Medical Problems Every Winter

Neeraj Mehta

Most common medical problems every winter:

Cold and Cough      

Cold is a viral infectious disease one of the common medical problem in winters. Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, and fever which usually resolve in 4 to 6 days,

Consume plenty of vegetables and fruits for vitamin C, garlic and hot peppers which act as natural decongestants to reverse cold.

Relieve a cold with ginger tea.

Drink lots of luck warm water, and also can take steam and but avoid too much of tea, coffee and soft drinks.

Avoid dairy and fried food, because they lead to increase the production of mucus

Sore throat

Another big challenge in winters is some people are prone to developing a sore throat, when they consume any hot and cold drink, extra spice food.

If you get a sore throat, drink luck warm liquids can include clear soups and brew plenty of ginger tea as it soothes the throat.

Avoid using your voice at high pitch, speak in a low. Gargle regularly with little warm water and put salt in it.

Pineapples are very beneficial in curing sore throat as they are good source of vitamin C, with useful amount of Vitamin B6, folate, thiamine, iron and manganese.

Add lemon to hot water or weak tea, to loosen mucus and ease pain during sour throat.

Can soothes the throat by adding clear soups and ginger tea.

Urinary problems

People consume less water in winters, the result less urine and it becomes yellowish and a urinary infection could be the result. Changes in the kidneys' structure cause them to lose some of their ability to remove wastes from the blood. Also, the muscles in bladder ureters and bladder, get some stiffness also loss some of their strength because of cold weather.

Hot spices are to be strictly avoided.

One should be given as much water as possible to drink.

Fresh lemon juice, fresh sugarcane juice, orange juice coconut water and pineapple juice are extremely useful in this condition.

The patient should be given fruits like grapefruit, apple, pineapple, grapes, peaches and plums in good quantity.

Worsening of asthma     

The cold air that winter brings can set off asthma attacks. Because of cold and contaminated air, upper respiratory infections are common in the winter time can cause asthma attacks.

In winter the dry cold air coursing through the nasal passages and large airways reach the small airways and irritate heir lining thus causing an attack.

Need to keep the suggested medication close at hand and breathe through the nose, not mouth.

When going out from home, cover your nose and mouth.

It's possible that the stomach acid reflux that causes heartburn may damage lung airways and worsen asthma symptoms, so need to drink lot of fluids to metabolize food easily.

Eat fruits and vegetables. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables may increase lung function and reduce asthma symptoms.

Maintain a healthy weight and exercise regularly: Being overweight can worsen asthma symptoms, and leads to higher risk of other health problems. Include cardio and resistance exercises in your daily fitness regime to improve lungs diffusion capacity in winters.

Skin problems

One of the most common problem in winter is that of dry skin, because of lack of ewater balance in the body. If we consume less water, we can easily see dryness in the skin.

First remedy is to drink lot of water.  Apply a good moisturiser twice a day, once in the morning after bath and once at night for entire body. Instead of using soap which is high in alkaline content, it’s better to have your skin wash with yogurt.

It is a good idea to apply sun screen when going out or a lighter day cream and a cream to increase moisturizer in the skin for night.

Can also do manicure and pedicure, limbs soaked in lukewarm water enriched with light alkaline soap and drops of natural oils.

Suggested by

NEERAJ MEHTA, (Fitness Expert, Nutritionist and inventor of BMXStrength ®)