What to do if you catch a cold a week before your period

Menstruation is a physiological reaction that arrives on time every month for every woman. Menstruation is very important for women. During this period, the body is very weak and needs a lot of food or other things for nourishment. Some people often go to the hospital for treatment when they catch a cold a week before their period. It is not recommended to treat a cold during menstruation. The main reason is that some cold medicines contain a large amount of hormones, which can cause hormone imbalance in the body during menstruation and other problems. So what should we do when we encounter such a thing?

1. During menstruation, the body's resistance is relatively low. If you do not pay attention to keeping warm in your life, you will easily catch a cold and have a series of symptoms, such as headache, dizziness, runny nose, etc., which will have a great impact on your life.

2. Unlike normal colds, it is not recommended to use cold medicine to treat menstrual colds. Nowadays, cold medicines generally contain hormones that can take effect quickly and relieve symptoms, but if used for menstrual colds, it will cause hormonal disorders in the body and affect the menstrual period.

3. So, what should you do if you catch a cold before your period? First of all, you can drink more hot water, keep warm, add some clothes appropriately, do some exercise, and sweat, which will relieve the symptoms. At the same time, pay attention to get more rest and enhance nutrition.

Note:

You must be careful not to take random medicines when you have a cold during menstruation. Once taking medicines causes significant changes in hormone levels in the body, it can lead to serious menstrual disorders.

Wind-cold colds often occur in cold seasons, such as winter, late autumn and early spring, and are caused by the cold evil. The symptoms of a cold caused by wind and cold include mild fever, severe chills, no sweating, headache and body aches, clear nasal discharge, cough, no redness or swelling of the throat, pale red tongue, and a floating and tight pulse. The treatment for colds caused by wind and cold is to use pungent and warm herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Zhibao Pills, etc.

Wind-heat cold often occurs in warm seasons, such as spring, early summer and early autumn, and is a disease caused by wind-heat evil spirits. The symptoms of wind-heat cold include high fever, mild chills, sweating or little sweating, headache, nasal congestion, sore throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse (i.e., fast pulse). The treatment for wind-heat cold is to use pungent and cool herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Resusuqing Oral Liquid, Xiaoer Chiqiao Qingre Granules, Xiaoer Ganmao Granules (oral liquid), etc.

1. Sweat: No sweat indicates wind-cold, while sweat indicates wind-heat.

Wind-cold cold: cold without sweating: fever (not very high), headache, joint pain, body pain.

Wind-heat cold: a cold with sweat: fever (high fever), sweating, aversion to wind and chills.

2. Phlegm: clear and thin - caused by wind-cold, thick and turbid - caused by wind-heat. Clear and thin stools are usually caused by wind-cold, while thick and turbid stools are usually caused by wind-heat.

3. Nasal discharge: Clear nasal discharge caused by wind-cold, yellow nasal discharge caused by wind-heat.

4. Causes: Fatigue – wind-cold, constipation – wind-heat.

A cold is usually caused by fatigue, lack of rest, wind or cold.

The cause of wind-heat cold is usually constipation. Usually, after two days of constipation, the throat will be sore for one or two days, and then cold symptoms will appear. This is a wind-heat cold (it can also be an exogenous heat evil that first affects the lungs).