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How do you take care of yourself when you have a cold?
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Rest.... I don't really go crazy with all the remedies if I have a cold..... High salt (chicken soup or ramen) stuff and vitamin c.... Destroys most viruses I think
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Drink lots of OJ, get lots of sleep, if I am stuffed up, then a decongestant
Liquidfire Id never heard of the high salt part before, interesting :)
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when dealing with the common cold, my strategies are too start taking cold pills, drink a lot of cup's of hot tea and also eat a nice big bowl of chicken noodle soup
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soup and rest...
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I take mega-doses of Vitamin C. To keep the symptoms under control, I use Zicam or Airborne. Then I stay home.
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It's nice to see several of you say "rest" and "stay home" as part of your strategy. I wish more people implemented this as part of their means of getting better. It's one of my biggest pet peeves when people who have no business being out in public do so when sick. It's one of the big reasons why things spread as quickly as they do. No one likes being sick. Just because you have already gotten it, doesn't mean you shouldn't care about others. I always see or hear people say "I can't miss work, I need the money." In some cases, this is actually true. But, I have seen so many others where people blow their sick days when the weather is nice because they want a long weekend or to be lazy. There's a reason they're called sick days. Use them when you are sick so you can stay home and not spread what you have to everyone at your job, or on the bus, subway, etc. If you can't bank them and you're getting close to them expiring because you stayed healthy the whole year, use them then to take a long weekend.
My strategies for prevention are simply making sure to get 8 hours of sleep a night, eat well balanced meals, drink a lot of water, use a saline nasal wash to keep the nasal passages clean and moist, avoid people who I know are sick the best I can, take a good quality multi-vitamin, elderberry, and astragalus. When the season really starts to pick up/get more severe (December-March) I'll double my typical vitamin D3 intake and add North American Ginseng.
If I do come down with something, I stay home and rest, keep eating well, increase the elderberry and water, take Umckaloabo extract at the first sign of symptoms, inhale steam infused with oregano oil, gargle with salt water and goldenseal if I have a sore throat.
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I try to get plenty of rest and carry around a bunch of tissue. When my dad was alive he used to make me a hot totty. Now I just drink the soup liquid.
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Like everyone said, lots of rest, fluids, zinc and chicken soup.
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How do you take care of yourself when you have a cold?
I just take some dayquil and tough it out
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Vitamin C and rest.
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Drink lots of citrus fruit juices. Rest and keep warm. We usually take one of those hot drink cold & flue things before bed time.
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Not to be redundant since most people are saying the same things. But, here goes. You MUST drink plenty of fluids to keep your mucous membranes moist. The bacteria or virus will not proliferate if they do not have a comfy home. Chicken soup is nourishing, is extra fluid and won't hurt your tummy.
I've heard steam advocates and I agree with them. It can open up your sinus passages and is comforting. I didn't hear anyone mention a neti pot. They're a little tricky to learn but very beneficial.
Rest, rest, rest. Eat. If you can't eat, then drink more. Take vitamin C, hot tea with lemon and honey. Add ginger to the tea if your throat hurts. Don't go to work and spread your germs. Those sick days were given to you for a reason.
If you have to go to work because of no sick days, then try to keep your germs to yourself as much as possible. Bear in mind that you're wearing yourself out and will probably take longer to heal if you're working instead of resting. Your body needs time to do its thing without that extra burden.
Stay away from decongestants. They have a rebound effect that keeps you coming back for more. Think good thoughts. That always speeds healing. Pray if you're led to. HE is always watching over you.
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VITAMIN "C" all the way!!!!! Get some extra bed rest and soup!!!!!
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all the rest I can get and alka seltzer cold at bed time! :icon_rr:
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I take Alka-Selter Plus to get over my bout with a cold. I have taken Ny-Quil as well. It is a lot better than going through the things I went through as a child. My grandmother's idea was to give me doses of castor oil with a water chaser. That was gross as all get out. The castor oil was slimy and it did nothing for my cold. One of her friends had the idea of putting Vaseline on an apple and eating it to get rid of a cold, and I thought that was weird. I recall five years ago that my stepfather chose to pour whiskey into my eggnog. That made me upset at him, but I got over my cold earlier. I have boiled a lemon and drank the juice. It opened up my throat and made me feel better. There are several ideas that serve as remedies. ??? ??? ??? :wave:
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I increase my water intake, and ensure I get to sleep at least an hour earlier than usual. If I start getting too congested where I cannot breathe/sleep, I'll take some decongestant, but only the minimum dosage. I also will get a humidifier going in my room if I feel I'm "drying out" too much - the extra moisture in the air helps me breathe.
I also try my best to blow out everything I can when it's up in my nose, because I found that minimizes how much settles in my chest and then I won't have the 2-3 weeks of coughing post-cold.
When I sleep, I'll add an extra blanket or two to up my body temperature. By raising your body temperature, you'll help your body "burn out" the bug that started the cold.
Typically I'll be heavy on broth soups through this time, and I try to add some fresh garlic to them as well. Garlic is one of the few natural plants that is both antibacterial and antiviral - so whichever is causing your cold, the garlic will attack both.
I rarely get sick - I typically go years without anything. The rare occasion I do, it's so foreign to my normal state of being, I usually get on top of triaging the symptoms immediately so I typically can kill the cold in 24 hours, a really bad on may take 48 hours to kick it.
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vitamins, garlic, oj and hot toddies!!!!
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By "having a cold" I'm thinking that we're talking about a respiratory issue. I also take mega doses of vitamin C with juice to break down mucus and clear toxins.
If I have a headache I also take ibuprofen. I also take hot bathes and sleep as much as I can. Other than that, I allow it to run it's course. :heart:
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