Common illnesses in winters: Give them a fight!

One loves the warm tea, the hot snacks, and this is winter! The new relationship with the quilt, the bed is unbreakable. The cold water is dreaded. As you are trying to adapt to the cold winds, so is your immune system. As the winter brings with it the relief from the scorching sun, it also brings the chances of you getting new infections. It is also the time of the year that worsens the existing diseases in your body.

Let us look at the common winter illnesses and the way homeopathy can help you in this winter:

·        Asthma: Are winters making you use more inhalers?

Yes, respiratory diseases, especially asthma aggravate in winter. During winter symptoms of asthma such as shortness of breath and wheezing increase in intensity and frequency. There is increased inflammation in airways which in turn gets narrowed due to increased secretion of mucus.

Help yourself by staying indoors especially on very cold and windy days. Cover yourself by getting dressed in multiple layers. Wear a scarf loosely over your nose and mouth.
Homeopathy can help you in controlling wheezing and mucus production. The customized homeopathic treatment can ease your breathing and also reduce the use of inhalers.

 ·        Common Cold: Too common in winters!

The dry and colder temperatures increase the prevalence of rhinovirus in the environment. As the body and the immune system are preparing themselves to work properly, it also gets the additional load of protecting against the cold-causing viral load.

The children, pregnant women, old people and immunocompromised people are at a higher risk of catching recurrent cold.

Help yourself by washing hands regularly and keeping the house and household items such as cups, glasses and towels clean. Refrain from touching surfaces used by the other people such as light switches and door handles.
Accurately prescribed homeopathic remedies can help in reducing cold symptoms such as the blocked nose or running nose, associated headache and fever, and can also prevent you from catching a recurrent cold.

 ·        Flu: Flowing in winter!

      People aged 65 years and over, pregnant women and people with long term health conditions such as diabetes, diseases of the kidney and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at an increased risk of catching flu. The common symptoms include fever or feverish chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue or tiredness. Children may also develop diarrhea and vomiting which are less common in adults suffering from flu.

Help yourself by taking prescribed medications on time and eating a healthy and balanced diet. Homeopathic treatment shall also be taken for prevention. To manage flu, customize3d homeopathic treatment should be taken to get relief from cough, fever, diarrhea, vomiting and body aches and headaches.

•         Ear infections: Are you listening?

There can be a build-up of fluid in the middle ear which can lead to ear infections. Because of higher rates of cold, flu and seasonal allergies; the build-up of fluid is more common in winter. It can lead to pain and itching in the ear and vertigo.

Help yourself by maintaining a safe distance from infected people. Wash your hands regularly. Take immediate homeopathic treatment for cold, flu and seasonal allergies. Homeopathic remedies can also help in reducing pain, itching, a build-up of fluid and vertigo.

 ·       Conjunctivitis: Eyes suffer in winter!

      Virus, bacteria, allergens or irritants in winter find an easy place to flourish in your eyes and cause pink eye or conjunctivitis. Eyes become red, itchy and painful. It is also super contagious.

Help yourself by refraining from sharing a common towel and touching infected eyes. Remedies in homeopathy can be prescribed by a homeopathic doctor to manage your conjunctivitis and prevent recurrent eye infections.

·        Seasonal Depression: Darkness of winter!

The cold and dry temperatures can actually cause depression in some people. Such people sleep more, suffer from changes in appetite, may also gain weight and remain tired and fatigued.

Help yourself by speaking up. Don’t ignore your depression and seek treatment. Homeopathic medicines work on the mental sphere and manage depression. The boost to mental health is necessary to improve complete health which can in turn help in achieving holistic health.

·        Migraine: Head pains in winter!

      Cold temperature can trigger a migraine, especially in people affected by a change in temperature. Though migraines are common throughout the year, they become a literal battle in winter.

     

      Help yourself by getting homeopathic treatment which can act on the cause or the trigger of migraines such as a change in temperature or cold temperature. The treatment helps in the reduction of pain and associated vomiting and acidity if present. Keep your head covered with a loose scarf as you step out.

·        Joint Pains: Join you in winters!

General body and joint pains worsen in winter. Symptoms of arthritis such as pain in specific joints, swelling, and stiffness in the body also worsen.

Help yourself by using a heating pad and taking warm baths. Get yourself prescribed with homeopathic remedies that can prevent and reduce the aggravation of pain, inflammation and stiffness in joints and other parts of the body.

Make homeopathic treatment a part of your life to prevent and manage common winter illnesses. Please do take your homeopathic treatment as and when prescribed by your homeopathic treatment. That is how you heal with homeopathy!