"cough"cough"

[leilani_luv]

"COUGH"COUGH" i have strep throat and am losing my voice.i just got back from the clinic and it seemed like everyone their had a hacking cough of some sort.i got a perscription for some sort of pennicillan but its not actually soothing my throat.

does anyone have any suggestiions?to soothe my irratated throat
does anyone have any drink or soup concoctions?to make me feel better)-:"COUGH"COUGH" thanx

 

[leilani_luv]

sorry im whining,im such a baby when i get sick

 

[Kayla]

cough drops, tea with honey, neocitran, chicken soup, anything warm should soothe it a bit....

 

[vancouverderek]

I have a spray that I got in Mexico City that is amazingly soothing... would that help???

 

[hitrack]

When I had a botched throat last winter I had some antibiotics prescribed to me. Worked like a charm and in 3 days my throat was 90% better, had to keep taking them for 10 days.

But on a side note the side effect to those pills was to clean out my plumbing like a brand new hoover. When ever I ate something 30 min later I was in the crapper shittin up a storm. My inerds where clean as a whistle It was like heaven!!!!

 

[curmudgeon]

I like the cough relief I get from Nin Jiom (herbal cough syrup). I've seen it on sale at the regular pharmacy, but the best price is in an asian market like T & T.

 

[threepeat]

For the sore throat, I'd recommend getting a vaporizer or humidifier. Having a dry throat can really make a sore throat worse.

 

[Yman]

I had strep throat. Ask the pharmacist for a antispetic anesthetic mouth wash. I think you can get it over the counter.

 

[Fudd]

Chinese tea is soothing when I get sick.

 

[dirk_dog]

You should use "sea salt" not table salt. You can buy it at the pharmacy. Disolve it in warm water and then gargle. This usually helps when you have infected tonsils (similar to how its recommended to use a sea salt mixture for soaking new piercings in inorder to prevent infection).

boil some water...stir in as much table salt as possible and gargle for at least 5 minutes.....I've also had good results from taking "Cold FX"

get better soon!


HFS

 

[leilani_luv]

i found some of that red spray stuff in my medicine cabinet.im in heaven(-:no more itchy,dry,and sore throat for now.
time to get zoned out on neocitron.
i really didnt want to leave my apartment sooo red spray stuff and neocitron it is

 

[wackyboy]

I swear by brandy and 222's. It might not cure you, but after awhile, you don't really seem to care.

WB

 

[sushiman]

dr sushi's recommendation

in a tall glass

- 1.5 oz dark rum
- teaspoonfull demerara (prefer) or brown sugar
- teaspoonfull of lemon juice
- fill glass with HOT water

crawl into bed, drink the concoction as hot as you can, turn out the lights and drift away into dreamland

enjoy,
dr sushi

 

[Savage]

I find that relaxing in a sauna helps a lot too.

 

[muffdiver]

I had that hacking cough about a week ago, got up and had a couple hot rums with lots of honey, that seemed to help, i'm one of the biggest woosies when i get sick.

 

[LonelyGhost]

um ... do not mix antibiotics with alcohol (that includes over the counter cough syrups!!!).

take all the antibiotics ... better safe than sorry. considering that strep is the same bug that mutates into the flesh eating disease, you want to get it under control and gone!

best thing is plenty of liquids but avoid sugars ... they depress your immune system ... if nothing else, get some chicken cup-a-soup's and let them cool to a warm temp after boiling and drink slowly.

you can also drink a non-sugar mineral water or plain tap water at room temperature.

if you can hold down food, start taking protein shakes ... your body needs protein to fight infections of any kind so shakes to start (get one that is low in sugar though sucralose is okay) ... then eggs ... then regular protein foods.

and btw: strep is highly infectiious ... stay away from others! also, if you don't feel better in 7 days, see your doctor before your antibiotics run out ... you may need a second treatment.