All existing respiratory viral infections differ from each other, but have almost the same development process. The virus enters the body through the respiratory tract, multiplies in them and destroys healthy cells, resulting in sneezing, nasal congestion and sore throat. The virus then enters the bloodstream, causing fever, headache, chills, and severe malaise.
When infected with SARS, the incubation period lasts most often about 3-5 days. It usually takes more than a week from the onset of symptoms to a final recovery.
Symptoms of the disease
In both adults and children, the symptoms of SARS are almost the same: sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, cough, fever, weakness, aching joints, and sometimes loose stools. With the progression of the disease, the patient may feel a sore throat, pain or pain in the eyeballs. There is lacrimation, a dry cough, gradually changing to wet, as well as strong discharge from the nose, quickly turning into a thick, stretching mucus.
If ARVI treatment is not started at the first symptoms, the disease can turn into serious complications. In this case, it is advisable to seek qualified help from a therapist. If this is not possible, it is urgent to start an independent, but effective treatment for acute respiratory viral infections.
Time-tested, reliable treatment
Firstly, it is necessary to observe bed rest with regular ventilation of the room.
Secondly, drink at least two liters of a warm drink rich in vitamin C per day. For example, you can drink tea with lemon, fruit drinks and a rosehip tincture. Due to this, accelerated elimination from the body of toxins formed as a result of the vital activity of viruses occurs.
Treatment of acute respiratory viral infections in adults and children often can not do without non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that help reduce pain and lower temperature. You need to know that you need to lower the temperature only at + 38º, since it is with this value that the body activates its protective mechanisms against infection. An exception to this rule are young children and patients with cramps.
Also, treatment of acute respiratory viral infections should be accompanied by antihistamines that relieve swelling of the mucous membranes and nasal congestion. An indispensable assistant in such diseases are nose drops. But it is not recommended to abuse vasoconstrictive drops, since the uncontrolled use of such drugs leads to addiction, causing the development of chronic rhinitis. Therefore, vasoconstrictive sprays and drops can be used no more than 7 days and no more than 3 times a day.
Do not forget about the treatment of sore throat and cough. Gargling with sage and calendula infusions will be effective. To reduce the viscosity of sputum and make it easy for coughing, you need to take expectorant drugs, for example, "Mukaltin."
And finally, use antiviral and immunomodulating drugs. Many years of experience have proved that the universal remedy against viruses is the preparation of recombinant interferon, produced in the form of rectal suppositories and ointments. The presence of various dosages makes it possible to use the drug for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory viral infections in children, including newborns, and in adults, including pregnant women.