Doctors refuted the most common myths about the flu and colds

Many conventional methods of home treatment with SARS and flu do not actually help to heal, but, on the contrary, harm.

About how does not need to be treated ill, a group of Russian scientists told the media.

So, the biologist and pharmacologist Natalia Apuhtina reported that prostodushie a person do not need to drink hot milk and drinks based on it. Milk proteins (casein) interfere with the body quickly remove pathogenic components, for this reason, the period of illness is best not to consume milk, gave expert advice. The doctor noted that the viruses of colds and flu “fear” alkaline environment, so drinking the most useful will be the mineral water type of Seltzer or mineral water.

Already ill person, according to her, on the contrary, will be extremely useful yogurt and natural dairy products.

In addition, hippowdon and simple better not to give sweet, especially flour fatty desserts. Apuhtina pointed to the fact that such products lead to the thickening of mucus in the body – it is dangerous in terms of developing sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia.

That are often in the gift of the sick people? Oranges. It seems that these fruits as a source of vitamin C, especially by the way in the cold. But Natalia Apuhtina explained that citrus negatively affect the process of digestion anti-inflammatory drugs, containing acetylsalicylic acid and take sick people, such as aspirin. In addition, the citrus will further irritate the mucosal tissue, already suffering from the medicines.

Also no need to lean on the raspberries and raspberry jam, – and, above all, those who are taking blood-thinning drugs, drinking aspirin and also has chronic heart disease. Otherwise there is the risk of unnecessary and dangerous bleeding.

Another antipollution treatment – the desire for heating and sweating. Warming up increases the inflammation and increases the load on the heart and blood vessels, said otolaryngologist Anatoly Smirnitsky. So no need to hot steam inhalations for nasal congestion and sinusitis, as well as the compress on the throat when sore throat – this is likely to aggravate the infection.

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