Sick, Cold
2011-04-02 – 2011-04-16
Grade: 3
A common cold, characterized by a sore throat, runny nose and possibly some fewer. Should have been more careful after noticing an elevated resting heart rate the day before.
Primary a virus. Secondary bacterial infection. Probably avoided a lower airway bacterial infection and long lasting sinusitis by taking antibiotics ( phenoxymethylpenicillin, 2 mill IE x 3, 10 days). This would normally not be necessary. Saline nose spray is very useful to clean the nose in a gentle way, and probably speeds up recovery by preventing mucus retention.