The Best Way to Speed Up Recovery from a Common

question 103

Multiple Choice

The best way to speed up recovery from a common cold is

• A) to dose the patient with ibuprofen to keep the fever down. Reducing fever speeds up recovery.
• B) to take decongestants as a means of alleviating the symptoms of the cold.
• C) to take 1,000 mg of vitamin C every day during the illness. Vitamin C destroys cold viruses.
• D)  let the immune system do its job. Several of the treatments listed may actually increase the recovery time.
• E) take an antibiotic such as penicillin that will rid the body of the cold virus.

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