Why Zinc is used by people to fight the common cold?
Many adults and children catch a cold each year. They spend a lot of money on OTC cold and cough medicines to treat the symptoms. There is no cure for common cold. OTC cough and cold medicines relieve the symptoms but do not decrease the severity or length of symptoms. Zinc may help people get over a common cold faster or at least make the symptoms less severe. It is believed to directly block the action of viruses in the nose or throat if you use zinc as soon as cold symptoms start. Depending on the product you purchased, you dissolve 9-13.3 mg of zinc lozenge in the mouth every 2-4 hours while awake. The zinc spray or gel can be applied into each nostril every 4 hours. The treatment should continue until symptoms disappear, but never for longer than two weeks. Side effects of zinc taken over a longer period are unknown, but too much zinc is toxic to your body. High zinc could weaken your immune responses and decrease the level of copper and good cholesterol in your body. Zinc is avai
