4. Blow your nose often
As a kid, you’re forever being told by your parents to go and blow your nose. It’s a mantra that’s repeated the world over in any number of languages. The truth is, no one wants to see snot dripping down anyone else’s face. To help yourself and anyone you care for overcome an upper respiratory infection, you need to know how to blow your nose the right way, and then it needs to happen, often.
Blowing, as opposed to sniffing up the mucus is very important, as the old adage about it being ‘better out than in’ is certainly true. When you’re well aware of what a tissue looks like after a good blow, why would you want to bring that stuff back up inside your head? If you blow too hard though, you risk causing an earache due to the pressure, so here’s how to do it properly. Press one finger over one nostril whilst blowing gently out of the other nostril. There, easy. Now make sure you wash your hands.