From my understanding, taking Ibuprofen during a cold may be a disservice to your body, since it reduces inflammation, which is a key part of immune response. So most of the time when I’m sick (like you, also annoyingly often) I charge through the pain.
Similar thing might be true for paracetamol, but I am wildly uncertain on this claim, and have looked into it for only a few minutes.
I think this all stops being true if your pain is preventing or interfering with your sleep. In that case, my guess is that taking Ibuprofen is beneficial, since sleep is so essential for recovery, and you want to maximize sleep time/quality when sick.
From my understanding, taking Ibuprofen during a cold may be a disservice to your body, since it reduces inflammation, which is a key part of immune response. So most of the time when I’m sick (like you, also annoyingly often) I charge through the pain.
Similar thing might be true for paracetamol, but I am wildly uncertain on this claim, and have looked into it for only a few minutes.
I think this all stops being true if your pain is preventing or interfering with your sleep. In that case, my guess is that taking Ibuprofen is beneficial, since sleep is so essential for recovery, and you want to maximize sleep time/quality when sick.