cold help...?

Question

i think i am getting sick (cold). I have a sore throat, my nose isnt running but i just feel blah. does anyone have an ideas on what will make me feel better. i cant go to the store to buy medicine right now and all i have is tylenol.

Answer 1

try soaking in a hot tub of water, and drink some hott tea and get plenty of rest.

Answer 2

Drink some Gatorade, eat something, take a zinc tablet and a vitamin C, and get some sleep. I love zinc; whenever I start feeling sick I take zinc with every meal and I never get the cold. Be sure to eat though, it will upset your stomach if you don't. If all you have is Tylenol, skip it. Tylenol would reduce your fever, and your immune system works best when your body temperature is elevated (hence, getting a fever!).

Answer 3

As Soon As You Can (within 24-48 hrs OR SOONER) take Cold Eezz. It has a special zinc formula in it that really helps kick your cold if taken as soon as you can. Take 2 at a time(they are like hard candy but taste kind of strange). In the meantime gargle with warm salt water and drink lots of water. Feel better soon!!!

Answer 4

A cold is a virus...Really nothing ya' can do!!!

Hand washing is the beat way to avoid virus!!!

Rest, drink lots of fluids, take an over the counter cold product for symptom relief.

Regardless...A cold will last 7-10 days!!!

Answer 5

Well, from what I know, just stay warm, take your medicine, have some chicken soup or something like that, some cracker's and mineral water. That;s what I do if it isnt mild. Have plenty of sleep, and if ya' dont feel better, GO SEE A DOCTOR T_T

Answer 6

Keep taking your tylenol every 4 hours and drink lots of water or other beverages. Wrap up in a nice warm bed and take a long nap.

Answer 7

What you want to do is treat the symptoms. Like your sore throat and wherever other symptoms you have and you should feel great. Read the box that the medicine comes in and it will let you know what it treats.

Answer 8

You can take Tylenol, it will not CURE anything, but it will make you feel a bit better... just relax, take it easy, drink a lot of water, nice hot tea... not much else you can do about it!

Answer 9

Well the best thing is to get alka seltzer cold/flu but if your looking for home remedies......get a lemon,bee honey, and some tea drink that and rub vics vapor rub on your throwt and put some inside your ears. That should get you back to normal.

Answer 10

1 shot of dark rum
Juice of half a lemon
2 teaspoons of brown sugar
hot water

blend together in a mug, add a knob of butter let it melt and stir well. Sip it and then go to bed. The butter will soothe your throat and the rum will help you sweat it out in bed.

Answer 11

Tylenol should help
But check this oAmerican kids will miss 22 million days of school this year, all because of the common cold. There is no cure for the cold, but there are many ways to prevent it. And one of those ways is more important than any other.

Six-year-old Gabrielle Bloomberg has a cold.

“She’s been complaining of fever, and she’s been complaining about difficulty swallowing,” says her dad, Howard Bloomberg.

And eight-year-old Cody Eggersman has a cold.

“Friday he was complaining a little bit of ringing ears,” explains his mom Leslie Eggersman, “And then um, over the course of the weekend he’s just been real congested and then this morning he woke up with a headache and a fever.”

“When children get together, they tend to spread infection,” says pediatrician Michael Levine, M.D., “And it doesn’t matter if it’s nursery school, preschool, grammar school, whatever, things spread when they get together in crowds.”

And when a child has to take a day off, often a parent does as well.

“I work, my wife works, and it throws our schedule out, so it’s quite an ordeal,” says Mr. Bloomberg.

There is one source of infection greater than any other!

A child’s hands.

Doctors say that’s where prevention begins.

“It’s so simple, you don’t need a very expensive regime,” says Dr. Levine, “Just teach children to wash their hands carefully. The main thing is to not just put your hands underwater, but to rub them while you’re doing it. The soap helps cause it makes you concentrate that you’re supposed to be washing your hands, but it’s the friction that seems to help, to get rid of the bacteria from your hands while you’re washing them.”

He says other ways to prevent infection include; washing toys or other objects that may carry germs, drinking lots of fluids, eating a healthy diet, and plenty of exercise.

“So the things you’ve heard all your life haven’t changed,” says Dr. Levine, “The thing that we’re emphasizing more these days, in addition to diet and exercise, is frequent hand washing and washing of objects around the children.”



By Larry Eldridge
CWK Network, Inc.
The common cold is sometimes difficult to define. Basically, a cold is a viral infection of the upper respiratory system. In fact, more than 200 different viruses are known to cause the symptoms of the common cold. Colds are most prevalent among children and seem to be related to a youngster’s relative lack of resistance to infection and to contacts with other children in daycare centers and schools. Children have about six to 10 colds a year. In families with children in school, the number of colds per child can be as high as 12 a year.

To a certain extent, colds are identified and defined by their symptoms. The symptoms of a cold usually begin to appear two to three days after the initial infection occurs and may include:

Nasal discharge
Obstruction of nasal breathing
Swelling of the sinus membranes
Sneezing
Sore throat
Cough
Headache
Fever (usually slight, but can climb to as high as 102 degrees in infants and young children).



By Larry Eldridge
CWK Network, Inc.
There is very little a physician or parent can do to treat the common cold. Colds and cold symptoms can last from two to 14 days, but two-thirds of people recover in a week. Contrary to what many parents believe, antibiotics do not kill viruses and will have no effect on either the symptoms or the duration of the common cold. The best that a parent or physician can do to treat a cold is try to alleviate some of the symptoms of the cold. According to experts at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recommendations for treatment of cold symptoms include:

Bed rest
Plenty of fluids
Gargling with warm salt water
Petroleum jelly for a raw nose
Acetaminophen to relieve headache or fever
Nonprescription cold remedies, including decongestants and cough suppressants, may relieve some cold symptoms, but they will not prevent, cure or even shorten the duration of the illness. Moreover, most have some side effects – such as drowsiness, dizziness, insomnia or upset stomach – that may have increased effects on children. Nonprescription antihistamines, however, may have some effect in relieving the runny nose and watery eyes that are commonly associated with colds.

Keep in mind when using any over-the-counter medicine that they all have important information on the bottle or box. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges parents to always read the information on the label before using a product. Consumers can learn the following information about a medication from its label:

Dosage amounts of the drug for an individual
How often to give the drug
Ingredients of the drug
Warnings about using the drug
Whether or not the drug is safe for children
If no dosage recommendations for children under age 12 are given on the bottle, ask your doctor or pharmacist if the medicine is safe for young children.