I don't feel really sick to the point where i have a fever but i feel a little achy and a tad bit hot but the main thing is i have a huge cough and it hurts when i caugh also sometimes snot comes out when i caugh. I have a little headach but it's not that bad it just feels like when you get up and i just did get up but mainly it's my throat. Is there any tips for me to get better i know that i'm supose to drink lots of fluids and rest but i need more!
Thank you loads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-11 04:06:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
You need to be taking either tylenol or ibuprofen so your chest and throat don't hurt when you cough. Salt water gargles (one teaspoon salt in one glass warm water - gargle and spit out - can do this as often as you want) will also help. Continue with lots of fluids, rest as much as possible. Sometimes a cough med can help too.
2007-11-11 04:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by J B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you could be coming down with the flu or something similar. Try some vitamin c (helps prevent colds) and make sure you drinks plenty of fluids that will hydrate you (gatorade, water,stuff like that, not coffee though), make sure you rest. Also, if the cough is hurting you, it probablly wouldn't hurt to get some cough drops or some cough medicine to help with that. Take care and I hope you get better soon.
2007-11-11 12:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by Scooter_The_Squirrels_Wifey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take some over the counter pain meds like Tylenol 500mg or 2 Tylenol 325 mg , that should take care of the feverish feeling and sore throat , also get some over the counter throat lozenges and spray and make sure that they have some numbing ingredients in them for immediate relief of the soreness and rest by not talking and talking or screaming or not doing anything that will put a strain on your throat .
2007-11-11 12:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by ELLIE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have an upper respiratory so yes drink fluids and lots of chicken soup or broth. For the cough use cough medicine if the cough is bother some and pick up some mucinex to help get that phlegm out of your chest. For the aches and pains use ibuprofen or naproxen. There is nothing more you can do but wait it out.
2007-11-11 12:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the doctor because I too was having all these symptoms and I waited and waited by trying to treat it myself with over the counter remedies and it turned out that I had a chest infection that needed antibiotics,and a 2nd lot after that due to me having prolonged going to get my chest listened to sooner.
The doctor told me that the aches,feeling hot etc.. was my bodies way of telling me there was an infection present,more so if you have a very bad cough that hurts when you cough.
2007-11-11 12:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by tinyfeet64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cough is spelled like that, first of all.
Drink LOTS of fluids. You probably have strep or something like that. Take some tylenol for the headache and fever and some TheraFlu for the throat. I know they have some TheraFlu for throats, but I can't remember the exact name.
Good luck and I hope you get better! ^_^
2007-11-11 13:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take vitamin C and vitamin E. Those two combined help strengthen your immune system. Don't eat dairy (they'll make the cough worse). And don't eat junk food. Just rest, take the vitamins, eat healthy, drink lots of water. Oh, and get some cough syrup or something like that. And maybe one of those steamer things you fill with water and breathe near....
2007-11-11 12:10:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you got the run of the milll crap thats comes around every year,take some Tylenol,drink lots of liqiuds and get more rest than you normaly do. Tylonel Pm is great befor bedtime. You'll be ok in 2 or 3 days :)
2007-11-11 12:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by doc_holliday1863 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take vitamins, minerals, eat fruit & veg. eat healthily basically. make sure you cover up really well if you go outside. sleeeeeep - it helps a lot. take honey when you're coughing - its a natural antibiotic and helps stop the coughing if your throat is irritated. drink hot rosemary or mint or basil or good herbal teas (add honey in, dont put sugar). don't drink fizzy drinks or coffee, have lots of water. soup. etc.
get better soon:)
2007-11-11 12:12:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was sick for a week and I took some of that airborne stuff and felt 100% better the next day. Im not sure but I really think that did it.
2007-11-11 12:10:08 · answer #10 · answered by s01psb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋