Influenza and colds are alike in that they are both self-limiting illnesses. Generally speaking, the symptoms of the flu are milder and more likely to have localized symptoms such as a runny nose, which rarely have complications，such as pneumonia. Influenza is more seasonal, which of more pronounced complications with systemic symptoms, and is prone to ...
First of all, we classify the common cold drugs： 1. Anti-viral drugs There are more than two hundred kinds of viruses that can cause colds, and there are no targeted antiviral drugs on the market. Neither adults nor children need antivirals for colds. 2. Antibiotics Likewise, antibiotics for bacteria do not work effectively for colds ...
Q: Do I need to give transfer factor（TF）to my child with frequent colds? A: No. In terms of the total frequency of colds, it is much more often for children to get sick than adults, especially for whom under 2 years old, which can get colds 8-10 times a year. The reason for this is ...
Q: Will wearing sweaty clothes cause a cold? A: No, it does not. A cold is a respiratory infection caused by a virus and has nothing to do with being "wet" or "cool". Similarly, swimming with your body directly in the water does not cause you to catch a cold. However, sweaty clothes can affect ...
Q: Does a cold always cause encephalitis? A: No, it does not. Let's be clear about two problems: Firstly, children grow up with countless colds, but the incidence of encephalitis, pneumonia, myocarditis and severe hand, foot and mouth disease is relatively low. However, most children do not suffer from these diseases once. Secondly, the serious ...
1.Catching a cold can cause a cold Fall and winter are the peak season for colds, which doesn't mean that colds are caused by the cold weather. However, it has been medically proven that most colds are caused by viral infections. The cold environment does speed up the replication of cold viruses, but there is ...
What kind of back patting position can achieve the purpose of vibrating for sputum discharge is a long-standing doubt of parents. Parents expect that the vibration caused by patting the back and the changing of position could make the sputum flow to achieve the purpose of sputum discharge, so what is the correct position for ...
Q: What is the recommendation when your child has a cough? A: Doctor and time. Cough is a protective reflex of body, so the most important thing is to identify the cause of it. While most coughs are caused by viral infections of the respiratory tract and are usually self-resolving, a few are caused by ...
Q: Can children swallow their own sputum? A: Of course they can. In fact, it is difficult to control our unconscious swallowing of sputum, which happens mostly during sleep. Sputum is composed of mucous membrane secretions from the respiratory tract and the cellular debris, which be adhered with dust and pathogens such as viruses, bacteria. ...
Children drinking honey can cause botulism, a food-borne sickness that due to the possibility of natural honey being contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic bacterium that is widely found in natural soil. One study found that Clostridium botulinum was detected in about 10% of honey, with an average of 104 budding spores ...
Q:What should parents do if children has phlegm that cannot be easily coughed up? A: To analyze the causes of phlegm production The human respiratory tract has the function of self-purification with phlegm that produced as the body responds to infection, inflammation or other stimuli, for which sputum is composed of pathogens and necrotic cell ...
Q:Can I take Prospan （which is also called Mucosolvan or German Little Green Leaf）for my child with cough? A: Not recommended The main ingredient of Prospan is an extract of Hedera helix. There are German studies that suggest that this pharmaceutical ingredient can reduce the severity and frequency of coughs, but these studies are of ...