... and have woke up today, with a snotty nose, cold bones I generally feel as though I am coming down with a cold. What can I do, or take, or eat that will help prevent it coming on.
Or something that will make me feel a bit better
2006-09-30 12:14:48 · 17 answers · asked by Sam S 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
oranges and lots of em.
vitamin c is the clue.
failing that buy a kilt and do the highland fling.
2006-09-30 12:17:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's one that will work for you, amazingly fast, too. My friend Katy told me to sip the tiniest amount(about a teaspoon) of regular mouthwash and swallow it. The small amount will not hurt your tummy and what it does is instantly kill all the bacteria on your throat lining. All ther way down, too. Is that simple and amazing, or what? You probably are British? Well, cheers! Actually nothing works quite as well as a very large mug of very hot English Breakfast tea to nail that awful feeling you described. I would use some honey in it and put my feet up and toss a light blanket over my lap and really get into getting well again. Tea does it every time because it relaxes you like having good parents. Best to you always, - C.
2006-09-30 19:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi well im also getting over a cold,sore throat,chest infection its only taken 6 days.Still have a runny nose thou.I have atshma so my gp always has to prescribe me with steriods and antiobiotics as a cold goes straight to my chest so i think this is why i feel better in such a short time.I did also take vitamin c capsules and congestion pills to they helped.Well i hope you get better soon,im off to spain today so hopefully the sun will dry mine up.
2006-10-01 04:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by Sexy Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is amazing that in this day and age the oldest remedies are the best. Take 1 tablespoon of Honey and a teaspoon of vinegar mix in a glass of boiling water and wait until cooled enough to drink. This used to be an old witches brew but is now actually sold off the shelf as Honeygar.
2006-09-30 19:32:41 · answer #4 · answered by Taz D'vil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can minimise the risk of catching it by topping up you immune system with vitamine C and other supplements you can find in Health stores but there is still a good chance you will catch it anyway as the virus tend to mutate from strengh to strengh as he goes along. To make you feel better, lots of fluids, hot soups, in bed for a couple of days. Every morning, when you wake up, change you bed and aerate you room.
2006-09-30 19:20:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paracetamol to help bring down temperature
Ibuprofen to reduce any inflammation
Hot lemon with honey in it
Plenty of vitamin c
Drink lots of water
You can take a decongestant which will help relieve the nose/head stuffiness, something with pseudoephedrine or Phenylephrine in it.
HOpe you feel better soon!
2006-09-30 19:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by lozzielaws 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
I always start a cold with a sore throat
you can not hurry a cold,drink plenty, hot lemon drinks make you feel better and plenty of
Tissues, when you go to bed try a " Hot Toddie"
with whisky, get well soon.
2006-10-01 04:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by shirley m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat shed loads of vit C, the same old, same old, but it works. A cough will last for up to 10 days though. But vit C is the best thing. Rest and wrap up warm if it's cold where you live.
2006-09-30 19:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fastest and cost free way to cure a common cough and cold to boil all hot spices that you store in your kitchen for quick relief. Take 5 grains of black pepper, 2 clove flakes, small piece of cinnamon stick, 7 basil leaves and a piece of ginger and boil them together with 200 ml water. Dink this boiled mixture three times a day to get rid of your cough. Inhale steam three times a day and drink hot water. Avoid cold drinks, icecream, sour fruits, yoghurt and buttermilk. Milk should be taken adding a tea spoon of turmeric powder boiled together before drinking. Avoid air-conditioned spaces and cover your body with warm clothes during winter. Stop eating sugar and replace it with sugar free tablets until one recovers from the disorder. Also one must try to sneeze by tickling nostrils with the help of tooth pick or clean paper roll to remove excess cough from the head to avoid headache. Remover all tooth brushes from the Bath Room so that the cockroaches do not get chance to put their mouth on them during night to spread the disease among other members in the family and keep them separately in bed room or other dry place in the house. Change your toothbrush every after three months and brush your teeth and clean your tongue without fail before going to bed at night. Correct your bowel movements if you are constipated for the mucus to pass in stool and it is most important in all kinds of diseases and disorders to correct constipation in the first place. Take care and be in good health.
2006-09-30 19:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by Kunwar Singh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plenty of hot drinks (no milk) wrap up well when you go to bed.
If the symtoms persist, get in touch with your GP - it may well be the flu or bronchitis and not the cold.
2006-09-30 19:35:32 · answer #10 · answered by «Dave» 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot chicken broth will help you of course it will burn for a sec,esp. after the first sip. but the heat of the bacteria will help kill the germs and sooth you. you can also inbetween that take a spoonful of honey,soothe your cough.
and tacke plaenty of vit. c or eat pleanty of oranges.
hope you feel better soon.
jan
2006-09-30 19:25:21 · answer #11 · answered by strwberridreamz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋