Colds, Nasal Congestion And Body Aches?
Hello, I’m 25 years old. It’s been ten days I WFH. During WFH, I was also only at home. Initially I caught a cold, my nose was blocked. But my throat does not hurt and is not short of breath. But now it’s the 10th day, my body aches, do not know whether this is muscle pain or pain alone. I gave you a patch already better. But in other parts, pain appears too. What does this hurt?
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Pain is a health complaint that is very often experienced by many people. Muscle aches, joint pain, and various other pain stimuli become problems that interfere with daily activities. The following are things you need to know about pain, both joint pain and muscle aches:
Joint pain is pain that arises from joints of the body, such as knees and fingers. There are several types of conditions that can trigger joint pain, one of which is arthrosis. This disease is a degenerative disease that causes damage to the joint cartilage, resulting in thinning that causes a sensation of pain. The characteristics of joint pain, including:
Pain arises even though the joint is not moved.
Tenderness when the joint is touched.
The joint feels stiff.
Uncomfortable sensation when there is a change in temperature.
Muscle pain is the result of muscle disorders, muscle discs, muscle spasms, torticollis (wrong pillow, neck pain), muscle tears, and excessive stretched muscles. In contrast to joint pain, muscle pain is felt as a sensation of stabbing pain.
if the complaints that you experience increasingly heavy especially with complaints of high fever and shortness of breath you can immediately consult a doctor to do the examination and handling appropriately.
There are several things you can do:
do a warm compress intermittently cold compresses on the affected part
You can do a light massage on the affected part
You can take pain medications such as paracetamol
drink lots of water at least 2 liters a day
avoid excessive movement or heavy work
avoid stress you can do yoga and meditation
You can read articles about Corona Virus
Thus the info I can give
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