Is it good to run when you have a cold and cough?

Written by Wang Chun Mei
Pulmonology
Updated on March 29, 2025
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A cold, also known as an upper respiratory tract infection, typically presents varying clinical symptoms in patients depending on the type of infecting pathogen. Commonly, patients with a cold experience coughs of varying degrees, which may be either dry or productive. Therefore, the choice of medication in clinical treatment often differs according to the nature of the cough. For patients with a cold and cough, if there are no significant fever symptoms, these individuals can usually engage in running. Running effectively enhances bodily immune functions and facilitates early recovery from illness. Consequently, patients with a cold and cough might choose suitable physical activities based on their condition. Persisting in such activities can not only expediate recovery but also help in boosting the immune system. Therefore, running is generally a good option.

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What water should be boiled for drinking when having a cold with heat symptoms?

Heat colds are one of the very common types of colds seen clinically, often occurring in the hot summer months. Typically, patients with this type of cold exhibit symptoms such as fever, headache, and dizziness. During a fever, they may also experience varying degrees of chills. Additionally, they may suffer from sore throat and cough, often producing yellow sputum. For patients with this type of heat cold, it is generally recommended to drink plenty of plain water. They can also appropriately consume beverages like rock sugar pear water, as well as drinks made from fat sea and honeysuckle. If the patient exhibits different degrees of cough and yellow sputum, drinking monk fruit water could also be beneficial. These can help alleviate some of the patient's clinical discomforts. Overall, it is advisable for patients with a heat cold to drink more plain water, as this tends to be more beneficial.

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What soup to drink for a cold?

During a cold, it is advisable to eat some liquid foods appropriately. If it is a cold caused by wind-cold, at this time, you can appropriately drink some brown sugar ginger water, which can expel the coldness in the body and alleviate some symptoms of the wind-cold cold. If it is a wind-heat cold, then you can drink some rock sugar pear water or Fritillaria pear water at this time, which has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing fire, moisturizing the lungs, and relieving cough. At the same time, it is recommended that everyone must pay attention to getting more rest during a cold, not to overwork, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, supplement vitamins, and increase their resistance. Additionally, it is also appropriate to drink some millet juice or vegetable juice, and yam juice, etc., which can supplement the body's vitamins and meet the body's needs for vitamins.

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Is it good to sweat when you have a stomach flu?

Gastrointestinal cold is a very common type of cold. In addition to various degrees of upper respiratory tract symptoms, patients also experience gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly common ones such as decreased appetite, abdominal bloating, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Some patients may also have varying degrees of fever. For such patients, if they have both fever and severe diarrhea, they are prone to sweating because the body needs time to cool down to normal temperature after a fever, which often results in sweating. Moreover, patients may experience sweating due to severe dehydration. If these factors are present, the situation is generally not good, so it is important to provide timely symptomatic treatment based on the symptoms exhibited by the patient.

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Can air conditioning cause coughing?

Air conditioning cold is also a very common factor that triggers the onset of colds. Clinically speaking, an air conditioning cold is typically caused by staying too long in an air-conditioned room during the hot summer, where the temperature is set too low, leading to clinical symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and fever. Even for colds caused by catching a chill, the symptoms can vary in severity among patients, and not all patients will exhibit the same clinical symptoms. Some patients may not show obvious coughing, while others might develop coughing symptoms due to exposure to air conditioning. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the specific circumstances of each patient, as the immune function of each patient varies, leading to different clinical symptoms after catching a chill.

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What fruits to eat for a cold due to excessive internal heat?

Eating fruits actually cannot effectively cure a cold, but it can improve and alleviate the symptoms of a cold associated with excessive internal heat. You can eat more apples, bananas, grapefruits, mandarins, and oranges, as these are beneficial for reducing internal heat. You can also eat more green vegetables and white radishes to effectively lower internal heat. It is recommended to drink more water and urinate frequently. It is also necessary to engage in regular physical exercise, which can effectively help increase sweat production. Sweat can expel some viruses from the body. Additionally, it is important to rest adequately, avoid excessive fatigue, and importantly, not stay up late.