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What do you do when you have a cold?

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  • #62
    Heisenberg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Heisenberg1


    Last cold I had which was 2 weeks ago I treated it like any cold I get a slice of lemon in hot water and that's it. And I always make sure my hands are always washed.


  • #63
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Climb Howth or Bray head as quickly as I can on foot. Sweat it out of me. Works 9 times out of 10.


  • #64
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    paracetamol at first sign of a sniffle, antihistamine to dry up the snots, medicated mouth wash for the sore throat, more paracetamol as required. Its very important to buy the soft tissues for your nose, the ones with aloe vera are great, the ones with menthol vapors are extra nice too. Bed rest and keep very warm, warm enough to raise temperature to fever level. I love fevers, firstly they are excellently trippy but also they serve a purpose by encouraging your body to fight.


  • #65
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Lemsip and my inhaler at the first sign of a cold. The majority of the time, I end up with a chest infection and on antibiotics if I let a cold develop, so I start on the Lemsip or panadol at the first sign.

    Haven't had even a sniffle since I quit smoking 6 weeks ago, though, so maybe my days of chest infections are behind me :)


  • #66
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    I bitch and whine and moan and complain and analyse every twinge and cough and sneeze, occasionally try to convince myself it's much more serious, pop a few pills, get bored of all the self-obsession, then get over it. Same as most people really.


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  • #67
    WhiteWalls
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭WhiteWalls


    pharmaton wrote: »
    paracetamol at first sign of a sniffle, antihistamine to dry up the snots, medicated mouth wash for the sore throat, more paracetamol as required. Its very important to buy the soft tissues for your nose, the ones with aloe vera are great, the ones with menthol vapors are extra nice too. Bed rest and keep very warm, warm enough to raise temperature to fever level. I love fevers, firstly they are excellently trippy but also they serve a purpose by encouraging your body to fight.

    Your a CCE, Common Cold Expert


  • #68
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    catallus wrote: »
    I went through two boxes of uniflu and it had no effect.

    The boxes themselves don't have much an effect on colds


  • #69
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    catallus wrote: »
    I went through two boxes of uniflu and it had no effect.
    Don't believe everything you see on tv ;)


  • #70
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    I've always believed in the adage that a cold is best fed, while a flu should be starved.

    My partner is part Jewish, and knocks up a lovely hearty chicken soup. Mix that with a glass of Scotch, an early night, and a steam shower, and I'm usually on the way to recovery.


  • #71
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    Curse the person dumb enough to hack their lungs out while walking by me, without covering their mouth, on one of the busiest streets in the country.

    Once you've got a cold, there is pretty much nothing that is scientifically shown to help - just stay hydrated and let it take its course.


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