Personal hygiene, such as washing your hands with soap and plenty of water, remains the most effective way to prevent this.
Other recommendations:
- use a handkerchief or disposable napkin if you sneeze. The symptoms will not go away, but it can prevent the infection from spreading;
- avoid touching the face, especially the eyes and mouth, to prevent germs from entering the body;
- avoiding communities-work, kindergarten, school, crowded, enclosed spaces;
- increase the intake of vitamins in the diet, especially vitamin C-necessary to strengthen the immune system;
- elimination of nicotine and alcohol consumption;
- administration of bee products (in case of food tolerance and absence of allergy to these products).
Types of infections of the lower respiratory tract
- Influenza (may affect both the upper and lower respiratory tract);
- Bronchitis (respiratory tract infection-causative agent adenovirus);
- pneumonia (lung infection – adenovirus, pneumococcal);
- bronchitis (infection of the small airways that affects infants and children under two years of age-the causative agent of rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus);
- Tuberculosis (persistent bacterial infection of the lungs). Cough is a major symptom of lower respiratory disease and can usually be accompanied by mucus. Other possible symptoms include tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, shortness of breath (feeling short of breath), wheezing.
Treatment of respiratory infections
Most respiratory infections do not require treatment. Symptoms can be treated with symptoms (OTC): paracetamol, ibuprofen, plenty of fluids and rest at home. Apifitotherapy (tincture of propolis, pasture, Acacia, pine, fir, honey from alfalfa, beehive aerosols) is recommended.
Hot teas will be consumed: sea urchin, field horsetail, lanceolate, chamomile, to which you can add lemon to get additional vitamin C. in most diseases of the respiratory system, antibiotics are not recommended, they work only if the infection is caused by bacteria or as a result of secondary infection. Symptoms of upper respiratory disease usually resolve after a week or two.