The winter season brings with it a host of commonly occuring illnesses that every clinician must be able to treat. Knowing the presentation of these ailments, and the optimal treatment strategies for each, as well as being able to distinguish between them, is a vital skill in any healthcare woker’s arsenal.
As you know, ‘winter ailments’ can creep up at any time of year. Covid-19 has heightened our awareness of cold and flu symptoms. In this convenient booklet, we examine:
4 Recognising and managing COVID-19
6 Clinical efficacy of bromhexine: What you need to know
8 Prevent while you cure
10 Sinus infection or cold?
11 Overcoming flu
12 What you can do for paediatric influenza
13 The origins of flu
14 Frustrating persistent cough
18 Pneumonia in the real world
21 Acute bronchitis