How to treat old people's cold?

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The old people's physical quality is relatively poor. They should exercise properly at ordinary times. Walking and jogging every day are good for the human body. They can enhance their physical quality and speed up the metabolism of the human body. The old people's cold can be treated by food therapy. How to treat the old people's cold? Let's talk about it

How to treat old people's cold?

Elderly patients with influenza should rest in bed and drink more water. Antipyretic analgesics should be given to those with high fever and severe pain. Elderly patients should not sweat a lot to avoid collapse and imbalance of water, salt and electrolyte. The patients with high fever and severe poisoning symptoms should be given intravenous rehydration and physical cooling. For dry cough, the author can give antitussive drugs such as pentoverine (kebiqing), and codeine when severe cough affects rest.

Amantadine and rimantadine are effective antiviral drugs for influenza A. they can relieve symptoms and shorten the course of disease, but they are not effective for influenza B. Amantadine should be given as early as possible at the beginning of the disease. The first dose is 200mg (half for those with renal dysfunction), and then 50mg, twice daily; Or amantadine 50mg, twice a day, orally for 3-5 days.

Patients should eat lotus root powder, milk, porridge, rice soup, fresh vegetables and fruits. Greasy food in the stomach retention time is longer, difficult to digest, so it is best not to eat before appetite recovery. Avoid eating more meat, smoking and drinking.

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Usually eat more heat clearing and detoxification food, can effectively improve the symptoms of the cold, and can accelerate the metabolism of the human body, can discharge harmful substances in the body, can reduce the harm of adverse factors on the body, the elderly can eat some scallion fried beef during the cold, help the treatment of the disease.