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Common Cold Remedies - Fact vs. Fiction

Thursday, January 17, 2013 22:33

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It’s the middle of winter and you know what that means. Cough and cold season is in full swing for many families and households. There’s nothing worse than coming down with a wicked case of the common cold. It can sideline you for a week or more, which is the last thing anyone has time for.

The common cold is most typically caused by the rhinovirus[1]. Symptoms start showing up within 24-48 hours of contracting the virus and include the following:

Sore throat
Fatigue
Low-grade fever
Nasal congestion
Runny nose
Watery eyes
Cough

These symptoms last about 7 days for most and can make for a miserable week. It can also have a miserable effect on our nation’s pocketbook. In fact, the common cold leads to $25 billion in lost productivity in our society due to absenteeism, reduction in on-the-job productivity, and caregiver absenteeism[2]. With so much at stake many people will do anything to feel better. Many of these efforts involve turning to age old remedies that our parents and grandparents handed down to us. But do these remedies work or do they just make our misery seem less, well, miserable?

I’m here to set the record straight on whether many of these handed down traditions actually work or don’t work based on the scientific evidence. To do this, I’ve consulted one of the most trusted and comprehensive sources of information in the scientific and medical world today—The Cochrane Collaboration—as I did when I wrote my recent article on the flu vaccine - Should I Get A Flu Shot? The Cochrane Collaboration is known for providing comprehensive reviews without being influenced or biased by any commercial entities, namely the pharmaceutical or medical device companies. That’s because they do not accept funding from these commercial industries.

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