What are the symptoms of viral respiratory infections

Viral respiratory tract infections generally have nasal congestion, fever, sore throat, cough, headache and other symptoms: 1. Nasal congestion: patients with viral upper respiratory tract infections, the virus will stimulate the nasal mucosa, resulting in congestion and edema and thus triggering nasal congestion, may also be accompanied by a runny nose, you can choose to use saline to rinse the nasal cavity. 2. Fever: the virus invades the human body, the patient’s body has an inflammatory response, resulting in inflammatory mediators leading to fever. If the body temperature is lower than 38.5 ℃, use physical cooling, such as warm water bath. If the temperature is greater than 38.5 ℃, you need to take antipyretic drugs, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and so on. 3. Sore throat: viral respiratory infections can cause swelling of the throat, may also lead to laryngitis, causing sore throat and other symptoms, you can take Jin Guo drink to improve the symptoms, routine without antiviral, if necessary, can use oseltamivir antiviral treatment; 4. Cough: patients with viral respiratory tract infections may have coughing symptoms, usually caused by irritation of the throat and bronchial tubes or inflammation of the lungs. Patients can take cough and phlegm medication, such as licorice tablets, strong loquat lozenges, Ambroxol dispersible tablets, etc., or nebulized inhalation of acetylcysteine phlegm treatment; 5. Headache: viral respiratory infections cause inflammation, the body’s immune stress is enhanced, and a large number of vasoactive substances are produced for a short period of time, which strongly stimulate the blood vessels in the brain, causing excessive contraction or relaxation, which in turn will cause headache. Patients need to take antipyretic and analgesic drugs, such as ibuprofen extended-release capsules. It is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment, improve the relevant laboratory tests to assess the condition, and comply with the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment to avoid delays in the condition.