Expert's advice: Cold weather is increasing, do not take medicine indiscriminately if you have a cold As the country, including Kathmandu, has started to experience extreme cold, experts have suggested not to buy medicine if you have a cold this season. Children and senior citizens especially need more care during the winter season. Experts have urged people to take necessary precautions, saying that children are more likely to suffer from respiratory problems, colds, throat infections, stomach aches, etc. during the winter season. Pediatrician Dr. Ramhari Chapagain of Kanti Children's Hospital says that respiratory problems, pneumonia, and 'cold diarrhea' (cold-related diarrhea) are more common during the winter. 'Nutritious food is needed to protect children from colds. Although children need nutritious food at any time, they need it more during winter than at other times. It helps in digesting common diseases,' he said. He also said that all the vaccines pro...
Why does kidney infection occur? The function of the kidneys is to purify the blood, filter out the useless substances and take them out through the urine. The kidney is located in two parts near the spine of the body, which is the part near the urinary bladder. It contains bladder and urethra. In this case, if for some reason bacteria or virus infects the urinary tract and enters the kidney, we understand that the kidney has been infected. A kidney infection can affect one or both kidneys. Such a condition is called 'pyelonephritis' in medical language. the reason Kidney infection can happen at any age. But this problem is seen more in women than in men. The main reason for this is that the female urethra is relatively short. The risk of infection is high when the faeces and urination are close. If the urinary infection is frequent, it is easy for the infection to spread through the urinary tract to the kidney. Due to the increase in the size of the uterus during pregnancy, t...