How to get rid of a cold?!
Question: How to get rid of a cold!?
I have a really bad cold!. I keep coughing, sneezing and i have a stuffy nose!. Any tips!?!?
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Answers:
Taking Vitamin C will definitely not get rid of your cold, and there are many sources of research that will tell you so!. Even more so, chew able vitamin C tablets are made up of concentrated ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and taking too many will just erode your teeth!. The only thing it will cure is Scurvy!. Although a good diet including consumption of Vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals will help prevent you from getting sick by strengthening your immune system!.
Best things to do:
NUMBER ONE BEST thing: Lots of sleep
TWO: Don't overwork yourself!. Try taking it easy at work if you can't call in sick, especially if it includes manual labour, you'll find if you don't, you'll feel even more miserable at the end of your shift!. Ask your supervisor for alternative work that isn't as physically demanding while you are sick!. You'll get better quicker and be more excessivee sooner, which will also make your supervisor happy!. AVOID exercise!. If your adamant about exercising, exclude demanding cardiovascular exercise!. Stick to strength training and walking at most!.
THREE: Try not to eat too many carbs during the day, they'll make you feel sluggish!. Stick to eating lots of fresh vegetables and fruit!. Make smoothies from frozen fruit ( it's just picked fruit that is flash frozen and is kept much more fresh than fruit that has been shipped and sitting in a store for 2 weeks!. As long as you don't nuke this fruit)!.
FOUR: Try not to take acetaminophen (Tylenol, also in all cold products like dayquil)!. acetaminophen regulates your body temperature, this is a bad thing when your sick because this is the way your body gets better!. Your body is raising it's temperature to "burn" out the virus and bacteria!. It creates an environment to make the virus hard to live in!. If you regulate your body temp with acetaminophen containing cold medication, this will just make the cold last longer!. This goes for any type of infection!. Only take it if the fever gets over 102 F!. But if you absolutely cannot help it and will lose sleep at night if your in discomfort, stick to taking it at night!. It's even worse to lose sleep!. If you are congested, try to stick to decongestant things, like nasal sprays, but use them sparingly!. Excellent alternatives to this is hot and spicy foods, this will make your nose run like water and you'll be able to breath again, at least for several hours!. Another alternative is heating up some Vic's vapor rub with some water and inhaling the fumes!.
FIVE: Cepacol is a brand of throat drops that is an anaesthetic and antibacterial!. It will both temporarily numb your throat while at the same time killing bacteria!. Your throat will feel better in 2-3 days!. You'll find this in any drug store!.
SIX: don't do anything that will compromise your immune system such as:
-drinking alcohol
-Exercising
-not sleeping
-making yourself cold
-take acetaminophen unnecessarily
DO:
-sleep a lot
-drink lots of water to keep you hydrated
-keep warm
-eat healthy!. Eat breakfast, lunch, dinner!. Avoid fast food and too many carbs that will make you feel sluggish and worse!.
-stay positive
-take Cepacol
If you're sore throat and/or fever is not getting better after 2-3 days, it is recommended you see a doctor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Best things to do:
NUMBER ONE BEST thing: Lots of sleep
TWO: Don't overwork yourself!. Try taking it easy at work if you can't call in sick, especially if it includes manual labour, you'll find if you don't, you'll feel even more miserable at the end of your shift!. Ask your supervisor for alternative work that isn't as physically demanding while you are sick!. You'll get better quicker and be more excessivee sooner, which will also make your supervisor happy!. AVOID exercise!. If your adamant about exercising, exclude demanding cardiovascular exercise!. Stick to strength training and walking at most!.
THREE: Try not to eat too many carbs during the day, they'll make you feel sluggish!. Stick to eating lots of fresh vegetables and fruit!. Make smoothies from frozen fruit ( it's just picked fruit that is flash frozen and is kept much more fresh than fruit that has been shipped and sitting in a store for 2 weeks!. As long as you don't nuke this fruit)!.
FOUR: Try not to take acetaminophen (Tylenol, also in all cold products like dayquil)!. acetaminophen regulates your body temperature, this is a bad thing when your sick because this is the way your body gets better!. Your body is raising it's temperature to "burn" out the virus and bacteria!. It creates an environment to make the virus hard to live in!. If you regulate your body temp with acetaminophen containing cold medication, this will just make the cold last longer!. This goes for any type of infection!. Only take it if the fever gets over 102 F!. But if you absolutely cannot help it and will lose sleep at night if your in discomfort, stick to taking it at night!. It's even worse to lose sleep!. If you are congested, try to stick to decongestant things, like nasal sprays, but use them sparingly!. Excellent alternatives to this is hot and spicy foods, this will make your nose run like water and you'll be able to breath again, at least for several hours!. Another alternative is heating up some Vic's vapor rub with some water and inhaling the fumes!.
FIVE: Cepacol is a brand of throat drops that is an anaesthetic and antibacterial!. It will both temporarily numb your throat while at the same time killing bacteria!. Your throat will feel better in 2-3 days!. You'll find this in any drug store!.
SIX: don't do anything that will compromise your immune system such as:
-drinking alcohol
-Exercising
-not sleeping
-making yourself cold
-take acetaminophen unnecessarily
DO:
-sleep a lot
-drink lots of water to keep you hydrated
-keep warm
-eat healthy!. Eat breakfast, lunch, dinner!. Avoid fast food and too many carbs that will make you feel sluggish and worse!.
-stay positive
-take Cepacol
If you're sore throat and/or fever is not getting better after 2-3 days, it is recommended you see a doctor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You poor baby!. I've heard taking zinc tablets will help shorten the length of the cold if you start taking them immediately when you first get a cold!. Remember to drink plenty of water to help eliminate the mucus!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Head down to the drugstore and ask for something for a cold, also, lots and lots of vitamin C, so buy oranges and eat or make them into juice, but plenty of oranges!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
lie in bed
drink hot tea
eat vegetable soup
sleep more
and don't eat cold
PS take vitamins
like C/A/D/B and some other stuff like that
or drink green tea Www@Answer-Health@Com
drink hot tea
eat vegetable soup
sleep more
and don't eat cold
PS take vitamins
like C/A/D/B and some other stuff like that
or drink green tea Www@Answer-Health@Com
i have a bad cold too!. Our whole entire school is sick, just to let you know, lol!. time will make it go awayWww@Answer-Health@Com
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well u have to go to doctor and ask what happen then u will get the pillsWww@Answer-Health@Com