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Friday 07 October 2022
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Russian doctor Oleg Abakumov, a pulmonologist, said that there is no concept of “having a cold”, because it is impossible to get sick just because of a cold.
In an interview with the newspaper “Izvestia”, the specialist revealed how to distinguish between symptoms of viral infection and bacterial infection.
He says, “Of course, the cold can weaken the body’s immune system, which makes the body unable to resist disease infections. However, cold alone is not enough, but there must be a virus or bacteria, which are the real causes of diseases. Therefore, we must know the difference in their symptoms in order to prescribe the correct treatment for the patient,” according to “Russia Today”.
According to him, among the characteristic features of a bacterial infection: fever, purulent secretions from the nose (and on the surface of the tonsils and sputum), the absence of positive dynamics for 5-7 days. In addition, this infection is characterized by a second wave of the disease: the patient may become better, but later the symptoms appear again with double severity.
He says: “As for the symptoms of viral infection, they vary: runny nose, sneezing, pain and sore throat, dry cough, and body temperature that does not rise above 38 degrees Celsius, which means that the immune system is resisting, and usually 3-5 days are sufficient to treat the infection and return to life. natural”.
The specialist notes that influenza, due to the severity of its course, is considered a separate disease, although it is a disease of the respiratory tract. Influenza can be diagnosed if a person gets sick and his temperature rises quickly to 39-40 degrees; And feel chills and pain in the body. There is a headache, nausea and even vomiting, nasal congestion and sore throat.
According to him, bacterial and viral infections can be diagnosed, for example, using a general blood analysis, since bacterial diseases are characterized by an increase in normal cells and leukocytes, while lymphocytes decrease. But if there is a virus in the body, the number of lymphocytes increases, while the number of white blood cells and normal cells decreases.
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