Can you drink coke with a cold and fever?

You can drink cola with a cold and fever, but the first thing you should do is to lower your temperature, and you should pay attention to the amount of cola you drink, and diabetic patients and people who are taking medication can’t drink it. The main components of cola are carbonic acid, caramel, water, etc. Drinking in moderation will not aggravate the symptoms of cold and fever. At the same time, drinking more water can speed up the metabolism and promote the body temperature down. Therefore, cola can be consumed normally during the period of cold and fever, and there is no need to worry too much. However, the first thing you should do is to lower your temperature. If the temperature is lower than 38.5 ℃, you can use warm water bath to lower the temperature, if higher than 38.5 ℃, it is recommended to take acetaminophen and other drugs to lower the temperature. Drinking cola should also pay attention to the right amount, on the one hand, cola itself contains carbonic acid, may stimulate the throat area, causing throat discomfort symptoms; in addition, cola’s sugar content is high, more drinking for blood sugar also has a certain impact on diabetic patients can not drink. If you are taking medication, it is also not recommended to drink cola, because the carbonic acid may react with the medication, affecting the effectiveness of the medication.