ARI is an acute respiratory disease, during which the respiratory tract is primarily affected. Such a deviation occurs due to the ingestion of any viruses, mycoplasma or bacteria. It is worth noting that the same person can tolerate this disease up to 5-8 times in 12 months.
ARI is a disease, the source of infection of which is the person himself. The transmission of the virus in this disease is carried out by airborne droplets. By the way, such pathological phenomena can occur in some cases, and in the form of epidemic outbreaks.
Symptoms and course of the disease
ARI disease is characterized by rather mild signs of general intoxication, where mainly the upper respiratory tract is affected. As a rule, an abnormal person manifests such abnormalities as rhinitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tracheolaryngitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.
Other etiological agents may cause other symptoms. Among these signs, keratoconjunctivitis and conjunctivitis (with adenovirus), herpetic tonsillitis (with enterovirus), rubella-like eczema (with adeno- and enterovirus), and false croup syndrome (with adenovirus and parainfluenza) should be especially distinguished.
ARI is a disease whose duration (in the absence of pneumonia) is from 1-3 to 4-8 days. If a complication such as pneumonia occurs, then the disease lasts about 3-4 weeks, and sometimes longer.
How to recognize
It’s quite difficult not to notice an acute respiratory infections disease, since it has rather pronounced symptoms, which are primarily expressed in weaknesses in the body, the presence of a runny nose, cough, regular sneezing, fever, etc. However, such symptoms may well indicate the presence of other deviations. in the body. Therefore, the etiological diagnosis is made by the attending physician only after the patient passes a series of tests for laboratory tests. As a rule, the doctor prescribes a diagnosis in the patient’s medical record, namely, an acute respiratory illness, and gives him a transcript (for example, rhinitis, acute laryngotracheobronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, etc.).
How to treat?
As you can see, acute respiratory infections are not a common cold, but a viral (most often) disease that requires mandatory treatment. It is worth noting that with such a diagnosis, it is useless to use antibiotic drugs or other chemotherapeutic agents, since they practically do not affect the virus. However, antibiotics can still be taken if you have acute bacterial respiratory infections.
Most often, acute respiratory infections are treated at home with the obligatory inclusion of bed rest, symptomatic drugs, antipyretic drugs, decoctions, tea, honey and other folk recipes.
Preventative measures
In order to avoid such a disease, you should maintain your immunity at the proper level, regularly consuming vitamins in the form of dragees or food. Also, for the prevention of influenza A vaccination is carried out (for example, using the drug "Remantadine").