Is OCD a serious illness? We understand together

ARI is an acute respiratory disease, during which primarily the respiratory tract is affected. Such a deviation arises from the ingress of any viruses, mycoplasmas or bacteria into the body. It is worth mentioning that one and the same person can tolerate this disease up to 5-8 times within 12 months.

ARI is a disease whose source of infection is the person himself. Transmission of the virus in this disease is carried out by airborne droplets. By the way, such pathological phenomena can occur in some cases, and in the form of epidemic outbreaks.

Symptoms and course of the disease

The disease of acute respiratory disease is characterized by rather weakly expressed signs of general intoxication, where mainly the upper parts of the respiratory tract are affected. Typically, an infected person manifests such abnormalities as rhinitis, rhinopharyngitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tracheolaringitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.

Other etiologic agents may cause other symptoms. Among such signs, keratoconjunctivitis and conjunctivitis (with adenovirus), herpetic angina (with enterovirus), rubella-like eczema (with adeno- and enterovirus), and false croup syndrome (with adenovirus and parainfluenza) should be especially emphasized.

ARI is a disease, the duration of which (in the absence of pneumonia) is 1-3 to 4-8 days. If a complication, like pneumonia, occurs, the illness lasts about 3-4 weeks, and sometimes even longer.

How to recognize?

Not to notice the disease of acute respiratory disease is quite difficult, because it has rather pronounced symptoms, which are primarily expressed in weakness in the body, the presence of a runny nose, cough, regular sneezing, fever, etc. However, such symptoms may well indicate the presence of other abnormalities in organism. Therefore, the etiological diagnosis is made by the attending physician only after the patient has been given a number of tests for laboratory tests. As a rule, a medical diagnosis of a sick doctor prescribes a diagnosis, namely an acute respiratory disease, and gives him a transcript (for example, rhinitis, acute laryngotraheronritis, rhinopharyngitis, etc.).

How to treat?

As you can see, ARI is not a common cold, but a viral (most often) disease that requires compulsory treatment. It is worth noting that with this diagnosis, use of antibiotic drugs or other chemo-therapeutic agents is useless, since they have virtually no effect on the virus. However, antibiotics are still allowed if you have acute bacterial respiratory diseases.

Most often, ARI is treated in a home environment with the mandatory inclusion of bed rest, symptomatic drugs, antipyretic drugs, decoctions, tea, honey and other folk recipes.

Preventive measures

In order to avoid such a disease, you should maintain your immunity at the proper level, regularly using vitamins in the form of pills or food. Also for the prevention of influenza A vaccination (for example, with the help of the drug "Remantadin").