Home | services | Contact information Welcome to Pelkosenniemi Pharmacy! At Pelkosenniemi Pharmacy and Savukoski Secondary Pharmacy, you will receive a friendly and flexible service. Tourists and holidaymakers are also served by the Pyhätunturi medicine cabinet, which contains the most common self-care medicines. Current affairs That's right! The flu season is at its worst again and it should be remembered that it is transmitted very easily through the hands or as a droplet infection. For example, brisk thinning or sneezing indoors poses a risk of infection within a radius of two meters. The embarrassment is that the flu patient starts getting infected even before the symptoms start. It is therefore very difficult to avoid flu infections. Do you control the tricks of sneezing? They are very easy to learn: sneeze or cough with a disposable handkerchief. If you don’t have a handkerchief, squeeze your sleeve into the top or armpit, but don’t get your hands on it. Put the handkerchief in the trash immediately after use, do not keep it in your pocket. Wash your hands after sneezing or coughing and dry them well with a disposable hand towel. Close the faucet with clean hands, for example to protect your elbow. The most important thing in fighting the flu is to remember to pay attention to others and take care of good hand hygiene. Source: Duodecim The cough is a tenacious companion Cough is always a symptom of a disease, most often the flu, and it occurs in almost every Finn every year. The flu attack usually heals within a couple of weeks, but can last longer. Prolonged cough is called cough lasting 4 to 8 weeks. For example, sinusitis or asthma maintain a cough after the flu. If a prolonged cough starts without any previous symptoms of the flu, it is often caused by some other lung disease. For smokers, for example, it may be an incipient COPD. If the cough is associated with prolonged fever, hemorrhage, yellow sputum, or other alarming symptoms, seek medical attention. If there is an illness underlying a prolonged cough, treating it will usually cure the cough. Cough can be relieved with prescription cough suppressants such as codeine and dextromethorphan. Source: Duodecim Cold sores are a surprisingly common ailment About 90% of adults have had whooping cough at some point in their lives. The disease can come back from time to time because the virus stays in the body permanently. The virus is usually asymptomatic, but can be activated by things like the flu, stress, or sunshine. Cold sores usually begin with numbness, redness, itching, and tingling in the lips or mouth. Within a couple of days, blisters break out on the lip, which are bright at first but later turn yellow. Cold sores are easily transmitted as a droplet or contact infection. Contact with the lips should be avoided at this time and a different towel should be used for washing than for other family members. You should see a doctor if your herpes is severe or if it recurs more than 10 times a year. Also, a child’s first cold sores may cause painful symptoms and fever, so it is advisable to go to the doctor with the child more sensitively. Without treatment, the blisters heal within a month at the latest. Many medicines are available without a prescription to relieve many symptoms and even prevent the virus from spreading. Ask more from the pharmacy staff! Source: Duodecim Opening hours / Opening hours Pelkosenniemi Pharmacy Pelkosenniemi Pharmacy Mon-Fri / Mon-Fri 9.00 - 16.30 Closed on Midsummer and Christmas Eve. Closed at Christmas Eve and Midsummer feast Savukoski side pharmacy Savukoski Pharmacy Mon-Fri / Mon-Fri 9.00 - 16.30 Closed on Midsummer and Christmas Eve. Closed at Christmas Eve and Midsummer feast. Pyhän medicine cabinet, K-Market Pyhäntähti Pyhä medicine cabinet , Supermarket Pyhäntähti We serve: Expert medical advice Renewal of prescriptions through a pharmacy Receipt of medical waste Nationwide theme days You can pay with us with the following payment methods: We accept the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Eurocard, debit card