Tips to Get Rid of a Cold Fast

Cold Prevention Tips

There may not be a cure for the common cold but there are a lot of things that otherwise healthy people can do to help lower their risk of getting one. For starters, wash your hands often and avoid touching your face, especially when you’re out in public. It’s also a good idea to keep household surfaces as clean as possible to prevent spreading microbio and viruses.

Further, maintaining a healthy lifestyle by eating a healthy diet and engaging in regular exercise can help support your immune system and may help prevent a cold.

Finally, if you smoke, it’s time to quit. Amesh A. Adalja, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at the University of Pittsburgh tells Prevention, “Symptoms often linger in those who are smokers.” Individuals who smoke are also more susceptible to sickness compared to individuals who don’t smoke because nicotine and tobacco damage the tissue in your lungs, ultimately making you more prone to infections. If you need help quitting, talk to your doctor.

The Takeaway

Enduring a cold is about more than just knowing what to do. Maintaining an adequate supply of cold-fighting meds, pre-packaged soups, or the various ingredients required to make some from scratch, is critical to your recovery. You can’t get much rest when you’re running around town getting supplies, and you probably shouldn’t be spreading your sickness either.

Hopefully, this article finds you in good health but if it doesn’t, don’t forget to drink a lot of fluids, get as much rest as possible, and be prepared to ride it out like you used to back in grade school.