The harm of cold infusion to the body

Everyone has had a cold. When you have a cold, you should pay attention to rest, eat a better diet, and it can also be treated with certain medications. Currently, many Chinese people have this misunderstanding. When they have a cold, they like to have an infusion. Although the infusion is more effective in treating colds and is faster than medication, it is also more harmful. It is not only easy to cause some drug resistance problems, but also has a greater impact on health. Therefore, it is best not to have an infusion for a common cold in general.

The harm of cold infusion to the body

Harm: Infusing a large amount of fluid in a short period of time increases the blood circulation flow, increases the burden on the heart, and also increases blood pressure. This may not be a big problem for young people, but for the elderly with heart and lung diseases and high blood pressure, especially when the drip rate is too fast, it may cause heart failure and cerebral hemorrhage. Hazard 2: In most cases, cold infusions are given in the emergency observation room or temporary ward. In order to facilitate observation of the condition of the patient, most of these places are "large rooms" shared by many patients. In order to receive intravenous infusions, patients spend more than ten hours a day in the "big room" or stay there for several days. This inevitably increases the chances of secondary bacterial infections and even "acquired pneumonia", which only makes the condition worse.

In this regard, experts said: It is undeniable that the method of intravenous infusion reduces the damage of drugs due to gastric acid, and the effect is more direct, especially for patients with gastrointestinal symptoms and high fever. In addition, most of the ingredients injected into the vein are normal saline, which can replenish a large amount of water through infusion. Therefore, people will feel "comfortable" after each infusion. However, for ordinary people, it is not advisable to ask for infusion at every turn. On the other hand, infusion is the direct administration of drugs into blood vessels, so the sterility requirements are very high. If the operation is improper, the bacteria will directly enter the blood and may cause sepsis, which will be fatal. In addition, intravenous infusion has very high requirements for drug purity. If there are impurities in the drugs, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, from the perspective of safe use of medications, the principle that must be adhered to in treating colds is "don't take medicine if you can, don't get injections if you can take medicine, and especially don't easily inject antibiotics and hormones."