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Tips to prevent from getting sick.

  • 02-05-2013 05:39PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭


    So I've got a f*ck ton of college work to get done over the next few days and have been burning the candles at both ends. Unfortunately, as a result I've had a cold the last two days and can now feel the onset of the flu. I can't afford to stop working unfortunately, so I'm wondering if the wise and beautiful people of AH can recommend any drinks, medications, foods or outright voodoo magic to slow down the onset of this flu? Thanks! :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    My right arrow is broken so unfortunately I am unable to help you. Sorry.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Catphish


    IceFjoem wrote: »
    So I've got a f*ck ton of college work to get done over the next few days and have been burning the candles at both ends. Unfortunately, as a result I've had a cold the last two days and can now feel the onset of the flu. I can't afford to stop working unfortunately, so I'm wondering if the wise and beautiful people of AH can recommend any drinks, medications, foods or outright voodoo magic to slow down the onset of this flu? Thanks! :(
    If you're a guy, get a doctors note and ask for an extension (who knows, you may not even pull through)

    If you're a woman quit your complaining and get it done ffs :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    IceFjoem wrote: »
    So I've got a f*ck ton of college work to get done over the next few days and have been burning the candles at both ends. Unfortunately, as a result I've had a cold the last two days and can now feel the onset of the flu. I can't afford to stop working unfortunately, so I'm wondering if the wise and beautiful people of AH can recommend any drinks, medications, foods or outright voodoo magic to slow down the onset of this flu? Thanks! :(

    Wow. You must really be ill.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Water, er...I mean, what's the stuff called again? Oh yes, homeopathy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Catphish


    Thrill wrote: »
    Wow. You must really be ill.
    Speak for yourself. I'm a vision of perfection :mad:

    *swims away*


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,506 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    1. Bottle of Buckfast
    2. Down in one sitting
    3. Feel any ailments fade away in a buzz of glorious drunkeness
    4. ?????
    5. Profit*



    *DISCLAIMER: May result in feck all study being done, ergo profit would be null and void.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Powered cinnamon ( 2 tablespoons ) mixed with Honey in ( one teaspoon ) in warm water is great for fighting infections of one kind and another .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,684 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Vitamin C tablets. ~€3 from a chemist.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    LuckyLloyd wrote: »
    Vitamin C tablets. ~€3 from a chemist.

    Doesn't work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    What about those lemsip drinks? I've never used them so I don't know if they're effective or not, but you could give those a try.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭IceFjoem


    Catphish wrote: »
    If you're a guy, get a doctors note and ask for an extension (who knows, you may not even pull through)

    If you're a woman quit your complaining and get it done ffs :mad:

    I'm a guy, but unfortunately an extension isn't an option, thanks though!
    Thrill wrote: »
    What about those lemsip drinks? I've never used them so I don't know if they're effective or not, but you could give those a try.

    I can't really remember the last time I took lemsip, but I heard that it makes you drowsy, which wouldn't be good. Is there anything like a non-drowsy version do you know?


    P.S. Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Also seeing as I'll probably be getting dinner soon, is there any magical super foods I should be eating?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    Flat 7up and calpol.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭Coffeeteasugar


    Hot whiskey!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    Keep your workspace and your hands clean. Drink lots of water and, even though you might not have an appetite, eat. Visit your chemist and ask for some advice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Keep your workspace and your hands clean. Drink lots of water and, even though you might not have an appetite, eat. Visit your chemist and ask for some advice.

    What flavour advice ? lemon or blackcurrant ?

    OP destroy your house ,make it look like it was burgled , give yourself a punch in the face and combining this with your flu ask for an extension saying your laptop etc was stolen.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    Lemsips with a spoonful of honey stirred in. In the long term you could try taking probiotics in capsules or yoghurts. Wouldn't do any harm to take something like Pharmaton capsules for a few months either if you're feeling a bit run down.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Manuka honey fixes everything


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    Echinacea capsules, you can get them in chemists. Meant to boost your immune system. I've used them before if I felt something coming on. Might be worth a try. Also, drink lots of water and try and get as much sleep as possible, it's the best cure for anything!



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭bgrizzley


    Drink your own pee... (nicer cool)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Chicken soup aka Jewish penicillin.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Take all the Vitamin C.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭snausages


    Gargle salty water. Don't know if it works because I've always been too disgusted to try it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It's not a fecking flu, it's a cold.
    Eat tonnes of garlic, it'll sort it out and prevent any social interactions too - win-win.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    Never used to get colds when I smoked.... (there might be other side affects)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,005 ✭✭✭Ann22


    Nowt like Actifed for the snotty nose...it's the biz but can make you sleepy...dries and unblocks the nose..take paracetamol too...great for the achy pain and crappy feeling.

    At the first sign of a cold Vicks 1st Defence works but it's too late now your dose is well established.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭irish bloke


    1, 2, uniflu... Works for me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭Duvetdays


    I'm gonna give you some tough love op but you don't have flu you've a head cold if you had flu you wouldn't be able to lurk around boards never mind do college work so I suggest you suck up those snots, man up and get on with it.


  • Site Banned Posts: 124 ✭✭The Queen of England


    Don't have children - they carry more bugs and diseases than rats.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,305 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    Step 1: Get a glass.
    Step 2: Pour 100mls of Hot Whiskey into said glass.
    Step 3: Get the juice of a Lime and pour it into the whiskey.
    Step 4: Grind up some chilli flakes and mix.
    Step 5: Add a hint of pepper.
    Step 6: Assuming you added the pepper you should then throw out that horrible concoction of doom and don't trust anyone in this room.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,203 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Eat plenty of protein foods (healing)
    Drink plenty of fluids (not red bull, drink water and some 7up or juices)
    Allen's Pine and honey balsam (I think it's called) cough bottle is the work of the devil, smells like death, contains chloroform, but definitely works for sore throat and mucous and clears your head too
    Prioritise sleep
    Fresh ginger and garlic and plenty of veg and you'll be grand


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