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Komarovsky: “Self-dictation TV – our local shame!”
“For an hour I was in a room with a working TV. Within an hour, I saw 8 advertisements for drugs that, according to the manufacturer, should be immediately swallowed when a cough appears. Nerves can no longer stand listening to this state-wide divorce! says Dr. Komarovsky.
And indeed, along with the autumn cold, wet feet and endless colds in our house bursts the same coughing, which year after year so intrusively and agilely we sell pharmacists and smart marketers.
Komarovsky is convinced that most mucolytics only harm the general condition of the body, or even they should be banned altogether. "Site" I consider it a great omission not to share such a valuable opinion of Evgeny Olegovich, especially during the autumn-winter epidemics. Self-medication to the tune of TV will not bring good!
Perhaps you have noticed that most of the drugs advertised on television are expectorant, or mucolytic. These drugs increase the amount of sputum, make it more fluid, which supposedly should facilitate the removal of mucus during coughing. A dry cough? Surely you immediately run to the pharmacy for some effective mucolytic, but...
In most cases, when you have a cough, snot or fever, it is upper respiratory disease. Why increase the amount of sputum in your lungs when you have rhinitis, laryngitis or, for example, pharyngitis? Because that's what they said on TV?
Expectorant agents, alas, do not get rid of cough, but only enhance it due to an increase in the amount of sputum. However, with a lack of fluid in the body or insufficient humidity in the room, they cannot fully have the desired effect: cough is aggravated, but they do not bring relief.
By the way, if you drink enough warm drink, and the air in the room is clean, cool and humid, then no No need for mucolytics!
It turned out that in such conditions, the ill-fated sputum expectorates without expensive and ineffective drugs. In one authoritative foreign textbook, it is written: “The effectiveness of expectorant drugs in comparison with abundant drinking has not been proven.”
For children, mucolytics are completely contraindicated. Of course, there are diseases in which their reception is necessary, but bronchitis and pneumonia treated by doctorsBut not the TV. But during the disease of the upper respiratory tract to give the child expectorant and put to bed in a dry warm room is a real crime!
The strength of the cough jolt in children is much weaker than in adults. That is, after taking mucolytic, the amount of sputum increases, but the baby is not able to cough it completely. As a result, mucus accumulates in the lower respiratory tract, and this is the surest way to personally organize complications and turn a week's rhinitis into a monthly treatment for pneumonia.
In many countries Mucolytics are contraindicated in children until age 5. We also expectorant agents can be taken by everyone in a row, without a prescription, and even advertise without getting tired in the evening prime on TV.
“Once again for those who have not yet understood. Television should not replace the brain. This rule works both in politics and in coughing. Do not buy expectorants without direct instructions from a doctor. If the doctor at home prescribed expectorant drugs to a child under 5 years old - look for another doctorIf the child is less than 2 years old, urgently look for another doctor, Dr. Komarovsky strongly recommends.
How to relieve a cough
Follow these simple recommendations and remember that any expectorant drug should be taken only after the appointment of the attending physician, and the doctor whom you trust your own health and the health of your children. Take care and be healthy!
Don’t forget to share this useful article with your friends on social networks.
And indeed, along with the autumn cold, wet feet and endless colds in our house bursts the same coughing, which year after year so intrusively and agilely we sell pharmacists and smart marketers.
Komarovsky is convinced that most mucolytics only harm the general condition of the body, or even they should be banned altogether. "Site" I consider it a great omission not to share such a valuable opinion of Evgeny Olegovich, especially during the autumn-winter epidemics. Self-medication to the tune of TV will not bring good!
Perhaps you have noticed that most of the drugs advertised on television are expectorant, or mucolytic. These drugs increase the amount of sputum, make it more fluid, which supposedly should facilitate the removal of mucus during coughing. A dry cough? Surely you immediately run to the pharmacy for some effective mucolytic, but...
In most cases, when you have a cough, snot or fever, it is upper respiratory disease. Why increase the amount of sputum in your lungs when you have rhinitis, laryngitis or, for example, pharyngitis? Because that's what they said on TV?
Expectorant agents, alas, do not get rid of cough, but only enhance it due to an increase in the amount of sputum. However, with a lack of fluid in the body or insufficient humidity in the room, they cannot fully have the desired effect: cough is aggravated, but they do not bring relief.
By the way, if you drink enough warm drink, and the air in the room is clean, cool and humid, then no No need for mucolytics!
It turned out that in such conditions, the ill-fated sputum expectorates without expensive and ineffective drugs. In one authoritative foreign textbook, it is written: “The effectiveness of expectorant drugs in comparison with abundant drinking has not been proven.”
For children, mucolytics are completely contraindicated. Of course, there are diseases in which their reception is necessary, but bronchitis and pneumonia treated by doctorsBut not the TV. But during the disease of the upper respiratory tract to give the child expectorant and put to bed in a dry warm room is a real crime!
The strength of the cough jolt in children is much weaker than in adults. That is, after taking mucolytic, the amount of sputum increases, but the baby is not able to cough it completely. As a result, mucus accumulates in the lower respiratory tract, and this is the surest way to personally organize complications and turn a week's rhinitis into a monthly treatment for pneumonia.
In many countries Mucolytics are contraindicated in children until age 5. We also expectorant agents can be taken by everyone in a row, without a prescription, and even advertise without getting tired in the evening prime on TV.
“Once again for those who have not yet understood. Television should not replace the brain. This rule works both in politics and in coughing. Do not buy expectorants without direct instructions from a doctor. If the doctor at home prescribed expectorant drugs to a child under 5 years old - look for another doctorIf the child is less than 2 years old, urgently look for another doctor, Dr. Komarovsky strongly recommends.
How to relieve a cough
- First, dress your baby warmly and dress yourself.
- Next, you need to do everything possible to keep the air in the room clean, cool (16-20 ° C) and relatively humid (40-70%).
- Nasal breathing should always be present! How do you do that? Frequent washing with saline solutions will help keep the nasal passages clean. Well, if it is not possible at all, then you can use vasoconstrictor drops.
- Drink as much warm liquid as possible.
- Do not self-medicate, but rather find someone who will make a correct and competent diagnosis.
- And most importantly, turn off the TV.
Follow these simple recommendations and remember that any expectorant drug should be taken only after the appointment of the attending physician, and the doctor whom you trust your own health and the health of your children. Take care and be healthy!
Don’t forget to share this useful article with your friends on social networks.
