Fight Common Cold With Zinc

Disorders Cure

oi-Suparna Chakaraborthy

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 15:27

Whether Zinc can cure common cold symptoms has been a debatable issue since generations but a recent study based on a experiment have now proved that Zinc can actually treat common cold symptoms.

According to a study done by Dr. Meenu Singh and Rashmi Ranjan Das, consumption of Zinc on the onset of common cold can be reduced in one day and regular consumption can prevent it. The study on zinc can cure common cold dates back to 1984. Since then several trial based on this topic has been going on.

According to the recent experiments done on 1,300 subjects, zinc syrup, lozenges or tablets taken on the onset of cold reduced severity and length of illness. For patients who took zinc on the seventh day of the illness, cleared symptoms earlier than people who took other medicines. Children who were given regular dosage of zinc, were less likely to get affected and needed less antibiotics to treat cold. Thus, reducing dependency on antibiotic.

"This review strengthens the evidence for zinc as a treatment for the common cold. However, at the moment, it is still difficult to make a general recommendation, because we do not know very much about the optimum dose, formulation or length of treatment.Our review only looked at zinc supplementation in healthy people but it would be interesting to find out whether zinc supplementation could help asthmatics, whose asthma symptoms tend to get worse when they catch a cold " said lead researcher Meenu Singh.

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