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DO’S DONT’S

Eat nutritious foods with lots of fruits and Do not reuse tissues after you’ve used them
vegetables. (Bin all used tissues straight away).

Drink plenty of fluids; Increase your Avoid hand-to-hand contact with someone
Vitamin C intake such as orange juice. This who has a cold or by sharing contaminated
helps to reduce the severity or duration objects, such as used eating utensils(like
of cold as it activates the antibodies in the cups), towels, toys or telephones.
body.

Have proper bed rest. Always get enough Avoiding touching your nose or eyes; If you
sleep. touch your eyes, nose or mouth after contact
with someone who has cold, you’re likely to
THE catch a cold.
Use a humidifier; it eases some of the
DO’S symptoms of the common cold, such as

AND COMMON congestion and sore throat, by moistening
the nasal passages and reducing the
DON’T S mucous in the sinus. Moreover, humidifiers
can improve air quality and reduce allergy
OF COLD symptoms by settling dust particles.

Have a regular exercise; makes you stay Avoid smoke or being around secondhand
safe and warm. smoke, strong odour and perfumes; this
predisposes one to nonallergic rhinitis

he common cold or the cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper re- Gargle with warm saltwater; this can Avoid refrigerated food and drinks (Drink
spiratory tract that primarily affects the respiratory mucosa of the nose, soothe the sore throat. boiled and cooled water only).
throat, sinuses, and larynx.
Use saline nasal drops; it also helps Avoid exposure to cold weather and rain.
TThey usually appear one to three days after exposure to a cold-causing
to decrease nasal mucus and relieves Take a warm shower immediately if you got
virus(Rhinovirus). These signs and symptoms can vary within individuals, which
congestion. wet to guard yourself from infections.
might include:
Maintain proper personal and
• Runny or stuffy nose(Rhinitis) • Sneezing
environmental hygiene; Regularly wash
• Sore throat • Low-grade fever
your hands thoroughly with soap and
• Cough • Generally feeling unwell
water. It spreads by hand-to-hand contact.
• Nasal Congestion
Practice good cough and sneeze etiquette:
• Slight body aches or a mild headache
always cough and sneeze into a tissue or
under your elbow, completely covering
The discharge from your nose may start out clear and become thicker and yel-
your mouth and nose.
low or green as a common cold runs its course.
Move away from people before coughing
or sneezing. Ensure you wash your hands
after that.

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