Coughing, runny nose, sneezing... For many people, these mild cold symptoms will disappear after taking some medicine. But for some people, these symptoms can be life-threatening.
Because once these symptoms appear, many people become doctors themselves, according to experience, allergic rhinitis, acute nephritis and other common diseases of the early symptoms, and colds are quite similar, if not carefully identified, it is very likely to delay the disease as a cold treatment.
What diseases are easy to pass off as colds?
One of the "false colds": allergic rhinitis
Patients will have "similar" cold symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, etc., accompanied by mild fever, fatigue and headache, but antiviral drugs or antipyretic and detoxifying Chinese medicines are "resistant". Compared with colds, patients with allergic rhinitis have more severe nasal symptoms, runny nose, and severe itching, which lasts for a long time, sometimes lasting one or two months.
Allergic rhinitis and colds are not difficult to distinguish. The etiology is different, colds are caused by viruses, and allergic rhinitis is caused by various allergens such as pollen and fungal spores.
Secondly, from the symptoms of allergic rhinitis generally does not have fever, there is no symptoms such as body aches, only sneezing, runny nose, nose itching and other local upper respiratory tract infections, and some patients will be accompanied by itchy eyes, tears, chest tightness and other symptoms. "As long as you distinguish it from the cold, you can deal with allergic rhinitis with anti-allergic drugs."
The second "false cold": lobar pneumonia
Mainly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, there will be high fever, cough, chills and other similar cold symptoms. Clinically, this disease is most likely to occur in young adults, who often feel that they are strong and strong, and regard the symptoms of cough, phlegm and fever that appear in the early stage of the disease as a common cold, delaying treatment.
An important feature of lobar pneumonia is that patients are feverish and that significant substantial changes are visible in the lungs during x-rays. Colds, fatigue, drunkenness, and rain-induced colds can all induce lobar pneumonia, so avoiding cold and excessive fatigue is a very effective preventive measure.
"False Cold" No. 3: "Confinement Disease"
After childbirth, joint soreness, cold intolerance, fear of wind and other similar cold symptoms may be caused by postpartum cold and wet evil, injuring joints, tendons and veins, muscle tissue, folk also known as "confinement disease". To this end, the chief physician of the Gynecology Department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that pregnant women should try not to eat cold drinks and use cold water in the short term after childbirth, especially at the joints.
"False cold" no. 4: acute nephritis
Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and tonsils is common 24 weeks before the onset of illness, manifested by sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, and low-grade fever, which can easily be misdiagnosed as a cold. Statistics show that most patients with acute nephritis, especially children, are basically indistinguishable from the common cold in the early stage of the disease.
Experts say that a considerable proportion of acute nephritis is induced by upper respiratory tract infections. However, after a few days or 1 week, you will find loss of appetite, fatigue and weakness, nausea and vomiting, puffiness of the face and body, less turbid urine and other phenomena, it is best to go to the hospital immediately to check the urine routine.