate amount of mung beans, wash them and soak them in warm water for more than two hours. Then wash the mung beans again, put them in a pot, add water and bring to a boil, then add an appropriate amount of stalks of rice, millet or glutinous rice, and cook over low heat until it becomes porridge. You can also add appropriate amount of rock sugar and red dates for seasoning.

5. Eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C during fever. When you have a fever, it is best to eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, such as apples, strawberries, red dates, grapes, hawthorn, kiwi, cucumber, celery, tomatoes, etc. If you have no appetite, you can fry these fruits and vegetables and drink them as fruit and vegetable juice.

6. When you have a fever, you can take a bath with warm water, which can help lower your body temperature. If the fever persists, you can use physical cooling methods, such as taking a warm bath, or wiping your body with a wet towel soaked in warm water, focusing on wiping the back, limbs, forehead, armpits and other sweating areas. When taking a warm bath, the water temperature should be controlled at around 35°, which is slightly lower than body temperature.

7. Applying an ice water bag to your head can also help to physically cool you down. When you have a high fever, you can use another physical cooling method to help reduce the fever, which is to use an ice water bag or an ice towel to apply to the forehead, which can also have a certain cooling effect. In addition, you should adjust the indoor temperature appropriately. The temperature should not be too high, just keep it at around 18°.

8. Open windows frequently to ventilate and keep indoor air circulating. Patients are advised to open windows for ventilation frequently, which can allow indoor air to circulate, prevent the spread of bacteria in the air, keep the indoor air fresh, and in spring and autumn, the indoor temperature can be appropriately lowered, which can have a certain physical cooling effect on patients with fever. It is recommended to open the windows for more than 15-20 minutes when getting up early and before going to bed.