{"id":1751,"count":7,"description":"<h1>Cold &amp; Flu<\/h1>\r\n<h3>What defines a cold or flu:<\/h3>\r\nA cold and a flu are terms often used synonymously, but they are actually very different. A cold (rhinovirus) is milder, usually targeting the upper respiratory tract, nose, throat sinus, and head or chest cold. A flu (influenza) will have you under the weather anywhere from a few days to several weeks. Leaving your body and muscles weak, you\u2019ll experience fevers, headaches from the flu. It also has the potential to turn into a more serious health problem like pneumonia or bronchitis\r\n<h3>What causes a cold or flu:<\/h3>\r\nViruses cause both a cold and flu, but sometimes it can be difficult to determine whether you have a viral or bacterial infection because, often, the symptoms are the same.\r\n<h3>Viral vs. Bacterial infection:<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Duration: A viral infection will last 2-10 days and a bacterial infection will stay longer than 10 days.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Location: A viral infection will affect the way the whole body feels. A bacterial infection is more site specific affecting only the sinus, chest, throat etc.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fever: Viral infections may or may not be accompanied by a fever. Bacterial illnesses notoriously cause fevers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Symptoms:<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Sore throat<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nasal congestion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sneezing<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cough<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fever<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aching muscles<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Headaches<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>How to treat a cold or flu:<\/h3>\r\nEven though a cold and flu are different, they are treated the same. First and foremost: rest, even if you have 'so much work to do', stop\u2014just rest. You won\u2019t be doing anyone any favours by pushing yourself when you're already weak. Low appetite is common, perfectly normal and actually good for the body when getting through a cold. Keep fluid intake high, and feed yourself warm cooked foods, like soup. Steer clear from sugar and alcohol as they will exacerbate inflammation as well as dairy products which will produce more mucus.\r\nSupport the immune system with vitamin C rich foods, like citrus fruits, which are mixed nicely in a tea with garlic, ginger and honey. Echinacea is the favoured and number one immune modulating herbal supplement.","link":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/colds-flus\/","name":"Colds &amp; Flus","slug":"colds-flus","taxonomy":"problems-concerns","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colds &amp; Flus Archives - Amazingy Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/colds-flus\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/problems-concerns\\\/colds-flus\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/amazingy.com\\\/magazine\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Colds &amp; Flus\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Colds &amp; Flus Archives - Amazingy Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/colds-flus\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/problems-concerns\/colds-flus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Colds &amp; Flus"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/problems-concerns"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/problems-concerns"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingy.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?problems-concerns=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}