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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Health
Courtney Pochin & Ellie Kemp

Pharmacist on whether to take paracetamol or ibuprofen to treat a cold

With winter truly underway, people are finding themselves picking up colds and feeling poorly more often.

Coronavirus is still in circulation and cases of the flu are also rising as the seasons change, meanwhile Strep A infections among primary school aged children are causing parents concern. Bugs are spreading as temperatures drop and people mix again as they did in pre-coronavirus times.

On social media, users have been sharing their ailments from headaches to other bodily aches and pains and some aren't sure of the best course of action to take and how to treat themselves, reports the Mirror. One health expert has settled the debate once and for all about which painkiller is the best to take.

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