What causes pain when you have a cold?

The common cold is the most common disease among people, and it is more common in people with low resistance. It is very easy to catch a cold due to climate changes or viral infections. People with a cold usually experience symptoms such as dizziness, weakness and fever, but some people experience body pain. So what causes body pain when you have a cold?

After catching a cold, a large amount of pyruvate, or lactic acid, accumulates in the body, which is why you feel sore all over.

When you have a cold, eat more foods rich in VB, which can convert lactic acid into acetic acid for use by the human body; foods rich in vitamin B, such as corn, brown rice, soybeans and other coarse grains, as well as pork, garlic, rapeseed, potatoes, eggplant, pumpkin, lotus root, bean sprouts, silver carp, grass carp, Kun fish, bananas, apples, corn, etc.

Symptoms of a cold turning into a serious illness:

1. If the fever persists after a few days of catching a cold and thick sputum is coughed up, you should pay attention to mixed bacterial infection and be alert to the possibility of developing bronchitis.

2. If there is fever, severe nausea and vomiting that recurs repeatedly, it should be suspected to be a brain lesion, such as a reaction to meningitis.

3. If you have a fever, do not want to eat greasy food, and have symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, it is suspected to be a reaction to infectious hepatitis.

4. One week after a cold, if you have symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and vague pain in the precordial area, especially irregular heartbeat and rapid heartbeat of more than 100 beats per minute, you should be alert to "myocarditis".

5. If the onset is very sudden, with chills, followed by fever, and the high fever does not subside, often above 39°C, with body aches and loss of appetite, and people around you have the same symptoms, then influenza may be suspected.

Treatment of colds:

1. Ginger and brown sugar water to remove coldness

Take 5 large slices of ginger and add brown sugar to boil water and drink it, which can eliminate the cold as soon as possible. Ginger and brown sugar water can dispel cold and warm the stomach, and is very effective for people with colds. These can be bought in supermarkets or vegetable markets.

Brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen. It has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Ginger tastes spicy and is warm in nature. It can stimulate appetite and stop vomiting, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms. Used for cold or cough caused by cold phlegm.

Note: However, ginger and brown sugar water is only suitable for patients with colds caused by wind and cold or those with stomach cold and fever after being caught in the rain. It cannot be used for patients with summer heat colds or wind-heat colds.

2. Soak your feet in a big bucket and sweat all over

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds are mostly caused by external pathogens and dysfunction of the lung's defense function. Soaking your feet can improve blood circulation, enhance the body's immune function, reduce inflammation and bacteria, shorten the course of the disease, reduce complications and prevent the recurrence of colds.

Massage after soaking your feet is also a good way to treat and relieve cold symptoms. It is especially suitable for elderly people who have low resistance and are prone to colds.

3. Use hot steam to relieve nasal congestion

It is best to use a soft tissue when blowing your nose to prevent your nose from being scratched. When blowing your nose, be careful not to blow too hard. The standard is that you should not hear a buzzing sound in your ears to avoid damaging the eardrum. If you have trouble blowing your nose, you can "smell" hot steam or peppermint oil.

4. Use salt water to relieve sore throat

If you have a sore throat when you have a cold, you can drink light salt water. Dissolve 7.5 grams of salt in 250 ml of warm water and slowly gargle to relieve sore throat. Gargle every 6-8 hours. Avoid using harsh mouthwashes, as they may worsen dryness of the respiratory tract. In addition, you can also use a spoonful of honey, a pinch of salt and a few drops of lemon juice to drink, which has good effects.