Got a Cold, What Disease, Really?
Who doesn’t know this one “disease”? Although there is no medical term and it is not known in the medical world, colds are the most famous “disease” in Indonesia. Doctors also consider this a myth, even though many people claim to suffer from it often. You can check it on the internet or ask your Facebook friends from around the world, and you will find that colds only exist in Indonesia.
Colds itself is often defined as feeling “not feeling well” due to the amount of wind that enters the body. It could be due to too long in an air-conditioned room, often spending time on activities outdoor, or it often rains.
This condition is believed by many Indonesians to be a real disease, but until now there has been insufficient medical evidence to support this claim. Not to mention that this cold is similar to flu / influenza, because it has the same symptoms and causes.
According to the doctor, catch a cold
Even though medicine is considered a myth, medically according to an internal medicine expert from Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital, dr. Mulia Sp. PD as quoted from Kompas.com, the term colds is a condition in which a person feels sore, bloated, or the stomach feels full, can’t stop passing wind, nausea, coughs, flu, feels cold, and has a fever.
According to dr. Your Honor, Indonesians usually start to catch a cold when one of these symptoms appears. “The term colds does not exist in the medical literature. So, catching a cold is just what Indonesians call a collection of symptoms, “he said.
Because the symptoms and causes vary, how to treat them also varies. Can not be confused between one symptom and another.
Generally when we feel a cold, the way to handle it is by scraping it. If people say that the wind will “come out”. Unfortunately from a medical point of view, scrapings are not very helpful and instead open and widen the pores of the body. Not to mention if the symptoms you feel are like flatulence due to a late meal, scraping doesn’t help at all, because it’s only done on the skin.
Mulia also explained, as a treatment for colds, scrapings are not recommended in medical medical standards. “We have to find the cause first and then give it the appropriate treatment. If symptoms of colds persist after a few days, you should consult a doctor, “he said.
A cold could be a sign of another disease
In a blog written by a general practitioner in Rengat, Riau Province, named Dr. Kosasi in 2015, based on the results of his observations and experience as medical personnel, not scientific research, there was no cold disease.
The symptoms or conditions that have been described previously do make a person feel that he has a cold. But according to dr. Cosasi, condition or symptom has its own cause and could be a sign of other diseases.
What we most often feel when we catch a cold is a mild fever and at the same time we have a cold. Usually, really, because it’s too long in an air-conditioned room or lingering on outdoor. According to dr. Kosasi, this condition is actually the beginning of influenza or flu.
Burping that comes out after massaging parts of the body is also a sign of why we feel cold, such as when massaging the upper or lower arms and other parts of the body.
“This unique phenomenon certainly makes us very sure that we are ‘catching a cold’. What is the real cause of this complaint? Complaints of belching if our bodies are massaged can be caused by several possible diseases. First, pinching the nerves in the back near the shoulder blades. Then, excess levels of blood fats or triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia), “wrote dr. Kosasi in his blog at Kompasiana.com.
He also suggested, since colds are not well known and have never been taught in medical science in general, doctors need to ask further and detailed questions when dealing with patients who complain of colds, when going to the doctor.
“Complete and detailed information about what you experience, is very useful for you and your doctor to conclude what is the real disease that makes you ‘catch a cold’,” he said.
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