Contest Alert || Common Cold

Assalam O Alaikum

Hello dear friends! Welcome to my post. How are you all? I hope you will be doing well by the grace of Almighty Allah. I'm also fine and enjoying my day. Today I'm here to participate in this amazing contest which is organized by @suboohi in this Healthy Steem community. The topic of this contest is about "Common Cold". So let's start without any more delay of time.

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_Freepik

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What do you understand by the common cold?

Currently I'm suffering from common cold because I having the symptoms of sneezing, running nose, sore throat and ache in whole body. Actually, the common cold is a viral infection which spread among the people especially in the winter. This is because, in winter it's chances of spread increase as the amount of moisture in the air increase which eventually increase the risks of having a common cold.

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_Freepik

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It is caused due to the rhinovirus which is considered as the most common cause of it. When it spread in our body, it makes a lot of things difficult for us. It usually affects our upper respiratory tract especially the throat and the airways. It is not very dangerous as compared to other viral infections because it lasts UpTo 8-10 days. And a taking some home remedies are enough to cure common cold.

Write causes and symptoms of it.

There can be several causes of common cold which can vary from person to person. Also its symptoms can be severe to moderate. So let's have a look at some of its causes and symptoms:

Causes:

• It can be spread through the direct contact of an inflected person.

• It can also spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes around the healthy person.

• It can be spread from the contaminated surfaces touched by the infected person.

• A sudden change in the weather especially in winters.

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Symptoms:

• Sneezing
• Coughing
• Running nose
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Fever

Write some natural treatments to overcome this problem.

Yes, the common cold can be treated at home even without taking medicine as it lasts for a period of six to seven days and then disappear automatically. Anyway, let's have a look at some of the natural treatments to overcome the common cold:

• Stay hydrated and keep your throat wet by drinking water and liquids.

• Avoid eating spicy foods which contains a lot of peppers and salts.

• Try to take the ginger tea 2-3 times a day as ginger has antibiotics properties.

• Use honey and lemon tea it will provide soothing affects on your throat.

• Do the salt water gargle to reduce the irritation and to open the airways.

So friends, that was my entry about that topic and I hope you will enjoy reading it. Now it is a time to say goodbye to everyone and I want to invite my friends @jannat12, @hudamalik20 and @chathu13 to take a part in this amazing contest.

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Written by @abdullahw2

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