What should kidney disease patients do after catching a cold? Don't let a cold lead to a relapse

First of all, I hope everyone is clear: when we treat a cold, we are only relieving its symptoms. That is to say, the so-called 'treating a cold' is just treating coughing, fever, runny nose, and headache.

There is currently no invented medicine that can truly cure a cold.

How does Western medicine treat it?

According to formal procedures, once a cold is detected, Western medicine's approach is to conduct saliva bacterial culture tests, blood routine tests, and other tests to determine whether it is a bacterial or viral infection.

In terms of medication, penicillin and macrolide drugs are mainly used, and cephalosporins can also be used when necessary.

Abroad

Antibiotics are generally not allowed for the treatment of colds

And antibiotic drops are not allowed

But in China

This situation is still quite rampant

How to determine whether it is a bacterial infection or a viral infection?

In the blood routine:

Patients with high levels of white blood cells and neutrophils are more common in coccal infections, which can sometimes be accompanied by chills;

Patients with low white blood cells are more common in viral infections, and attention should be paid to identifying the type of virus.

You can also check Calcitonin. An increase also means a serious bacterial infection, while a virus infection generally does not increase.

How does traditional Chinese medicine treat it?

Traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into wind hot colds and wind cold colds, with the difference being:

① A cold with a clear nasal discharge and a cold with a yellow nasal discharge;

② In the early stages of a cold, the itching of the throat is due to wind cold cold, while the sore throat is due to wind hot cold.

Unlike Western medicine, the key to treating colds in traditional Chinese medicine is to regulate yin and yang in the body. Therefore, in addition to using traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine also uses many common ingredients, such as——

Ginger syrup

Specific medication

Runny nose

Cold cold: You can boil scallions and ginger water to drink, using scallions and ginger foam. You can also take a foot bath. If there are no conditions, just soak your feet in hot water, but the water should reach your calves.

Wind heat cold: You can drink Shuanghuanglian oral liquid.

Headache

You can use Chuanqiong, Manjingzi, chrysanthemum, etc.

Fear of cold

You can use cinnamon twigs, asarum, mugwort leaves, Chinese prickly ash, etc.

Night sweat

You can fry cornel meat in water.

Cough

For those with less or no phlegm, Chuanbei Pipa Dew can be chosen. For severe cases, licorice tablets can be used, but they must be used under the guidance of a doctor because licorice tablets have certain effects on the liver and kidneys.

For those with excessive phlegm, in addition to Chuanbei Pipa Lu, they can also choose orange granules, snake bile Chuanbei liquid, cough syrup, etc.

Those who do not want to take medicine can drink boiled water with scallions, licorice, or radishes; Or boiled water with white radish or coriander roots to drink; Or boil autumn pears with water to drink.

Fever

You can use Qianghuo, Chaihu, Banlangen, almonds, etc.

Amoxicillin and penicillin are recommended for western medicine, and ibuprofen is preferred for children; If a chest X-ray reveals lung infection, fluid accumulation, or tuberculosis, cephalosporins can also be used; If accompanied by intestinal infection, levofloxacin can be chosen, but it has certain nephrotoxicity and must be used in accordance with medical advice.