You can get common cold due to viral infection that usually hits the upper parts of your respiratory system (throat and nose). It is observed that children have higher tendency to catch cold but persons of any age can get common cold.
General Signs and Symptoms of Common Cold
Incubation period of Common Cold virus is 1-3 days. It means that when you are infected with virus that causes common cold, you get the signs and symptoms after one to three days. Most of the people usually show following symptoms:
- Nose becomes blocked or stuffed
- Nose becomes runny
- There may be alternation of stuffed and runny nose
- Expectoration from nose may be thin, thick, yellow or green
- Throat becomes sore and painful
- Light or severe cough may be seen
- Patient may feel congestion in throat and chest
- Your body may become slightly painful
- Mild headache is common
- Sneezing especially on waking in the morning
- Some people may suffer from mild fever (99-100)
- Patient may be fatigued and feel that he/she is not well
Please note that it is not necessary to have all these symptoms, if you are suffering from common cold.
Can Common Cold Happen Due to Bacterial Infection?
No. Common cold is not a bacterial infection and there is no antibiotic for it. It is a viral infection.
How Long It Takes To Recover From Common Cold
In most of the cases, patient recovers on its own in one to two weeks. Because in this time, your body’s immune system can take over the virus.
Should I Seek Homeopathic Treatment OR Allopathic Medicines?
Allopathic medicines only alleviate symptoms to give you slight relief and totally rely on your immune system to cure the condition. You will have to wait for 2 weeks, most of the times.
With homeopathic remedies, you can recover from all symptoms in few days. Because homeopathic remedies act by strengthening the immune system.
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Top 5 Homeopathic Remedies To Cure Common Cold Completely
There are many remedies that can be used according to the symptoms of patient. But following 5 are most commonly used. Please note that you must study the symptoms of patient closely to prescribe the correct remedy otherwise patient will not cure or only palliate.
1) Arsenicum Album 30C
Patient gets cold, chest issues and sore throat very often with weakness and burning pain. Anxiety and restlessness is the key mental feature of patient. Very chilly person who likes to cover all of his body with lots of hot clothes but wants to keep his head cool. Likes to keep everything in order and very clean. Nose is closed/stopped most of the times. If sneezing starts, will not end easily and patient will keep on sneezing. Mucus/expectoration from throat is usually hot, milky/white and thick.
Dosage: Take Arsenicum Album 30C, 4 times a day for 2-3 days.
2) Aconitum Napellus 1M
Common cold that is very sudden and very severe that usually starts due to exposure to very cold weather especially dry cold winds. There is usually sudden high fever along with cold. Face becomes hot and skin is very dry. If you have just visited a hilly area, or took a ride of motorbike in winter and got a common cold with fever, your remedy is Aconite. Aconite fever and common cold are very sudden and very fast. If fever is slow and gradual, Aconite is not the remedy.
Dosage: I recommend a single dose of Aconite 1M if common cold has just started (within 24 hours) and your fever+common cold will cure in a day or two.
3) Euphrasia 30C
Common Cold with frequent sneezing with bland nasal discharge and acrid eyes discharge is key symptom of Euphrasia. Eyes are watery, irritated and very much reddish. Mucus/phelgum is collected in the throat, patient feels very irritated and starts coughing. Complaints increase at night and decrease after eating food and lying down in the bed.
Dosage: If symptoms agree, take Euphrasia 30C, 4-5 times a day for 2-3 days.
4) Natrum Mur 30C
You can use Natrum Mur to cure your common cold, if following peculiar symptoms are present:
- Frequent sneezing, which is very bad after waking in morning
- Headache
- Discharge from nose is clear like white of egg
- Sense of smell may be reduced or completely gone
- Sense of taste may be reduced or completely gone
- Cracking and chapping of lips may occur
- Development of cold sores around mouth
Dosage: Take Natrum Mur 30C three times a day for 3-5 days. When symptoms starts improving stop the medicine. If you feel that improvement is stopped, then start using it again till you are fully cured.
5) Gelsemium 30C
Gelsemium is often prescribed when you get common cold in Hot weather. Use Gel 30C, if you have following key symptoms along with common cold symptoms:
- Patient becomes lethargic and loses energy. Wants to lie down or sleep all the time
- Aching and slight pains all over the body
- Headache
- Upper eyelids may drop giving droopy eyes look (eyes half open)
- Chills may run up and down the spine
- Slight fever
- Face and nose may become hot or experience pressure
- Trembling and shaking of limbs may occur due to weakness
- Patient becomes very dull and lazy
Dosage: Take Gel 30C, three times a day for 3-5 days Or take a single dose of Gel 200 and wait for 5 days to complete its action.
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