Causes for Frequent Colds
Why do you think you or your child or someone you care for, get colds? Why do these people get colds much more than others who might have an occasional cold?
Frequent colds results from one or more of the following causative and triggering factors:
01 Genetic tendency: Most people with frequent colds have a genetic tendency. One or more of their family members may have one of the following diseases, suggestive of the genetic trait: Colds, Asthma, allergies of some kind, Tuberculosis, etc.
02 Immunological factors: Low immunity leads to frequent infections such as colds. This may also be due to genetic tendencies.
03 Infections: Bacterial, viral
04 Allergens: Food, pollen, dust, mites, others
05 Environment: Extreme cold, heat
06 Poor health
07 Stress
08 Drugs
The key issue is the 'altered immunity'. Homeopathic medicines are supposed to be working at the immune level whereby enhancement of immunity prevents frequent colds.
Homeopathic medicine is believed to address the genetic predisposition, enhance the resistance making the patient less susceptible to allergens, infections, and the environment.
Treating the roots, not merely the result!
There is little logic in treating merely the symptoms such as running nose; sneezing and nose block using antihistamine medicines. This problem of frequent colds is deeper rooted and needs to be addressed at the root level. Homeopathy just attempts to work at the root of the allergies.