Runny nose and cough occur with respiratory ailments. These symptoms worsen a person’s quality of life. Cough and snot can be cured at home with medicines prescribed by a doctor and traditional medicine methods. Even if the second option is selected, coordination with a specialist is still required. The treatment methods are described in the article.
Causes and symptoms
Coughing and snot usually occur in a viral or infectious disease. Sometimes these symptoms are allergic in origin. Often a cough occurs with a runny nose, when mucus flows along the back wall of the nasopharynx, which leads to irritation of the mucous membrane of the throat and respiratory tract.
In addition to cough and runny nose, which are during the illness, there may be other symptoms. Probable occurrence:
- nasal congestion;
- dry or wet cough;
- sore or sore throat;
- general weakness;
- itching in the nose, frequent sneezing;
- elevated temperature.
All of these phenomena are considered the main symptoms of a cold. Often, allergy symptoms are accompanied by them, but body temperature is normal.
It is much easier to cure a runny nose than coughing. It often happens that the symptoms of the disease have disappeared, and the cough still appears for 1-2 weeks. If it is dry or wet and lasts for several weeks, then you need to see a doctor, which will eliminate complications in the form of bronchitis, pneumonia.
When a strong cough, snot occurs, many are looking for effective methods to eliminate them. There are many medicines, folk remedies that allow you to get rid of the symptoms of a cold in the shortest possible time. But for effective treatment, a determination of the causes is required, and only complex therapy should be used for this.
Diagnostics
Diagnostic measures begin with a medical history. It is necessary to determine what happened first - cough or runny nose. Nasal passages are examined. Usually the mucous membrane is swollen and reddened. Snot can range from off-white to yellowish. This mucus can also be on the back of the throat.
If a cough is formed due to snot, there are no pathologies while listening to lungs, they are clean. Small changes during the day can be in the trachea and bronchi, where mucus accumulates. If something is alarming when listening to a doctor, a person can be poisoned on an x-ray to prevent the occurrence of pneumonia.
If necessary, laboratory tests consisting of a blood and urine test are prescribed. But usually the diagnosis can be made by complaints, examination of the nasal passages and listening to the chest. Only after performing diagnostic procedures can a doctor prescribe a suitable treatment. The best therapies are presented below.
Cough medicine
If an adult or a child has cough or snot, what should be treated? Symptomatic therapy is required, which consists in the use of drugs for local and internal use. Before taking cough medicine, it is necessary to determine its nature - whether it is dry or wet.
In the first case, sputum is difficult to separate, therefore mucolytics, expectorants are needed. It can be tablets, syrups, lozenges and solutions for inhalation. A positive effect is provided by:
- Pastilles and Doctor Mom syrup.
- "Sinecode."
- "Lazolvana."
- Ambroxol.
- "Bromhexine."
These drugs have synthetic components or herbal substances that reduce inflammation in the bronchi, thin the sputum, and accelerate its release to the outside. The course of taking drugs is up to 10 days. The norm is set for each person individually.
If there is a wet cough and snot drain down the back of the nasopharynx, what is used? This usually indicates recovery. To get rid of a wet cough, special tools are used:
- "Tusin."
- "Herbion".
- "Prospan".
- Libexin.
Drugs should be prescribed by a doctor. The specialist will select the appropriate dosage, voice advice on the treatment of cough and snot. Their observance will allow to improve a condition faster.
Rhinitis treatment
It is important to remember about a runny nose. If an adult or a child has cough and snot, how to treat this condition? Runny nose is eliminated by vasoconstrictive, antiviral, antibacterial agents. Usually, doctors recommend using drops or sprays:
- "Galazolin."
- "Xylene."
- "Sanorin."
- "Vibrocil."
- "Nazivin."
- Otrivin.
Use any remedy from vasoconstrictor drugs is necessary after reading the instructions and no more than 5-7 days. In the presence of snot and dry cough, it is important to cure a runny nose. To do this, rinse the nasal mucosa. In this case, the following medicines will be the therapeutic drugs:
- "Salin."
- Otrivin.
- "Aqualor".
- "Aquamaris".
- Dolphin.
The procedure for washing the nose should be combined with other drugs. It helps to clean the nasal passages, eliminate inflammation, and get rid of edema. Moistening of the nasal cavity is also provided. If a strong cough, snot does not disappear within 5 days, there is a risk of complications, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics. He must choose their type.
Inhalation
How to treat snot and cough at home? Inhalations are effective, which favorably affect the functioning of the ENT organs and respiratory tract. Procedures dilute mucus, moisturize the nasal mucosa, eliminate inflammation, swelling of tissues, negatively affect pathogenic bacteria. Therapeutic agent can be pharmacy drugs and folk remedies.
When using special solutions for inhalation, a nebulizer is needed. The following drugs are used for such treatment:
- Ambrobene.
- Berotek.
- Miramistin.
- "Lazolvan."
- Pulmicort.
- Dekasan.
All solutions used for the nebulizer have different effects. Therefore, before the procedures, it is important to read the instructions, consult a doctor. The indicated remedies are used to eliminate green snot and cough. If the treatment is complex, then the effect will be noticeable quickly.
If there are snot, cough, what should I do if there is no nebulizer? Inhalations should then be performed on a pan with steam. For this, steam of potatoes, decoctions of herbs, soda and other effective means are suitable. Inhalations can cure rhinitis, dry cough, as well as accelerate the elimination of sputum.
Grinding
For quick treatment of colds, you need to rub your back, chest and legs 2 times a day. To do this, apply pharmaceutical rubbing - "Doctor Mom", "Doctor Tayss", "Eucabal" and turpentine ointment. Animal fats are also effective - bear, goat, badger.
For children under 1 year old, Pulmex Baby, turpentine ointment and goat fat are used for rubbing. Turpentine ointment is mixed in advance with a fat baby cream. Before using any tool, it is important to read the instructions.
Mustard plasters
Get rid of a runny nose and cough in 1 day with the help of mustard plasters. They are applied to the back, chest and calf muscles. It is important to prevent exposure to the area of the heart, kidneys and thyroid gland, moles and birthmarks. Forbidden puts them on wounds and ulcers.
Mustard plasters set before bedtime. Adults can hold them for 15 minutes, and children put them on a layer of gauze or the reverse side for no more than 3 minutes. If during the procedure the child has anxiety, the mustard plasters are removed, the back is treated with a damp cloth.
Warming up
In the presence of cough and runny nose, warming helps. To get rid of nasal congestion several times a day, you need to warm up the nose with heated salt, boiled eggs or a blue lamp.
Breasts are also allowed to warm with heated cereals or salt, which are poured into a linen bag. Dry heat is applied to the back and chest for 15 minutes, avoiding exposure to the heart and kidneys. It is forbidden to heat the skin with moles, abscesses and birthmarks.
Compresses
When coughing, compresses are used. This method allows you to eliminate the ailment of various etiologies. But it is important to consider that compresses can only supplement drug therapy, but not replace it:
- It will take 2 large potatoes, which must be boiled, mashed from them. Then added aloe, honey (1 tsp each) and Eufillin (1/2 ampoule). Everything is thoroughly mixed, laid out on cellophane and applied to the back. From above it is necessary to warm with a sheet and a scarf. Hold the compress for 3-4 hours.
- Need rye flour (2 handfuls). Hot water, honey, aloe juice (1 tbsp each) are added to it. You need to knead the dough, create a cake and attach to the chest. It should be kept for 2 hours, and then wipe the skin with a napkin.
- Effective warming compresses based on cottage cheese. A pack of product is heated in a steam bath. Then it must be laid out in cellophane and applied to the chest. Top requires warming with a scarf. When cooling, the curd is changed to fresh. To enhance the effect, a little honey or aloe juice is added to this compress.
Compresses and other warming procedures can be performed at normal body temperature. If hyperthermia is observed with the disease, then the use of antipyretic drugs is required.
Folk remedies
Snot, cough in an adult and a child will be eliminated with traditional medicine recipes. Effective decoctions and infusion of medicinal herbs, improvised products and beekeeping products. In order for the treatment to bring results, it must be started at the first signs of the disease. In the presence of cough, snot, temperature, how to treat? The best recipes are:
- It will take 2 large leaves of aloe to be chopped. You also need melted pork fat (200 g) and honey (250 g). The components are mixed, cocoa (1 tsp) is added. The tool is transferred to a glass jar, put in the refrigerator and take 1 tbsp. l an hour before meals.
- Onion drops, which are taken orally or buried in the nose, allow you to get rid of a cough. It is necessary to grind 1 vegetable, squeeze the juice, put in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Before use, the composition is diluted with water in an amount of 1: 1. Apply from cough should be 1 tbsp. l or from a cold 2 drops in each nostril.
- Effective infusion of plantain. Need 1 tbsp. l dry leaves of the plant, boiling water (0.5 l). They are poured with boiling water, insist an hour, and then filtered and taken in 2 tbsp. l thrice a day. To improve the taste and therapeutic effect allows honey or lemon juice (1 tsp.).
The use of folk remedies quickly leads to improved well-being of a person. They allow you to get rid of cough and runny nose for adults and children.
Complications
If green snot and temperature arose, this means that a high-quality treatment was not performed at the initial stage of the disease. If you do not pay attention to these symptoms, then the appearance of complications is likely in the form of:
- Sinusitis. In addition to green snot, severe headaches appear, which intensify during a change in body position. With the disease, there is a deterioration in the susceptibility of taste buds, fever, inflammation of the lower edge of the eye.
- Etmoiditis, or suppuration of the sinuses. Thick snot and cough do not disappear for a long time. The temperature also rises, severe pains in the nose appear.
- Sinusitis With this ailment, green or yellow snot is released. Often there are facial cramps, redness of the skin near the sinuses, a wet cough occurs.
- Otitis. Inflammation of the ear canal is manifested by vomiting, hoarseness of the voice, pain that gives to the temple and head. The disease is complicated by inflammation of the brain.
- Purulent rhinitis.
- Frontitis - acute inflammation of the frontal sinuses. With this pathology, purulent congestions are observed, which flow from the nose. Mucus spreads to the larynx.
In order to prevent these complications, it is necessary to treat cough and runny nose in a timely manner. An integrated approach allows you to quickly improve human well-being. But the use of medicines and traditional medicine is necessary after their appointment as a doctor.
Treatment and prevention recommendations
How to quickly cure a cough, runny nose and other symptoms of a cold? It is better to talk with a doctor about this. But usually the patient is advised to observe the following recommendations:
- In the early days of the disease, bed rest is needed.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Nutrition should be fortified and balanced.
- It requires a good rest and a healthy sleep.
- It is necessary to observe the dosage of prescribed drugs.
- It is important to exclude contact with sick people.
- You can’t visit crowded places.
- It is necessary to ventilate the room.
- It is important to do wet cleaning.
Output
Some adults are not serious about signs of a cold. And many generally "carry it on their feet." In this case, even a common cold and cough can lead to serious health problems.