How to cure a cold

[chicoazul]

Damn it! That is amazing. You just found my new name!!!!

(though seriously, Vitamin D plays an important part of sustaining a healthy immune system. Trust me)

Is it plentiful in Quiznos?

 

[Kiwi]

Too late for me normally lid, I can't cope on no kip.

Now I'm surrounded by banterrific tshirt wearing beauts off to Marbz for a weekend. Thank the Lord subway sells ale.

Subway sells ale?
*Hastens moving plans

 

[Hellerad]

Hydrate, rest, steroids to counter inflammation.

 

[SerenityNigh]

correct...but the immune system ravaged by viral infection permits secondary infection via bacteria (sore throats, ears etc)...so antibiotics are deployed to deal with the secondary aspect of 'infection'.
As I articulated in earlier post, if you can 'recognise' symptom/signal of early viral attack, you can immediately reinforce the immune system to kick the nasty viruses ass...keep ahead of the curve is my motto, both immunologically...and as a figurative for life in general.

MRSA thanks you for your diligent efforts to overmedicate the world.

 

[ilikecheese]

Boats and hoes

 

[Elong]

The boy who cried wolf.

A thread all because he has a little sniffle.

The boy who cried about not being able to do a Preview Thread.

Then bottled it.

 

[Boss_Blue]

I pick up on the very early symptoms of a cold and can head it off at the pass with 2 paracetamols every 4 hours, fresh lemon, grapefruit and/or orange juice, a couple of cloves of raw garlic, some raw ginger root (squeezed) and some fresh hot chilli.
It works nearly every time.
For suppression of symptoms, psuedoephidrene was excellent but we cannot get that in NZ anymore because it's the major precursor of methamphetamine .
Phenylephrine (which replaced psuedoephidrene) is a poor substitute

 

[magicjuan]

Honey, lemon, cinnamon, hot water. Can add whisky or rum, I use drambuie. Lemon breaks down mucus, honey is an anti septic. Cinnamon- in the big flu epidemic in the early 20 century a region of cinnamon production in china reported no deaths, 20m were killed globally. It works. Add paracetamol if you're a girl

 

[ijjysmith]

Chico has the bad AIDS?

 

[sageyefc]

If youre gonna be a lil bish, you may aswell end it all

 

[Rob17896]

Guinness and peanuts. Sworn by this for 40 years. Protein in the peanuts, iron in the Guinness.

Try it, it works. Dry roasted nuts and bottled Guinness ideally for me, but salted and draught will do

You'll thank me later...

Oh, and doesn't matter about the antibiotics. Perfectly safe with booze, the worst is you could get the craps. Old wives tale about it affecting them...

Nice miserable one here. Other than a serious situation you should not take antibiotics. Unless you have been living in a cardboard box (highly possible if you are from North Liverpool) then you should know that antibiotic resistance due to overuse is the most serious health issue facing the planet.

 

[Professor Toffee]

Or at least alleviate it.

Go head. Already snorted sawdust before you throw it in.

Complain a lot, works for me
Oh and a bit of Paracetamol

 

[Professor Toffee]

I'm on antibiotics sister.

Then its not a cold brother.
Unless self-prescribed which I hope not!
If its viral it'll shift and antibiotics will be of little use unless you also have an opportunistic respiratoty infection
If its bacterial and respiratory you probably are on a quite wide spectrum antibiotic and it'll take 5 days

 

[Kurt.]

Switch it off, wait 20 seconds , switch it back on again.

 

[Bungle]

*plumps up an extra pillow to put under your head and unfolds a blanket to keep you warm x

Good luck lifting that head to get an extra pillow under it