What to do if you have a cold and cough

Colds mostly refer to acute upper respiratory tract infections, which are usually short-lived and self-limiting. Colds and coughs are common symptoms, and treatment is based on symptomatic treatment, as well as regulating work and rest patterns, balanced diets, drinking plenty of water, and smoking cessation for smokers. 1. Chills: it is the normal response of the body to fight infection when thermoregulation, chills should pay attention to warmth, if the body temperature > 38.5 ℃, oral antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen. In addition, if the body temperature is too high, you can use warm water or alcohol to wipe the head and neck, armpits, groin and other parts of the physical cooling, accompanied by others to the hospital immediately to avoid aggravation of the condition. 2. Cough: Cough is a common symptom of colds, you can take cough medicine such as licorice tablets, cough syrup. 3. Anti-infection: Antibiotics or anti-viral drugs are not needed for common cold. If there is evidence of bacterial infection such as elevated white blood cells, coughing up yellow sputum, or if there is immunodeficiency or high fever, antibiotics such as cefprozil or antiviral drugs such as ribavirin can be used as prescribed by the doctor. If the symptoms are severe, the patient should go to the local hospital for further treatment after the diagnosis is confirmed.