I have a cold, my nose is stuffy and throat is sore, what are the best ways of getting this to go away fast?

Question

any medicines or foods that particularly help getting over this?

Answer 1

Drink orange juice or take Vitamin C suppliments. Vitamin C boosts your immune system and lessens your chances of getting sick and quickens "healing" time. Around cold and flu season, I drink lots of OJ to keep from getting sick and it works.

Answer 2

Breathing steam is great for colds. Boil some water, then put a towel over your head and breathe in the steam for 5 minutes. Besides getting a great facial, it helps clear out the nose. A lot of studies show that the common colds are caused by viruses in the nose, and the steam helps to at least keep symptoms at bay.

Answer 3

7 up

Answer 4

It will go away in 10 days or so. No matter what you do you can't speed that up. But you can make yourself feel better in the meantime by:

* Resting in bed
* Drinking plenty of fluids
* Gargling with warm salt water or using throat sprays or lozenges for a scratchy or sore throat
* Using petroleum jelly for a raw nose
* Taking aspirin or acetaminophen, Tylenol, for example, for headache or fever (IF you are over 18---if not, don't use aspirin)

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Answer 5

Gargle with warm salty water (1/2 tsp to half a cup water). Repeat every few hours as long as the soreness in your thoat persists.

I've heard a lot of people recommend Cold-Eze.

Answer 6

Ride it out. It's not going to go away faster. But DON'T eat dairy or chocolate. That will just make you more congested. Do gargle with salt water a lot- hot as you can stand it, take Vitamin C for general rebuilding of your health, and if you have green or yellow sputum or mucus, you DO have a secondary infection. In that case, don't wait, get anti-biotics pronto.

Answer 7

here's a full treatment for your cold...
1. zicam shortens the cold virus...http://www.zicam.com/....
2. Mucinex DM helps with nasal and chest congestion... http://www.mucinex.com/05_products.asp#d
3. Antioxidant organic smoothie found in the veggie section of most wal-marts help your body to fight and ward off future processes. (all of the above can be found at wal-mart)
4. hold your head under a towel over a steaming bowl of water opens airways and loosens congestion
5. light exercise has been shown in some studies to improve symptoms and shorten cold duration
6. drink lots of water
most and foremost...if symptoms worsen...contact your GP...

--a witchy nurse

Answer 8

AIRBORNE

u can get it at ur local pharmacy it is a FANTASTIC supplement that when taken at first symptoms of a cold almost never fails, i take liek 500 in the winter, because i used to get colds easily, but i havent had one since i started taking this, i highly suggest it (o yea go for the orange flavor)

Answer 9

While I tend to not like recommending cold/flu remedies two really good ones are Tylenol Cold and Flu and Cold FX. To prevent it in future, take lots of Vitamin C & E, drink lots of water and wash your hands routinely.

Answer 10

buy some 12 hour nasal spray and take 2 500mg. of Tylenol for the pain also try some sore throat lozentures