What is allowed with a cold and the biggest cold myths
Dos and Don'ts
Yes, no, maybe: what to do with a cold
Sport is perfect for preventing a cold. When it is there, it says: Be careful! The more severe the cold, the greater the risks such as circulatory collapse or inflammation of the heart muscle. Switch off – a relaxing walk is ideal. After the cold, slowly get back to the sport. You had a fever? Then wait a week.
Going to work can become a balancing act. Basically, the easier the cold and the less strenuous the job, the sooner you can work. Listen to your body and be careful when in doubt. In any case, you should stay at home with fever. When you go to work: Keep your distance from colleagues to avoid infection.
Alcohol should be avoided during a cold. It attacks the immune system, which you urgently need just then. Rather drink teas. They taste good and help on top of that. Ginger tea, for example, has an anti-inflammatory effect and at the same time strengthens the immune system. In this sense: for the good!
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Taking a sauna can be good for the immune system. But: You should avoid it if you have a cold. Because going to the sauna is a great burden for the cardiovascular system and is a further burden on the already weakened body.
A cold bath is generally useful, because heat helps heal. But: the stronger the cold, the sooner you should refrain from bathing. The circulation is then overwhelmed, similar to the sauna.
Natürliche Vitamine und Nährstoffe sind immer eine gute Option – auch bei einer Erkältung. Helfen Sie Körper und Immunsystem mit Obst und Gemüse auf die Sprünge. Kein Mythos, sondern Wahrheit.
The beer hops contain bitter substances and essential oils. They have an antibacterial effect and let us slumber blissfully. Since you are sick, however, you should resort to non-alcoholic beer.
The small tuber is a real miracle cure. Would you like some examples? As a pad, it relieves earache. If you have a sore throat and cough, compresses and juice will help.
The stronger the cold, the more you belong horizontally. Otherwise, however, light exercise, daylight and fresh air are good for healing.
97% of doctors and pharmacists go to work despite having a cold
You always wanted to know how many doctors and pharmacists go to work despite having a cold? The amazing result: almost all of them. The reasons for this vary, but many of the experts have one thing in common. The feeling of absenteeism if they stayed home with a cold.
150 doctors and 150 pharmacists / PTAs took part in the survey for the Grippostad Cold Facts1:
A total of 97% of those questioned accept the typical side effects of a cold such as runny nose, sore throat or aching limbs and still appear in the practice or pharmacy.
More than half of them at least limit this by adding that they would probably stay at home if they had "really serious" complaints.
Just 3% cure a cold completely.
One reason for this is the pronounced sense of duty. A quarter of them feel uncomfortable about abandoning their patients or colleagues.
Another 16% of those questioned generally perceive a cold as "half as bad" and do not allow their symptoms to influence them any further.
1Online survey among 150 general practitioners, 75 pharmacists and 75 pharmaceutical-technical assistants, carried out by DocCheck, survey period July 12, 2018 to July 19, 2018
