Gastroenterologist Dilyara Lebedeva recalled that we will soon see a wave of acute respiratory viral infections, and shared the treatment regimen that she uses in her family.
< br>According to the doctor, you need to act quickly: as soon as you get a sore throat.
Unload and cleanse: you need to spend 36 hours without solid food. Only light soups and decoctions are allowed in the diet.
Drink more water and rest.
Do not lower the temperature while it is below 38.5°C. This is how the body fights viruses.
Do inhalations with saline solution every four hours. Rinse your nose with a slightly salted solution twice a day.
Light an aroma lamp with essential oils. This could be eucalyptus, laurel, fir.
Lebedeva also advises sucking Lysobact and taking “load doses of vitamins”: D, A, C, zinc, quercetin (consult your doctor, there may be contraindications).
“This plan really helps to get through the ARVI season with minimal losses,” the doctor noted in herblog.
ARVI symptoms:
- temperature up to 38.0 – 38.5 °C;
- sore throat;< /li>
- runny nose, sneezing, cough;
- pain when moving the eyes;
- muscle pain;
- weakness and drowsiness;
- lack of appetite ;
- chills and headaches.
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Important! Information is provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. At the first signs of illness, consult a doctor.
Dilyara Lebedeva Medicine, gastroenterologist