SEVERE COLD... HELPPP

Sierra_419
Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
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THIS MAY NOT BE WEIGHT LOSS RELATED BUT I GOT SICK 2 DAYS AGO...WHEN I GET SICK.. I GET REALLLYYY SICK.
I JUST STARTED A NEW JOB..
VERY STRENUOUS WORK.. EVEN HARDER WORK WHILE SICK & I CANT MISS ANY DAYS YET..
MY NOSE IS STUFFY.. HEAD HURTS.. THROAT HURTS... COUGHING UP GREEN MUCUS (SORRY FOR THE TMI) ... WHAT CAN I DO TO KNOCK THIS COLD OUT ASAPPPPP ?.. SOMEONE SUGGESTED THERAFLU .. MAY HAVE TO GO PICK THAT UP ...
I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS BEFORE I GO TO THE STORE .

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  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    IVE BEEN DRINKING ORANGE JUICE. USING VICKS . ATE BROTH BASED SOUP. TOOK TYLENOL . USED THROAT SPRAY.
    : (
  • katamus
    katamus Posts: 2,363 Member
    I am just getting over the exact same thing. But I do Eastern medicine..
  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    UGH IT SUCKS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK . : (
  • monicalosesweight
    monicalosesweight Posts: 1,173 Member
    I would go to a health food store and get some zinc/vitamin C tablets. Zinc is really good for viruses and should help you fight it off.
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    Take your caps button off! go to bed and drink lots x
  • jillleanne
    jillleanne Posts: 72 Member
    Coughing up green sputum is generally a sign of bacterial infection. Which your body can sometimes fight by itself, but sometimes an antibiotic will help you out and speed up the process. I'd just pop into a medical clinic and tell them your symptoms. In the meantime, orange juice, tea, brothy soups and REST.

    I know a lot of people who swear by a shot (or two) of alcohol to clear things up too. At the very least it'll put you to sleep haha
  • Debbiedebbiey
    Debbiedebbiey Posts: 824 Member
    Zinc, water, citrus fruit & plenty of rest. (stay on the ibuprofen as well) good luck'
  • scorpiotwinkles
    scorpiotwinkles Posts: 215 Member
    1000mg Vitamin C three times a day for a week, then once a day after that for another week. should do it. I find the dissolvable type gets into the system quicker. Oh, and lots of water.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    a cold is virus so once you have it it has to just take it's course.
  • desiv2
    desiv2 Posts: 651 Member
    Honestly, you already have the cold, you just have to wait it out. Of course, taking vitamin c, Dayquil (Tylenol cold products don't help me at all), throat spray, cough drops, etc don't hurt. Take NyQuil before bed to make sure you can go to sleep and get plenty of rest, sleep with a humidifier, you can get the kind that you can put vicks in and that helps keep you from waking up with the worst sore throat.
  • 0MissErin0
    0MissErin0 Posts: 92 Member
    Take Zinc, Vit C, E...

    Put garlic, ginger, chilli in everything.

    If you have a sore throat (it doesn't taste the greatest to some people) Boil some water, let it sit for a bit. Add ginger, lemon and honey (fresh, adjust it to ur taste) Sip it slowly... Helps your throat.

    Stay away from cold and flu medications, they do nothing for you they just mask the symptoms.

    Make lentils and vegetable soup... Put every vege you can think of/or like in it. (but try and add the veges in last and don't over cook them... Add lots of chilli, garlic and a little bit of ginger. Spices are awesome!!!

    If you can... make fresh orange(or other vitamin C fruit) juice. Getting your vitamin C from natural source rather than supplement is better for you.

    Drink lots of water!!!!!!.... Rest when you are home from work. Sleep as much as you can.

    All this should knock out that cold pretty quickly!!!
  • genefabes
    genefabes Posts: 132
    whiskey,tea, and lemon+ bed. :)
  • lidanielson
    lidanielson Posts: 5
    I just got over a horrible cold. DRINK APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. 2 tbls. with 1 tbl. of honey in hot water, you can add a tea bag for flavor too. Natural anti-viral, antibiotic, immune booster. Breaks up the mucous and it stopped me from developing a nasty sinus infection needing antibiotics. I drank it this combo 2-3 times a day. good luck!
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    I HIGHLY recommend flushing out your sinuses w/ a nasal (neti ) pot. They sell them @ the store, or you can even use a sports bottle w/ a pop up type lid, make your own saline solution w/ non iodized salt and water.

    Check out youtube to find HOW to use them.

    Along w/ any medications you might find, this will LITERALLY beat the SNOT outta a wicked sinus infection

    Also, use a warm steam vaporizer to help keep your sinuses open

    Good Luck......feel your pain......just ran thru this regime and was over it in 24 hrs.!
  • bethygirlie
    bethygirlie Posts: 311 Member
    Cough up everything you can into tissues, don't swallow anything back into your system. Zinc, honey and lemon usually helps me (honey mixed with lemon juice), and tea. Also, cold-eeze cough drops seem to help, and a lot of vitamin C. Hang in there. There are tissues out there with vicks in them, they are awesome!
  • x_JT_x
    x_JT_x Posts: 364
    Best thing ever invented for a cold/sinus infection: The NetiPot!!!

    Cuts my cold and sinus infection duration in half and most times stops them in their tracks. Love that thing!
  • toledochic
    toledochic Posts: 46 Member
    orange juice can make your mucus thicker
  • DollyMiel
    DollyMiel Posts: 377 Member
    If you keep yelling like that, your throat will never get better.
  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    lol sorry for the caps . just was in a rush to get some feed back. thank you .
  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    I am just getting over the exact same thing. But I do Eastern medicine..

    i had the same thing 2 weeks ago!! started as a weird scratchy throat, then coughing/chest congestion, then nasal congestion/sneezing on top of it. it was horrible and lasted for 10 days exactly. dr gave me an antibiotic that didn't work. a few of my coworkers had it too. honestly nothing really worked for me. i was taking maximum strength 12-hour Mucinex every 4 hours (the cough and chest congestion one). get lots of sleep, drink TONS of water and...wait. :frown:
  • Sierra_419
    Sierra_419 Posts: 201 Member
    I am just getting over the exact same thing. But I do Eastern medicine..

    i had the same thing 2 weeks ago!! started as a weird scratchy throat, then coughing/chest congestion, then nasal congestion/sneezing on top of it. it was horrible and lasted for 10 days exactly. dr gave me an antibiotic that didn't work. a few of my coworkers had it too. honestly nothing really worked for me. i was taking maximum strength 12-hour Mucinex every 4 hours (the cough and chest congestion one). get lots of sleep, drink TONS of water and...wait. :frown:

    : ( yeah i think someone at work got me sick.. a lot of sneezing and coughing going around.. my immune system sucksss .. thanks tho. im trying .

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