i have a cold. what do i do?
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Drink 2 glasses of orange juice a day, and have someone heat some water and give you a mug of Therma flu anohter Therma forumula. while you're at it, pray- and every time you sneeze, keep saying no. If you can order from someone who sells Watkins Vanilla and other products of that brand, order a liquid medicine they have, that you put it on a hanky. Then put it on one and breath it. The effect will be strong and almost hard to handle at first. Keep doing all of the above.
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There is no cure to the common cold, but Vitamin C (oranges, grapefruit, etc.) helps a lot and you should drink a lot of fluids and rest.
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Lots of rest, fluids, hot herbal tea for a sore throat, and avoid alcohol and caffeine (dehydrates you).\n\nEveryone has their own quick fix remedy, and what helps my colds go away faster is decaf green tea every day plus a clove of fresh garlic.  Heh, most ppl would prefer garlic pills, but I happen to love garlic anyway.  It's high on antioxidants.\n\nWith my last cold, I also tried zinc tablets.  They helped the sore throat, and they're supposed to help you get better faster.  I feel like they did.\n\nFeel better soon!
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Because you are sick with a cold.
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Get a humidifier for the room you sleep in....take lots of Zinc and Vit. C which will help fight off a cold....
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The best way to fight the common cold virus\n\nEvery year, as each winter season approaches us, it gets harder and harder for people to avoid getting a cold. It never fails, just as soon as the weather changes a little and starts to turn cold, people begin to sniffle, sneeze and cough and the symptoms of the common cold begin to come around once again.\n\nBut before you run out to the nearest store to buy a supply of tissues, cold medicine and soup, you need to understand exactly what you are up against. Your chances of being exposed to a cold germ will increase or decrease depending on the amount of contact you have with other people and how you take care of yourself.\n\nThe cold germ is spread from person to person when someone, who is infected, sneezes or coughs into the air or on you. The airborne germ then enters someone else’s body through an orifice, like your eyes, nose or mouth. You can also catch a cold by touching something that a person who has been infected has also touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.\n\nThere are many things that you can do to prevent yourself from getting a cold.\n\n1. You should wash your hands a lot. This frequent hand washing, especially when using any anti-bacterial soap, will help you to get rid of any potential germs that you might have come into contact with.\n\n2. You should carry and use anti-bacterial hand lotion several times throughout the day. Use it especially when you cannot get to a bathroom and you know you have touched something infected or have been near an infected person.\n\n3. You should also get plenty of sleep or rest. If you are tired and fatigued, your body’s resistance decreases and you will find that you are more susceptible to colds.\n\nThere are many ways that you can fight a cold once you have caught one.\n\n1. You should eat spicy foods. Spicy hot foods will cause your body to expel mucus. When you eat these types of foods, your nose will start to run and you will begin to cough up mucus. Spicy foods work just like a natural decongestant but without side effects. This advice is good for those people who cannot take over the counter medication.\n\n2. You should drink plenty of liquids. Liquids like soup, water, juice and flat ginger ale will keep your body hydrated. This is true especially if you have a fever. During a fever, your body loses a lot of fluids. You will need to replenish what you have lost. Therefore you need to drink often throughout your illness. You should also avoid drinking any dairy drinks because the dairy will cause mucus to form and coat your throat making it very difficult for you to swallow and cough.\n\n3. You should use a vaporizer. It will keep the air that you breathe moist. If you do not have a vaporizer handy, then just crack open the windows in your home. This is very important if you have an extremely warm and dry home. Cracking the windows will have the same effects that a vaporizer has.
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A cold, or any other sort of diease.
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I strongly recommend talking to your doctor and getting a chest xray to rule out pneumonia.  Being as you had a cold which is primarily an upper respritory disease, if it suddenly relapsed into a stronger virus (and being as your immunities are already down) it could turn into any number of things quickly.  Also, bulk up on your vitamin C and zinc.  Both will help you feel better faster.  The primary thing, listen to your body.  Sounds like you are worn down from all of this and are in serious need of rest.  And dont forget the old standard of homemade chicken soup.  Not the canned stuff.  Homemade chicken soup has so many vitamins and nutrients in it that its not funny and its also a comfort food.  Hope you feel better soon.
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normal cold 'remedies' dont make your recovery any more productive. they just delay it. you have to get all the bad stuff out of your body naturally.  Get lots of rest, take vitamin c, echinecia, and zinc to keep your immune system stong, drink lots of water and blow your nose often to flush the cold out, and if you have a sore throat drink tea with honey in it to soothe it
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Basically, you need a time machine because really the only thing to get rid of a cold is time...it has to run its course and that is 3-7 days usually.  But you can treat the symptoms and NyQuil is pretty good at knocking you out so you feel better, get some sleep (which you need) and soon it will be tomorrow and you will probably feel better.  Tylenol is also good for fever and nice long baths feel good and they have stuff to put in your bath or shower to relieve cold symptoms.  Plus get lots of fluids (especially water) Get well soon!
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still getting over mine as we speak!! it last two weeks and started out as bronchitis first (yuck!!)\n\ndrink lots of fluids-colds can dehydrate you quickly and make you feel worse so make sure to drink. water is best-avoid caffeine b/c it will make you more dehydrated\n\n-suck on ice cubes or hard candies if you have a sore throat\n-put a warm mist humidifier in your room at nite to help you breathe better and to also keep your throat from drying out\n-hot tea w/honey is very soothing \n-take nyquil at night to help you sleep\n-don't do too much activity during the day and sleep as much as possible-rest is the best thing to a speedy recovery\n-drink orange juice to help boost your immune system (the vitamin c in it will help to this)\n\nhope you feel better soon
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All three of these are different... Here are my recommendations: \n\nCold: \nAs mentioned above, folklore tells us that we should feed a cold. Experience has taught me that the best thing to feed a cold is usually chicken soup. It doesn't have to be homemade - even Campbell's will work - but homemade does seem to be best. Keep up the fluids - drink water, hot tea, ginger ale, anything to keep hydrated. Hot tea seems to work best for me. Take vitamin C, and zinc - you can get tablets at your local pharmacy, or a multivitamin will do in a pinch. Get plenty of rest, too. If your head is stuffed up or you're congested in any way, prop yourself up a little bit on a couple of pillows so that you sleep with your head higher than your chest. Doesn't have to be a lot, just a little will do the trick. And if you can, sleep on your back this way. Don't know why, but it seems to help with the drainage of all that mucus. \n\nFever: \nAgain, referencing the folklore, starve a fever. If you've got a fever, you probably don't feel like eating anyway. Fevers you have to keep a closer eye on. I've always felt like they're more dangerous than a cold. Anyway, again, stay hydrated - drink water, iced tea, ginger ale - you're probably not going to want anything hot. As a rule of thumb, if you get hungry, eat something. Try something light at first to make sure...a piece of dry toast or some crackers. Take your tempreture whenever you think of it to make sure you're not boiling over. If your tempreture gets too high, go to a doctor. \n\nFlu: \nStay warm, and stay close to a bathroom for starters! Stay hydrated - gatorade, tea, water, ginger ale is great. There's something about ginger that helps settle my stomach, so ginger ale and ginger tea (if you like either) are usually good to have around. Get as much rest as you can. Do whatever you can to stay comfortable. Peptobismal has always been a wonder drug in my family... Immodium for diareaha (sp?) is really good, too. Again, chicken soup if you can keep it down. Don't know what it is about that chicken soup, but it does seem to help.
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I have a really good recipe to get rid of the cold in just one night. Boil one cup of milk with cinnamon, after break a egg into that (don't let that the egg cooked) mix it with a 1/2 a cup of rum. Drink it as ot as it is. Stay on bed all night. For next morning you will feel better. That's a gram's recipe.
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The best way to fight a cold would be to drink some orange juice,or just get alot of vitamin c. It works for me. Hopes it works for you.
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stay home and get plenty of rest.Also cold medicines work....O.K.
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Lots of Vitamin C - lemons in warm water with honey or just plain vitamin C pill\n\nYou can try Zicam it is supposed to shorten the cold\n\nhttp://www.zicam.com/\n\nIt worked for me
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First, let me suggest that you invest in a good multi-vitamin to help build up your immune system, and maybe a good Vitamin C.\n\nSecond, buy some Vicks Vapo-Rub.  Use this mostly at night rubbing it ion your chest and around your nostrils.  \n\nThird, I couldn't live without Day-Quil and NyQuil when I have a cold like this.  The NyQuil helps you sleep and makes it easier to breathe, while controlling your cough.  The Dayquil helps you to breathe during the day and controls your cough while helping to keep you awake.\n\nGOOD LUCK!!