Traditional Chinese medicine teaches you tips to prevent influenza!

Colds are a common disease in our lives, but the impact of such common diseases on health cannot be ignored, especially when influenza strikes. The following editor will introduce to you some methods to prevent influenza!

What to avoid:

Try not to go to crowded places such as restaurants, shopping malls, theaters, etc. that use central air-conditioning, because the individual ventilation system can reduce the chance of infection of respiratory diseases.

Try not to visit patients in hospitals to avoid infection.

Avoid contact with seriously ill people. People who have to come into contact with patients frequently in their jobs may consider taking Chinese medicine to prevent infection or alleviate symptoms.

After infection:

If you have symptoms of external infection, you should seek treatment with traditional Chinese medicine early to stop the progression of the disease.

If you are infected and experience high fever, chills, body aches, obvious weakness, and difficulty breathing, you should seek medical attention early if your condition is serious.

Pay attention to prevent secondary bacterial reinfection: After the clinical symptoms of influenza patients are alleviated, they must pay attention to nutrition or rest. Otherwise, due to overwork and insufficient vital energy, symptoms will reappear, such as: sneezing intensifies, body temperature becomes high again, sputum and mucus may turn purulent and yellow-green, and may often be accompanied by coughing up blood, hemoptysis and chest pain. Secondary bacterial infection may occur, making the course of the disease worse, so medical treatment should be sought early.

Personal and Home Care

Spring plague occurs when the climate is humid and hot and cold. Because the indoor humidity is high in spring, it is conducive to the spread of toxic droplets suspended in moist air, so it is best to adopt natural ventilation at home. Keep the air circulating (such as turning on the air conditioner to draw air from outside into the house, and starting the indoor exhaust fan to remove the foul air in the house). We should also make full use of household appliances to create a suitable climate environment for non-spring homes; for example, use a dehumidifier to maintain the humidity in the living quarters below 50 degrees (it can be adjusted to a lower level when no one is at home, but be careful that too low humidity when people are at home will cause dry throat and sore throat), and use an air conditioner to maintain a constant indoor temperature of 17~20 degrees. Because the indoor air needs to pass through the refrigeration copper tube of the air conditioner or dehumidifier, the warm and humid water vapor condenses into water, flows into the water container and is discarded. The indoor air is dry and the toxic droplets are greatly reduced.

Absorb enough nutrients

If the patient has a chronic disease, he or she should pay more attention to personal hygiene and rest, absorb adequate nutrition, including high protein and amino acid, eat less hot and irritating foods such as chicken, pigeon, and lamb, and stop drinking, barbecue, hot pot, and spicy food.

If you feel hot and dry, you should drink soups such as Qingbuliang and Pueraria lobata, eat foods that nourish yin and reduce fire, such as salty lean meat and oyster porridge, and drink more alkaline beverages to alkalize the body fluid environment and improve resistance.

If infants and young children at home are feeling unwell, their temperature should be checked every night to avoid being careless and failing to detect the child's illness in time.

Disinfect frequently

Many viruses are not resistant to physical and chemical factors. It is not heat-resistant. For example, the influenza virus loses its pathogenicity after a few minutes at 56 degrees (Celsius). Therefore, items that need to be disinfected at home can be boiled for disinfection. Add soap powder and boil for ten minutes, and the virus and bacteria will definitely die. Ultraviolet rays, ethanol, ether, carbonic acid, bleaching powder, etc. can inhibit viral activity, so epidemic areas should consider using ultraviolet rays and artificial dehumidification to disinfect the air.