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[?]Remedies for the common cold?
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DROPPINBOMBS
United States312 Posts
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HeIios
Sweden2523 Posts
Should kill about everything, including your breath. | ||
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checo
Mexico1364 Posts
how much feber did you had? plz discribe your sinthomps so i can give you and advice XD | ||
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Saline
United States73 Posts
You can still try to help out your immune system by giving it what it needs--lots of rest, fluids, and energy. Try to eat--even if it's easy things like soup, bananas, etc. Drink lots of water, and get rest. Honestly, I'm not sure why your doctor prescribed you antibacterial medication for a cold--such medication has no effect on viruses. He should let you know if you have an infection as opposed to as simple cold. If your cold continues for much longer, it might mean you have something a bit worse than the cold, but most likely your body will fight it off on its own--just give it time. Hang in there! | ||
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Fa1nT
United States3423 Posts
Also, AFAIK (which isn't much, i don't get sick often) there is no "remedy" for a cold, just things to help reduce symptoms until your body deals with it. Time + good food + rest for your body, and maybe medicine for sore throats/runny nose/ect is all you would need I assume. I have never seen a "Serious cold" though, you should probably google or force your doctor to explain in detail. | ||
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Ichabod
United States1659 Posts
Edit: added bold for clarification; I'm aware that there has been no statistically significant evidence suggesting that vitamin C can completely cure/prevent the common cold, but some research suggests that vitamin C can reduce the duration/severity of cold symptoms. (1)(2) | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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fush
Canada563 Posts
if you're feeling that it's actually getting worse, it'd be helpful to keep track and let us know the symptoms as the above poster mentioned, how heavy of a fever you have would be a start. (and of course let your doctor know tomorrow) good luck, hope you get better | ||
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BillyHardcore
Denmark104 Posts
OT: Soup with some fresh green veggies, lemon juice, and vitamins. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
On November 22 2010 10:54 BillyHardcore wrote: Title stops at comm when link hovering, I suspected communism, instead of common. OT: Soup with some fresh green veggies, lemon juice, and vitamins. Did you? Did you *really*? OT: Vitamin C is your cure for everything! | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
theres plenty of deadly illnesses that look like a cold try water and sunlight | ||
micronesia
United States24700 Posts
Monday night though I probably was a bit feverish and wasn't sleeping properly... hallucinations and everything lol. Didn't have a detector in my bedroom though. | ||
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blarrgh
United States24 Posts
- Antihistamines (such as Benadryl) for your symptoms of a head cold (running nose, sneezing, etc.) - NSAIDs to reduce cough - Ipratropium bromide nasal spray (Atrovent) for additional control of running nose/ sneezing All the other things you've heard about... vitamins, zinc, echinacea, herbal meds have not been supported by controlled trials. If your cold has not gotten worse and no new symptoms have appeared (rash, bloody stool/ urine, worsened febrile state), do yourself a favor and don't return to the doctor's tomorrow. You will get nothing more than reassurance or some decongestants. In fact, he shouldn't have even prescribed you antibiotics in the first place (I'm going to guess Z-pak). | ||
Flicky
England2663 Posts
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
There are some throat infections that are caused by bacteria, but they generally have different symptoms, so your doctor should have been able to determine whether or not it looked bacterial or viral and shouldn't have given you that prescription. When it comes to a cold, your body has to build specialised white cells to counteract them. Therefore it can take a while to get over it if your body has never seen the specific strain of virus before and has to start from scratch. It can take longer than a week for this process. As for treatment, theres not a whole lot that has proven to be effective. The limiting process preventing your body from taking it out isn't a nutritional deficiency, and theres no substance that you can put in your throat that would selectively kill the virus. The best you can do is to look after your body so at least you are not placing any extra stress on it (eat well, get plenty of sleep, drink water etc) | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17326 Posts
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Thrill
2599 Posts
On November 22 2010 10:52 Ichabod wrote: Vitamin C is one of the most effective remedies in my experience. I usually take a gram or so a day to supplement my immune system, but when you first feel a cold coming on, increase intake to a few grams a day (as long as you don't get the runs, you don't need to lower your intake). Continue for a few days as needed. Who told you that works, the Headless Horseman? | ||
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Guard
Canada43 Posts
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Kakera
United States419 Posts
Porn. Porn cures like everything. Overweight? Porn. Fever? Porn. Horny? Porn. | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:03 micronesia wrote: I came down with a cold also. Sunday night my throat started to feel sore. Monday at about 9am I suddenly started to feel really crappy. Muscled through work, after a couple of hours of dealing with my car (terrible timing for body damage lol) I went home and got like 12 hours sleep. Muscled through another day of work and just relaxed until bed. From then on I felt a lot better... just been a bit congested the past few days but nothing to prevent me from usual activities. Monday night though I probably was a bit feverish and wasn't sleeping properly... hallucinations and everything lol. Didn't have a detector in my bedroom though. Man that sucks... I haven't had a fever so bad that I start hallucinating in a long time. I used to get some really bad fevers when I was younger. One time I hallucinated hydralisks coming out of the closet and they were HUGE! I can't believe I didn't remember that until now. @OP I doubt a lot of these people are doctors (they could have some experience with stuff like this though) that are saying it's bad he prescribed you anti-bacterials. IT does makes sense that it's weird that he did that while you have a virus haha. I'd suggest visiting a different doctor? Or asking him why he prescribed you medicine that won't fight your cold. Maybe he just did that so that it could stop a fever if you haven't had one yet? I don't know! You should find out though. I hope this isn't anything serious and just a bad cold and you get better soon ^_^ | ||
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Marl
United States692 Posts
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checo
Mexico1364 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:18 Thrill wrote: Who told you that works, the Headless Horseman? Theres several studys that suport macro intake of Vit C improving inmunological response from Linfocites, most of this are from russia and Europe. Of course that makes for a more acid urine also, so if you plan on doing it drink more water than usual ^^ | ||
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Trapist
Canada46 Posts
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Sero
United States692 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:45 checo wrote: Theres several studys that suport macro intake of Vit C improving inmunological response from Linfocites, most of this are from russia and Europe. Of course that makes for a more acid urine also, so if you plan on doing it drink more water than usual ^^ Linus Pauling proposed the use of vitamin C supplements to prevent the common cold, but scientific evidence has repeatedly failed to find support for his belief. That's prevent, not treat. And even that hasn't been confirmed through studies. | ||
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checo
Mexico1364 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:48 Sero wrote: Linus Pauling proposed the use of vitamin C supplements to prevent the common cold, but scientific evidence has repeatedly failed to find support for his belief. That's prevent, not treat. And even that hasn't been confirmed through studies. I didn't say anything about prevention or treatment i just said theres some proof of the Vit C helping to improve inmunological response, if it helps to treat or prevent i don't know lol... | ||
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:37 Sephy69 wrote: @OP I doubt a lot of these people are doctors (they could have some experience with stuff like this though) that are saying it's bad he prescribed you anti-bacterials. IT does makes sense that it's weird that he did that while you have a virus haha. I'd suggest visiting a different doctor? Or asking him why he prescribed you medicine that won't fight your cold. Maybe he just did that so that it could stop a fever if you haven't had one yet? I don't know! You should find out though. I hope this isn't anything serious and just a bad cold and you get better soon ^_^ Actually you'll be surprised at how many med students/doctors there really are on TL (med student myself). Doctors tend to prescribe anti-biotics for viral infections for 2 reasons. 1. They wanna take a shotgun approach to treating (while the vast majority of the time a common cold will be viral, there is the possibility that it is bacterial in nature and is not showing typical symptoms) 2. Patients want medication. People are idiots, and often don't care what a doctor thinks medically, they just want a pill that will make it go away. If a doctor tells someone that they have a virus and doesn't give them any medication, people feel as though they've been ripped off and won't go back to that doctor again, losing him clients. Especially if another doctor down the road gives them an antibiotic and then it clears up. The patient goes around saying the first doctor was an idiot for not giving them medication, when in truth it was the other way around and the antibiotics didnt do anything at all. To the OP, i'd give it more time to heal. Sometimes it just takes a while and theres nothing you can do about it. You've taken antibiotics and they didn't do anything so unless you contracted a superbug, you've basically got proof that you have a viral infection, which cannot be treated with anything. So just look after yourself. If the fever gets bad, take some paracetamol to calm it down and wait it out. | ||
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Koagel
Austria167 Posts
EDIT: Damnit, should refresh before I post. EDIT2: 1. They wanna take a shotgun approach to treating (while the vast majority of the time a common cold will be viral, there is the possibility that it is bacterial in nature and is not showing typical symptoms) Shotgun approach for the common cold? I'd call that a mistake, unless he really has a reason to believe that it's not the common cold.2. Patients want medication. People are idiots, and often don't care what a doctor thinks medically, they just want a pill that will make it go away. If a doctor tells someone that they have a virus and doesn't give them any medication, people feel as though they've been ripped off and won't go back to that doctor again, losing him clients. Especially if another doctor down the road gives them an antibiotic and then it clears up. The patient goes around saying the first doctor was an idiot for not giving them medication, when in truth it was the other way around and the antibiotics didnt do anything at all. I still don't feel like this justifies antibiotics. I mean, in med school they teach us to be responsible about antibiotics. Our pharma professor would rage if we told him that we'd just prescribe ABs for insufficient reasons. | ||
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yoplate
United States332 Posts
On November 22 2010 10:47 Saline wrote: I hate to say this, but the common cold is a virus, and there are no "miracle cures." Your body fights viruses with antibodies, not with chemicals found in food. Old wives' tales simply don't work. You can still try to help out your immune system by giving it what it needs--lots of rest, fluids, and energy. Try to eat--even if it's easy things like soup, bananas, etc. Drink lots of water, and get rest. Honestly, I'm not sure why your doctor prescribed you antibacterial medication for a cold--such medication has no effect on viruses. He should let you know if you have an infection as opposed to as simple cold. If your cold continues for much longer, it might mean you have something a bit worse than the cold, but most likely your body will fight it off on its own--just give it time. Hang in there! He is right. Drink liquids, eat food, and get a TON of sleep. That is the only way to cure a common cold. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
*Shakes fist at antibiotic prescribing doctors* Thanks for contributing to bacterial resistance. | ||
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blarrgh
United States24 Posts
From http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab000980.html Authors’ conclusions The failure of vitamin C supplementation to reduce the incidence of colds in the general population indicates that routine prophylaxis is not justified. Vitamin C could be useful for people exposed to brief periods of severe physical exercise. While the prophylaxis trials have consistently shown that vitamin C reduces the duration and alleviates the symptoms of colds, this was not replicated in the few therapeutic trials that have been carried out. Further therapeutic RCTs are warranted. Basically, pumping yourself full of Vit C after getting sick would not help you beyond the placebo effect (which is, ironically, one of the best therapies in modern medicine  ). | ||
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Sleight
2471 Posts
On November 22 2010 10:52 Ichabod wrote: Vitamin C is one of the most effective remedies in my experience. I usually take a gram or so a day to supplement my immune system, but when you first feel a cold coming on, increase intake to a few grams a day (as long as you don't get the runs, you don't need to lower your intake). Continue for a few days as needed. So you people need to read this: http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/pauling.html Linus Pauling invented the Vitamin C myth. It does about as much as getting slightly more sleep for your symptoms. The correct 'treatment' for a cold is staying as warm as possible and being sure to avoid fatty foods and red meats. Why? The warmer you are the less your body works at keeping you warm, conserving energy, and some viruses have been shown to replicate more effectively when their is an increased availability of certain kinds of amino acids. Staying away from fatty foods makes digestion easier. Cheers. | ||
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
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Koagel
Austria167 Posts
The existence of patients’ expectations regarding the prescription of antibiotics and their influence on the decisions of doctors to prescribe is unequivocal [7,15,16]; however, the prevalence of such expectations varies considerably depending on the setting or type of study. It can be as high as 50% in United States adults consulting for cold symptoms [17] or as low as 1.2% in the Dutch general population [12]. Overall, our results indicate a sensible approach to antibiotics among Germany’s public. Only a minority reported that they expected a prescription of antibiotics for cold symptoms and most reported to be taking antibiotics ‘only if absolutely necessary’. ... Furthermore, if patients do expect a prescription for cold symptoms, they do not necessarily expect a prescription of antibiotics. Van Driel et al. suggested that patients with acute sore throat and who hope for antibiotics are actually seeking treatment for pain [19]. This corresponds well to results of our survey, where 44% of respondents reported to expect symptomatic treatment for cold symptoms (e.g. lozenges, painkiller, cough medication) while only 7.7% reported to expect antibiotics for these symptoms. Antibiotics for the common cold: expectations of Germany's general population. Faber MS, Heckenbach K, Velasco E, Eckmanns T. Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. study regarding AB-expectations in patients with common cold Article seems to be free, yay, there aren't enough of those. It's mostly centered on Germany, but whatever, still interesting. | ||
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
On November 22 2010 12:02 Koagel wrote: Antibiotics are sometimes prescribed to prevent bacterial superinfections, but not if you just have a cold... Or at least ideally not, lol. Maybe he doesn't like you and wants you to get diarrhea too. EDIT: Damnit, should refresh before I post. EDIT2: Shotgun approach for the common cold? I'd call that a mistake, unless he really has a reason to believe that it's not the common cold. I still don't feel like this justifies antibiotics. I mean, in med school they teach us to be responsible about antibiotics. Our pharma professor would rage if we told him that we'd just prescribe ABs for insufficient reasons. Sorry, I think I might have come across as trying to justify his actions. Neither of those reasons are justified. I was just pointing out the common reasons why doctors do prescribe antibiotics when they know they will have no effect. My Infectious disease professor would also rage at me if I gave those answers as reasons for prescribing ABs | ||
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Koagel
Austria167 Posts
On November 22 2010 12:33 Fen wrote: Sorry, I think I might have come across as trying to justify his actions. Neither of those reasons are justified. I was just pointing out the common reasons why doctors do prescribe antibiotics when they know they will have no effect. My Infectious disease professor would also rage at me if I gave those answers as reasons for prescribing ABs Nah, just wanted to clear things up, I think I sounded more aggressive than I wanted to. | ||
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Synkair
United States10 Posts
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Kakera
United States419 Posts
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
Also, various nose-spray makes life a little less disgusting for a couple of hours after you use it. Try something like Strepsils - These are quite good for the throat ![[image loading]](http://www.wsdv.co.uk/pharmacy/img/strepsils-2.jpg) | ||
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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
On November 22 2010 13:43 danbel1005 wrote: You can expect to be sick for one to two weeks, drinking plenty of liquids can help. Water, juice, clear broth or warm lemon water with honey helps loosen congestion and prevents dehydration. No alcohol, coffee and caffeinated sodas, which make dehydration worse. Being doing this since I was born I was born I guess, WORKS EVERY TIME Wait what? No alcohol? I always drink some alcohol when I'm having a cold. Hot "Glühwein" (warm 'red wine' with spices, not really much %) removes the small pain in the limbs (?) and fatigue. But I have to mention (since you mention dehydration) that I drink about 3l of tea per day when I'm sick. That plus water & "Glühwein"  Other tipps: Stay inside. Keep warm. Dont go out. Going out of the house basically prolongs my colds for about 2-3 days. I never use any kind of medicine (the tea helps me with coughing). | ||
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Karl Maka
Canada55 Posts
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undyinglight
United States611 Posts
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/ Vitamin D upregulates natural anti-microbial peptides (cathelicidin, defensins) that obliterate viruses, bacteria, etc. and turn on T-lymphocytes which help stimulate immune response against foreign pathogens. Ever wonder why colds, and the flu always happen during the winter? Less sunlight = less vitamin D. Vitamin C does NOT work. No studies support the use of vitamin C, especially megadosing it to solve anything. It's a placebo if it helps you. Sleep is the most effective agent of course. Sleep allows your body to recover. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
Here's the wiki on it (well referenced) too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_and_influenza Also, referenced wiki on vitamin C and common cold all of which studies show NO EVIDENCE that it helps prevent or treat it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_and_the_common_cold | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
Whenever I get a cold nowadays, my regimen is 1-2 gallons of orange juice per day coupled with a great supplement called Airborne (note, both of these contain Vitamin D as well, if you feel like hedging your bets). If I have a fever, I shock it with ice cold baths three times per day and take Tylenol. If I have a flu and am constantly vomiting, I eat a lot of ginger snaps, and the ice baths help as well. I do not play ANY GAMES, that is very important, Starcraft is incredibly stressful and it will keep you sick much longer. Just rest and watch TV. Using this method, I have never been sick for longer than 2 days in my adult life. | ||
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potchip
Australia260 Posts
On November 22 2010 14:10 eshlow wrote: 10,000-20,000 IU of vitamin D. YOur cold will be gone in a day. Influenza may take a bit more.... I've dosed 30k IU before and had my flu gone in one night whereas others who I got it from had it a week or longer. http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/ Vitamin D upregulates natural anti-microbial peptides (cathelicidin, defensins) that obliterate viruses, bacteria, etc. and turn on T-lymphocytes which help stimulate immune response against foreign pathogens. Ever wonder why colds, and the flu always happen during the winter? Less sunlight = less vitamin D. Vitamin C does NOT work. No studies support the use of vitamin C, especially megadosing it to solve anything. It's a placebo if it helps you. Sleep is the most effective agent of course. Sleep allows your body to recover. Mmm intake of Vitamin D doesn't mean absorbtion though. I thought flu is seasonal because flu virus in general do not cope well with temperature above 35 celcius (they partically becomes dormant, so in general not as infectious, and are destroyed at like 70 degrees or something), whereas in winter, they are active. Bottom line, sunlight sure helps | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11583 Posts
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KhaosKreator
Canada145 Posts
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Owarida
United States333 Posts
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holydog
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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
I'm not sure what gargling salt water is about, but apparently it works pretty well. | ||
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
For all the selfish bastards out there, however, your best shot is just to cover up some of the symptoms with OTC drugs or good ol' chicken soup. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On November 22 2010 14:55 holydog wrote: There is no cure for the common cold. That's not exactly true. Your immune system is the cure. If you have a weak immune system, it will take much longer to get rid of the cold. Vitamin C and other supplements make your immune system strong enough to hold off the cold. Mental determination, good physical condition, and lack of stress will also help to make the cold disappear quicker. | ||
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Blyadischa
419 Posts
my solution : lemon honey tea chicken soup raging bull + taxi driver + king of comedy + sound of music marathon get better in a day or two for colds, 5-7 for the flu | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
My 'cures' for the common cold are simple: Pop Vitamin C & D like candy, drink a fuckload of water, and wash your hands more times than you believe is necessary. When a say a fuckload, i mean like enough so that regardless of the the two or three pills of both vitamins taken everyday, your pee is still crystal clear. Quite honestly, i can't remember the last cold i had. /shrug | ||
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Captain Mayhem
Sweden774 Posts
Eat fruit. I mean a shitload of it. Guzzled down like 5 pears, 3 oranges, 5 apples and 10ish plums. Also two big glasses of multivitamine juice. The next day, absolutely nothing of the cold left. My nose wasn't even a little runny. So tried it these two other times (mom and myself again), still works like a charm. Feeding the body energy to fight it off on its own seems to be a pretty damn good idea! | ||
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Koagel
Austria167 Posts
On November 22 2010 14:10 eshlow wrote: 10,000-20,000 IU of vitamin D. YOur cold will be gone in a day. Influenza may take a bit more.... I've dosed 30k IU before and had my flu gone in one night whereas others who I got it from had it a week or longer. http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/ Vitamin D upregulates natural anti-microbial peptides (cathelicidin, defensins) that obliterate viruses, bacteria, etc. and turn on T-lymphocytes which help stimulate immune response against foreign pathogens. Ever wonder why colds, and the flu always happen during the winter? Less sunlight = less vitamin D. Vitamin C does NOT work. No studies support the use of vitamin C, especially megadosing it to solve anything. It's a placebo if it helps you. Sleep is the most effective agent of course. Sleep allows your body to recover. I there really enough evidence to show that Vit. D can be used as a treatment already? I thought it could be used for prevention and there was not enough evidence for it to be a viable remedy so far. | ||
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
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Gnosis
Scotland912 Posts
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
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gibb
Sweden288 Posts
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On November 22 2010 21:59 Koagel wrote: I there really enough evidence to show that Vit. D can be used as a treatment already? I thought it could be used for prevention and there was not enough evidence for it to be a viable remedy so far. Yes, pharmaceutical dosing in hospital is 2000 IU/kg. Personally, I've found it works, and others I recommend it to works as well | ||
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Ajunta
Germany522 Posts
Here are three things that work for me: - Lots of spicy food: garlic (be a man and eat it raw, don't prepare it ...use milk or other food to sooth the burning), chillies, Hot Wings (KFC = my drugstore), and others. - stay clean. being sick is no excuse for not showering. - once you hit a fever the joke is over, go to the doctor and get some real treatment @the guys making a big fuss over the anti-bacterials: There is no such thing as a universal common cold, some people consider virus based colds as common, other consider bacteria-based colds as common | ||
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OOl
United States65 Posts
On November 22 2010 11:37 Sephy69 wrote: Man that sucks... I haven't had a fever so bad that I start hallucinating in a long time. I used to get some really bad fevers when I was younger. One time I hallucinated hydralisks coming out of the closet and they were HUGE! I can't believe I didn't remember that until now. @OP I doubt a lot of these people are doctors (they could have some experience with stuff like this though) that are saying it's bad he prescribed you anti-bacterials. IT does makes sense that it's weird that he did that while you have a virus haha. I'd suggest visiting a different doctor? Or asking him why he prescribed you medicine that won't fight your cold. Maybe he just did that so that it could stop a fever if you haven't had one yet? I don't know! You should find out though. I hope this isn't anything serious and just a bad cold and you get better soon ^_^ Those? Yeah they weren't hallucinations. Why do you think it took so long for you to remember? Memory wipes are not per-I mean...yeah! Weird hallucination man! Guess you overdid the SCing bro! OP: IMO the best cure/prevention method for a cold is just a generally healthy lifestyle--drink a lot of water, get enough sleep/exercise, live in a sanitary environment etc. I personally really rarely get colds as long as I eat healthy and get enough sleep. If I pull an all-nighter or start eating junky I notice I'll get sniffles and stuff. However, most of that is more preventative than when you actually have a cold. When I have a cold, I use airborne (http://airbornehealth.com/) and grape seed extract (I can't find a link to the actual brand I use, it's in liquid form and pretty potent, a few drops is adequate. Here's a page on grape seed extract in general:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_seed_extract) I'm no doctor, but I really find that combination works well for me and my family (we all use it when we're getting sick) That combined with general healthy living usually does the trick for me. However, when I do get sick it's usually pretty bad like your experiencing. I think even if you're living healthily there's just some colds that are too strong for your immune system to handle and as a result of your healthy living the minor colds get passed by and only the strong survive. In that situation, I just drink a TON of water to flush whatever it is out of my system as fast as possible. But, really there's not much you can do. I hope this helps somehow, just giving my 2 cents! | ||
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ArcticVanguard
United States450 Posts
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
If you're already sick do the same thing and you'll be fine in a couple of days. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
After a few years you are so accustomed to being sick that it doesn't really bother you anymore. | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
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Almeisan
50 Posts
Healthy food won't do anything to cure. Your body has a virus and your immune system will just have to make the anti-bodies. Anything you can do is just lessening the symptoms. Healthy food will be just that; healthy food. Overdosing on vitamin is not healthy food and doesn't do anything. Overdosing on vitamins is actually unhealthy. You ought to eat a diet heavily based on vegetables no matter if you are healthy or not. But to what degree healthy food improves your immune system as long as we aren't talking about elderly people, people with serious chronic diseases or malnutrition, I doubt it actually helps fighting viruses. | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.woorigarden.com/images/menu/menu_dish_samgyetang.jpg) i had some homemade when i had swine flu and this thing helped so much. there really isn't any cure for common cold, things can surely make it easy but no cure. good food and sleep > medicine | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.fitceleb.com/files/images/ginger%20tea.jpg) Ginger tea (get fresh ginger roots, peel it, cut it into small chunks, pour hot water, wait 10 minutes and you're good to go, no need to remove ginger pieces, you can just pour some more hot water when it's empty). Works wonders. Mix with Rooibos tea (or just your favourite, as long as you don't use sugar) for delicious taste. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
As for a remedy for a cold. Hmm, a few good nights sleep, drinking lots of water and eating fruit (to get vitamins ^^) usually does the trick for me. | ||
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Z3kk
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
In the short term make sure that you aren't running a high fever for days on end or you can suffer long-term damage to your body. If antibiotics do not help break the fever then you need to drop your body temperature through other means and you should definitely hospitalize yourself if the situation doesn't improve after a week - it could be something more menacing. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10751 Posts
Day after is horrible, really horrible. 2 days after i'm fine again. Works :p. | ||
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RiotSpectre
United States163 Posts
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GrazerRinge
999 Posts
Also no heavy physical exercise and lots of sleep. I am getting better now, i hope you get better soon too =D | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
On November 22 2010 13:11 Kakera wrote: People who get sick are amusing. I had all the symptoms for the flu a week ago on monday. Felt like crap one night and the next morning I was fine. I take no supplements no medicine ever, the only medicine I've ever taken outside of a surgery is sleeping aids and that's sporadically. Stop taking medicine for every little thing and you won't get sick. That and porn. Medicine just screws up your bodies ability to fend for itself. Grow a pair. People who can't sleep are amusing. | ||
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dahornnn
United Kingdom395 Posts
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SmoKe93
Germany162 Posts
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