Cold
A cold is caused by several different viruses and is a quite common infection. A cold can cause your throat to feel scratchy and dry. Other symptoms include cough, fever, sneezing, body aches among others.
In most cases, a cold goes on for a few days, before receding. To take care of a cold, you can do the following:
- Get a throat lozenge and suck on it.
- Make use of a decongestant nasal spray to ease a stuffy nose.
- Over the counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen or Tylenol can be used to ease a dry and/or sore throat.
- Taking warm fluids like water, tea or soups can also help.
- A humidifier [4] can moisten the air in your house/room.