Urgent warning over popular cold and flu remedy which could make your symptoms worse

NHS GP, Dr Sooj, has revealed that there’s 1 over-the-counter acold remedy that could origin your symptoms to ‘come backmost with a vengeance’ - and could adjacent pb to breathing difficulties

A GP has warned however an over-the-counter common cold remedy could really origin further breathing issues - and marque you consciousness worse.

If you find yourself struggling to combat disconnected a cold, past you whitethorn beryllium tempted to scope for your go-to over-the-counter acold remedy. However, NHS GP, Dr Sooj, has revealed that there’s 1 over-the-counter acold remedy that could origin your symptoms to ‘come backmost with a vengeance’ - and could adjacent pb to breathing difficulties.

Dr Sooj took to Instagram to stock a informing with his followers astir the fashionable nasal sprays. These nasal decongestant sprays are sold by brands specified arsenic Sudafed and usually incorporate oxymetazoline, xylometazoline, phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine. In the video, the GP explained however a ‘spritz’ of the spray enactment into your nostril volition assistance to ‘constrict humor travel to your nose’ which volition trim congestion and marque it easier to breathe.

He explains that: "The occupation is that erstwhile the spray wears off, the humor floods backmost into your chemoreceptor and the congestion comes backmost overmuch harder and overmuch faster.” The interest is that, with changeless use, you’ll ‘very quickly’ beryllium required to summation however often you instrumentality doses of the spray, with Dr Sooj adding that immoderate radical ended up utilizing them each hour.

Pharmacist Thorrun Govind revealed to The Sun that overusing these sprays tin really marque the occupation worse. She explained that taking the sprays oregon drops for an extended play of clip ‘can marque your stuffiness worse’, putting you astatine hazard of rhinitis medicamentosa, which is simply a signifier of ‘rebound congestion’.

She explained: "Rebound congestion is erstwhile nasal passages go inflamed owed to overuse of nasal decongestants,” adding that the symptoms of this information tin see having a stuffy oregon runny nose, sneezing a lot, oregon noticing that your nasal passages are feeling itchy. She revealed that: "It tin often consciousness worse than the archetypal congestion."