Whole family has been sick the last week. I've managed to miss it so far (knocking on wood).
Today I'm starting to feel a little tickle in the throat...not sure if it's just mental or not. Anyone have any ideas that work for them about heading off a cold that may or may not be coming? Should I take it easy? Workout lightly? Walk? Zinc? Tea?
get started now!
plus wash your hands constantly and keep them away from your face.
and load up on the vitamin C
like one after the other .. until I almost feel nauseous
at night I will put a couple on side between teeth and cheek and sleep with them
I swear it works
I like Country Life Zinc because it is just a big dose of zinc and nothing else
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I do this with tourette's syndrome, I randomly yell out profanities, because if I fake I have it then I know I don't have it.
There's no magic potion that will prevent a cold. Common sense practices can help you avoid one though:
1) Wash your hands often.
2) Get plenty of sleep.
3) Drink plenty of fluids.
I do this with tourette's syndrome, I randomly yell out profanities, because if I fake I have it then I know I don't have it.
It's like with the cardiac arrest... arghhh phbltt...
That's your best bet.
chewed raw garlic mmmm
drank apple cider vinegar - mmmm
lots o water
so far so good
stay tuned
chewed raw garlic mmmm
drank apple cider vinegar - mmmm
lots o water
so far so good
stay tuned
OK. Good luck with the kidney stones.
People who are sick have been shown to have a Vitamin C deficiency, but there isn't strong evidence that supplementing with Vitamin C actually helps with immunity.
It's likely due to the synergistic nature of vitamins - certain vitamins strengthen the effect of other vitamins and aid in their absorption.
It's more effective to take a multivitamin rather than just a C or B supplement on it's own.
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and some cold eze zinc lozengers every few hours
chewed raw garlic mmmm
drank apple cider vinegar - mmmm
lots o water
so far so good
stay tuned
OK. Good luck with the kidney stones.
Why the kidney stones?
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and some cold eze zinc lozengers every few hours
chewed raw garlic mmmm
drank apple cider vinegar - mmmm
lots o water
so far so good
stay tuned
OK. Good luck with the kidney stones.
Why the kidney stones?
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arc it helps me a lot..had quite a few infections and etc and it knocked it right out. a lot of powdered high iu dosage
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I guess newer research debunked the whole Vitamin C thing.. maybe it has just been a placebo, I always felt like it helped at least marginally.
arc it helps me a lot..had quite a few infections and etc and it knocked it right out. a lot of powdered high iu dosage
Cool. You also might consider mercury. And bloodletting.
the most important reason is a mega dose just goes right out your body and isn't absorbed
zinc has definitely been proven effective -- but it is cost benefit
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Horrible advice. Overuse of antibiotics when not needed is why antibiotic resistant bacteria strains are running rampant. Not to mention antibiotics damage the healthy bacteria in your GI tract. Unless you've been diagnosed with a bacterial infection, taking antibiotics is just stupid, and malpractice on the doctor's part.
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Start a Z-pack at once -- an antibiotic that will work if an infection is causing this. If it isn't, and it's a virus (the usual) instead, no harm done.
Horrible advice. Overuse of antibiotics when not needed is why antibiotic resistant bacteria strains are running rampant. Not to mention antibiotics damage the healthy bacteria in your GI tract. Unless you've been diagnosed with a bacterial infection, taking antibiotics is just stupid, and malpractice on the doctor's part.
Hysterical reaction. My layman's advice was about self-medication for someone who's planned ahead for possible illness and has a Z-pack on hand, not someone who's already seeing a doctor already about the illness. Of course, a doctor should check for an infection before prescribing an antibiotic. But the "overuse" argument fails for individuals who usually are not and do not become ill, but, as it turns out, have caught an infection from somewhere and are suffering from it. Amazing how healthy bacteria in one's GI tract will survive an occasional "unnecessary" dose of antibiotic. Your reaction is a little like over-worrying damage to the environment from detergents and "climate change."
Neti pot. Trust me. Vitamin C and all that over the counter preventive crap won't work.
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Start a Z-pack at once -- an antibiotic that will work if an infection is causing this. If it isn't, and it's a virus (the usual) instead, no harm done.
Horrible advice. Overuse of antibiotics when not needed is why antibiotic resistant bacteria strains are running rampant. Not to mention antibiotics damage the healthy bacteria in your GI tract. Unless you've been diagnosed with a bacterial infection, taking antibiotics is just stupid, and malpractice on the doctor's part.
Hysterical reaction. My layman's advice was about self-medication for someone who's planned ahead for possible illness and has a Z-pack on hand, not someone who's already seeing a doctor already about the illness. Of course, a doctor should check for an infection before prescribing an antibiotic. But the "overuse" argument fails for individuals who usually are not and do not become ill, but, as it turns out, have caught an infection from somewhere and are suffering from it. Amazing how healthy bacteria in one's GI tract will survive an occasional "unnecessary" dose of antibiotic. Your reaction is a little like over-worrying damage to the environment from detergents and "climate change."
Wrong answer. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is real and will become a huge threat in the next decades. Heard of MRSA? That is just one of many
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In comment 13646202 Percy said:
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Start a Z-pack at once -- an antibiotic that will work if an infection is causing this. If it isn't, and it's a virus (the usual) instead, no harm done.
Horrible advice. Overuse of antibiotics when not needed is why antibiotic resistant bacteria strains are running rampant. Not to mention antibiotics damage the healthy bacteria in your GI tract. Unless you've been diagnosed with a bacterial infection, taking antibiotics is just stupid, and malpractice on the doctor's part.
Hysterical reaction. My layman's advice was about self-medication for someone who's planned ahead for possible illness and has a Z-pack on hand, not someone who's already seeing a doctor already about the illness. Of course, a doctor should check for an infection before prescribing an antibiotic. But the "overuse" argument fails for individuals who usually are not and do not become ill, but, as it turns out, have caught an infection from somewhere and are suffering from it. Amazing how healthy bacteria in one's GI tract will survive an occasional "unnecessary" dose of antibiotic. Your reaction is a little like over-worrying damage to the environment from detergents and "climate change."
Wrong answer. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is real and will become a huge threat in the next decades. Heard of MRSA? That is just one of many
Spike: In general you're right (over use of antibiotics in general tends to promote the survival and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria). In an individual case you're probably not right (overuse by the individual is not going to result in that individual developing an antibiotic resistant bacterial infection -- the individual either already has such a resistant bacterial infection or does not, and if not, but the individual does have a bacterial infection that is not resistant, use of an antibiotic can end the problem for that individual).
If the sickness us caused by a virus after all and not by a bacterial infection, use of the antibiotic will do nothing. If we apply this to all who fear or have colds (and it seems to be done by up to a third of such people as things stand), we get back into the general problem. I was addressing the poster, however, not the entire cold-fearing general public.