Colds are caused by viral infections and there is no specific medicine that can give quick results. Patients can relieve their symptoms through general treatment or medication.
1. General treatment: There is no specific antiviral drug for colds caused by viral infections. Patients need to take more rest, drink appropriate water, and pay attention to keeping warm and maintaining air circulation in the room.
2. Medication: After catching a cold, patients may have fever, nasal congestion, headache, cough and other symptoms. Generally, you can take ibuprofen and other antipyretic and analgesic drugs to reduce fever and pain, you can use pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and other drugs to relieve nasal congestion, runny nose, you can also use dextromethorphan and other cough suppressants to relieve cough symptoms.
It is recommended that patients with colds seek medical attention as soon as possible, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the treatment of drugs, do not use drugs privately, to prevent the abuse of drugs have adverse reactions.