How long does it take to get over a cold?

How many days can a wind-heat cold get well is mainly related to the severity of the patient’s condition and his or her physical condition. However, the course of wind-heat cold is usually 3-7 days. Wind-heat cold is a kind of common cold, which is a symptom caused by wind-heat disease. Clinical symptoms include heavy fever, slight wind, headache, sweating, sore throat, cough, sputum, yellow and sticky sputum, nasal congestion, yellow snot, and thirst. This disease generally has a good prognosis, short course and easy to recover. In a small number of cases, the condition is worsened by other illnesses induced by colds, and the prognosis is relatively poor in the elderly, infants, and weak patients, when the superficial evils (evil qi on the surface of the muscles) enter into the interior of the body and turn into heat, which manifests itself as chills and fever, or high fever that does not go away, coughing and chest pains. If there is wind-heat cold, timely medical treatment is recommended.