What are the symptoms of viral cold

Viral colds spread once or more every year. At these times, many parents become particularly worried and anxious, fearing that their children will accidentally catch a viral cold. Therefore, every time the seasons change, we should pay more attention to the changes in temperature and add clothes to children in time, especially be careful not to let children catch cold when sleeping at night. In terms of diet, we should pay attention to eating more light food and less cold food, such as cold drinks and ice cream. It is also necessary to keep the indoor air circulating. If it is inconvenient to open the windows for a long time in winter, just open the windows for a few minutes a day to ventilate. Now let’s talk about the symptoms of viral colds.

1. Virus symptoms

1. Common cold, the baby will have cold symptoms. The onset is relatively acute, with symptoms such as dryness, itching or burning sensation in the throat in the early stages. At the same time or several hours after the onset, there may be sneezing, nasal congestion, and clear nasal discharge. It may be accompanied by sore throat, and sometimes hearing loss due to Eustachian tube inflammation. It may also cause tearing, dull taste, shortness of breath, hoarseness, and a small amount of coughing. There is generally no fever or systemic symptoms, or only low-grade fever, malaise, mild chills and headache.

2. Viral pharyngitis, laryngitis and bronchitis

Acute viral pharyngitis is characterized by itching and burning sensation in the throat, and the pain is neither persistent nor prominent. Clinical features include hoarseness, difficulty speaking, pain when coughing, and often fever, pharyngitis or cough.

Acute viral bronchitis presents with cough, no sputum or mucus-containing sputum, accompanied by fever and fatigue. Other symptoms often include hoarseness and nonpleural substernal pain.

3. Herpetic pharyngitis, characterized by obvious sore throat and fever, with a course of about one week. It usually occurs in summer and is more common in children.

4. Pharyngeal and conjunctival heat, manifested by fever, sore throat, photophobia, tearing, and obvious congestion of the pharynx and conjunctiva. The course of the disease is 4-6 days. It often occurs in the summer and is transmitted during swimming. It is more common in children.

5. Bacterial pharyngitis and tonsillitis have an acute onset with obvious sore throat, chills, and fever, with body temperature reaching above 39°C.

2. Recipe for viral cold:

1. Cabbage and radish soup: 500 grams of cabbage heart, cut into small pieces, 120 grams of white radish, cut into thin slices, add 800 ml of water, boil until 400 ml, then add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Take 200 ml each time, twice a day, for three or four days to cure the disease.

2. Apple honey water: Peel 5 apples, cut into small pieces, add 1 liter of water, boil for 5 minutes, cool naturally to 40 degrees Celsius, add a little lemon juice and appropriate amount of honey, stir well, and drink in small amounts several times a day.

3. Shredded ginger and radish soup: 25 grams of shredded ginger, 50 grams of sliced ​​radish, add 500 ml of water, cook for 15 minutes, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. 200 ml each time, 1-2 times a day.

4. Onion and garlic porridge: Take 10 clean scallions, chop them, 3 cloves of garlic, 50 grams of rice, add water and cook into porridge. 150 ml each time, twice a day.

5. Onion drink: Chop 1 onion, add 250 ml of fresh milk, boil, cool naturally, add appropriate amount of honey, and take 100 ml before going to bed.

6. Ginger and Coke: 50 grams of fresh shredded ginger, add 1000 ml of cola, boil, and drink hot, 100 ml each time, several times a day.

7. Orange peel and rock sugar drink: 50 grams of fresh orange peel, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, brew with boiling water and drink instead of tea.