Our bodies’ defenses are good, but they’re not perfect and they do have negative side-effects. It is very possible for your immune system to cause damage by causing you to cough too much, run too high a fever, be dehydrated, etc. Moreover, even in cases where the immune system isn’t causing physical damage, I find that my mental health is much improved when I’m even marginally functional as opposed to shivering and coughing in bed for 4-5 hours at a time.
Does addressing symptoms lengthen the amount of time your body needs to fight off the virus? Possibly. However, I would much rather be mildly ill for a week than severely ill for three or four days.
Our bodies’ defenses are good, but they’re not perfect and they do have negative side-effects. It is very possible for your immune system to cause damage by causing you to cough too much, run too high a fever, be dehydrated, etc. Moreover, even in cases where the immune system isn’t causing physical damage, I find that my mental health is much improved when I’m even marginally functional as opposed to shivering and coughing in bed for 4-5 hours at a time.
Does addressing symptoms lengthen the amount of time your body needs to fight off the virus? Possibly. However, I would much rather be mildly ill for a week than severely ill for three or four days.