What causes headaches and sweating?

In recent times, the temperature in many areas has dropped significantly, especially in the north. Even in September, you may need to wear a cotton jacket when going out. There is no way around it. As the weather turns colder, if you wear less, the probability of catching a cold is very high. Although a cold is not a serious disease, it can still affect our lives. So, what causes headaches and sweating?

Cold and fever refer to the fever symptoms often caused by colds. The occurrence of colds is mainly due to physical weakness and weakened disease resistance. When the climate changes drastically, the human body's internal and external functions cannot adapt, and evil spirits take advantage of the opportunity to enter through the skin, mouth and nose, causing a series of fever symptoms.

Fever refers to a situation in which pyrogens directly act on the body temperature regulation center, resulting in dysfunction of the body temperature center or excessive heat production and reduced heat dissipation due to various reasons, causing the body temperature to rise beyond the normal range. Colds and fevers are both beneficial and harmful to the human body. When you have a fever, the body's immune function is significantly enhanced, which is beneficial to eliminating pathogens and promoting recovery from the disease. Therefore, there is no need to use antipyretics when the body temperature is not too high. Just pay close attention to changes in body temperature. When the temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, you should take antipyretics in time.

Classification

In traditional Chinese medicine, colds are divided into wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-heat and dampness, and superficial cold and internal heat.

Cold

The main symptoms are nasal congestion, sneezing, clear runny nose, cough, thin white sputum, headache, dizziness, anorexia, etc. There is obvious fear of cold, no sweat all over the body and a feeling of soreness and discomfort. There is generally no fever, and even if there is a fever, it is relatively mild.

Wind-heat cold

The main symptoms are runny yellow and sticky nasal discharge, obvious fever, even high fever, sweating, sore throat, cough, thick yellow sputum, and a thin yellow tongue coating.

Summer heat cold

The main symptoms are fever, dizziness, body aches, fatigue, accompanied by chest tightness, nausea, etc.

Cold on the outside and heat on the inside

Also known as "cold wrapped in fire", the main symptoms are chills and fever, cough and asthma, yellow and sticky phlegm, irritability and headache.

For wind-cold colds, pungent and warm antipyretic drugs should be used to clear the lungs and dispel the cold. For wind-heat colds, pungent and cool antipyretic drugs should be used. For summer-damp colds, drugs that clear away summer heat, remove dampness and relieve the symptoms should be used. From this it can be seen that ginger soup is only suitable for wind-cold colds, but is not suitable for wind-heat colds, summer-heat and dampness colds, and colds with external cold and internal heat.