Can you eat ice cream with a cold? Is it just a myth that you can't drink or eat anything cold when you have a sore throat and you have a cough?
Hello, It's true that you shouldn't consume cold drinks or ice cream while your throat is inflamed or coughing. Local or general cooling of the organism promotes the development of any infections. You should give up cold drinks and ice cream in the period when there is a fever, sore throat plus 2-3 days after the symptoms have subsided. I greet you.
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Krystyna KnyplInternist, hypertensiologist, editor-in-chief of "Gazeta dla Lekarzy".
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