Honey and lemon appear in various publications on social networks, comment boxes and on various websites such as flu treatments.
A Facebook group about home remedies and herbs, a pediatric user on chá de limão e mel means “cough and flu”. In your answer, please suggest the use of honey and lime as an effective solution to this problem. Please note that the correct way to make this recipe is to “squeeze and melt” the lime into boiling water.
A video on Facebook also recommends drinking coffee “when you have the flu.” The author claims that the vitamin C in limes is “wonderful” and “good for the throat.” In this case, add a little ginger (according to the author, it must be grated) and washed lime peel to hot water. Next, add a little honey.
But can ice cream and lime really cure the flu? Or what is the flu? O Viral clareceu as a problem for virologists.
Can honey and lime cure the flu?
In a statement to Virus, virologist Celso Cunha Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), Nova University of LisbonAccording to adianta, chá de mel e limão “does not treat influenza, nor does it treat other respiratory illnesses.”
“There is no scientific evidence that taking vitamin C does not reduce the severity of either symptom or the duration of respiratory problems,” he said.
Lime contains vitamin C, “vital for the proper functioning of the body,” explains Celso Cunha. However, when people are already sick with the flu, “it’s pointless and useless to do nothing.”
On the other hand, ingesting honey, which “has been used to relieve cough symptoms,” had a “very mild effect compared to a placebo effect” and did not relieve coughing. No, this is not a cure.
IHMT Expert It was emphasized that while “do not do anything wrong”, ingesting honey and lemon juice to treat the flu is “not recommended”.
As healthy people, initially, we treat the flu “naturally”. “It’s unpleasant, but it eventually happens naturally. The body is able to manage to treat it,” he said.
Generally speaking, healthy people recover from the flu in “three or four days”, see Centers for Drug Prevention and Control (CDC).
Flu is of greatest concern to “vulnerable” people, such as “sick and immunocompromised individuals,” who may develop “serious complications” such as pneumonia, pneumonia or virology.
Or what is the flu?
Experts consulted by Viral explained that influenza is a respiratory infection caused by a virus, or influenza, and that there are “quite a few mutations.”
second arrival Direção-Geral da Saúde (DGS)serial number information textPeak flu season typically occurs during the coldest six months between November and March in the Northern Hemisphere and April to September in the Southern Hemisphere, although it also occurs during “more pleasant, less cold and rainy winters.”
Influenza is spread through saliva particles from an infected person that can only be expelled through coughing, spiraling or “direct contact with contaminated body parts or surfaces,” the same article refers to DGS.
Celso Cunha clarified that due to the high number of mutations, “annual influenza vaccination” is required and that the vaccine is being adapted and updated for the population.
The most common symptoms in adults and children are fever, muscle aches, some fatigue and cough, stress or virological symptoms. The infection can also cause headaches and eye inflammation, the DGS stressed. In infants, fever, collapse, and gastrointestinal symptoms are common.
How can we prevent the flu?
Virologists Viral heard from said the best way to prevent the flu is to “avoid contact,” especially for people who are “of greatest concern” such as the elderly and immunocompromised.
In the most vulnerable, influenza can lead to pneumonia and decompensation of underlying medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease or kidney disease, the DGS noted.
Celso Cunha warned: “These people must avoid crowds and be careful about contact, especially in less sandy areas where people are more likely to walk at heights.”
Alemdiso, or CDC Vaccination is considered the “best way” to prevent the flu because it reduces the risk of contracting the virus and complications.
What vaccinations should be given? People 65 or older, people with chronic diseases of the lungs, heart, kidneys and legs, people with diabetes, pregnant women and people with “other conditions that reduce resistance to infection,” the DGS reports. These groups are also prioritized for flu vaccination by the CDC.
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