Is a little coughing and phlegm a cold?

A bit of coughing sputum is not necessarily a cold. The main symptoms of a cold are nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, itchy throat, coughing or coughing sputum, and in some patients, it may cause fever. Coughing sputum alone is not necessarily a cold, sometimes it may be a foreign body feeling caused by laryngitis or throat discomfort. If the cough is caused by cold, you can take western cold medicine with cough-relieving ingredients, such as phenomethamine, aminophenol xanthamine granules, etc. You can also take oral Chinese medicine, such as anti-viral oral liquid, Qingkailing oral liquid, orange red phlegm cough liquid, etc. as an auxiliary treatment. Patients who have coughing phlegm, if the amount of phlegm is not particularly large, you can drink more warm water to help dilute the phlegm. If the phlegm is sticky and difficult to cough up, you can also take oral dissolvers of phlegm, such as aminoglutethimide tablets and acetylcysteine granules.