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Winter Ailments to Watch Out for This Season

Stay healthy this winter! Discover common winter ailments, prevention tips, and remedies to keep yourself feeling your best in cold weather. View more.
Rayomand S. Engineer
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Rayomand S. Engineer
Winter Ailments to Watch Out for This Season

Introduction

Foggy mornings with piping hot ginger tea and samosas - the winter is finally here and in full swing. For most of us, winter means warm, comfortable and stylish clothes, stepping out, and celebrating Christmas and New Year. It also means loads of gifts and greetings exchanged with our loved ones. However, for a select few, winter means diseases. 

You see, during winter, the body heat falls as the air around us cools. Our body is trying to adjust to the new climate. As a result, the change in the process causes a lot of people to fall prey to diseases. Well, whatever the case, here are some common winter diseases that occur during the winter and that can ruin your holidays. 

1. Sinusitis

You move your head left, and it aches. You move your head right, and it aches even more. You try looking down - the pain envelops your whole head, and it feels as if something is going to burst out of your skull. Such is the nature of sinusitis. If you are unlucky enough to contract this disease, then bad luck - your head isn't going to stop aching anytime soon. Congestion, coughing, headaches, and a runny nose. 

Sinusitis happens when your home remains closed without any proper ventilation. Make sure that sinusitis does not affect you. That all-too-familiar pain or pressure in your face and cheeks, runny nose, a cough that worsens at night, fatigue and more. What causes sinusitis? Usually a cold or a flu, but don't discount allergies, nasal problems and other diseases. Visit your healthcare provider - they can diagnose sinusitis and give you antibiotics, saline nasal sprays, pain relievers, heat pads and vaporizers.