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Cold cough and chest tightness

BY Nat Tommy 2020-02-25

  Cold flu is a common disease, and the autumn and winter season is a high incidence period. When you have a cold, you will not only have symptoms such as fever, headache, and fatigue, but also symptoms of cough, and sometimes you will feel chest tightness when you have a cold. When you have a cold, cough, and chest tightness, you should go to the hospital for an examination as soon as possible. It may be caused by a disease in the respiratory system. The cold and cough have often worsened, and the lungs have also been infected.

   Many people have a common cold It is no stranger that every year you may have a cold, which is the most common disease. Some people think that colds and coughs are actually a minor illness that can recover after a period of time, so it does not attract attention, but if the cold is severe, it will cause many serious complications and have a great impact on the patient''s body and life, so It must be treated in time. What about the cold, coughing and chest tightness?
  I. Reasons for cold cough and chest tightness
  When a patient has a cold, the body often shows various symptoms of discomfort, such as fever, cough, pain, runny nose, fatigue Wait. When a cold patient coughs chest tightness, it is necessary to pay attention. It is likely that the condition of the cold has been aggravated, respiratory system lesions, lung infections, etc. may cause coughing chest tightness; when suffering from cold coughing chest tightness, Be sure to go to the hospital in time for various examinations, find out the cause of chest tightness, and treat the cause to avoid serious consequences.
  Second, how to care for cold and cough
   1. Pay attention to light diet

  First of all, you should pay attention to light diet, avoid greasy and spicy foods, such as peppers, fried chicken , Garlic, etc., can stimulate the stomach and intestines, affect digestion and absorption; in addition, cold foods such as ice drinks, ice cream, ice cream, etc., especially pay attention to avoid eating, it will aggravate the symptoms of cough.
  If you still have sputum when you cough, don’t take too much sugar or salt, otherwise it will increase the sputum and make the cough more serious. You can eat more lung-fighting foods such as pears, grapefruits, walnuts, loquat, etc. to relieve cough; usually drink warm water, add water in time, dilute the sputum of the respiratory tract, which is conducive to the recovery of cold cough.
  2. Appropriate exercise
  Cough and chest tightness are the symptoms of diseases caused by cold after the resistance and immunity decline, so when treating these diseases, we need to be appropriate Increase some sports, such as jogging, swimming, etc., can increase resistance and improve the ability to resist germs.

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