Getting sick... Any quick remedies to help ward it off?

[aphex]

This always happens when it gets cold down here... It was low 40's this morning here in FL....

Sore throat, bad headache, cold sweats, coughing....

Anything to help ward it off before it gets full blown?

 

[sniperruff]

lots of water and rest.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Vitamins.

 

[Mickey Eye]

Rest, vit C and fluids. Good luck, it hardly ever works for me.

 

[moshquerade]

and try to keep up your exercise routine the best you can.

 

[Kelemvor]

have a few whiskey sours. that always helps.

 

[Wapp]

A whiskey sours sounds delicious right now.

 

[Lola]

best thing to do... start taking Airborne or Zycam or Cold-eze religiously (it really does work) get a good super strength multi vitamin and drink LOTS of water.

also, don't pysch yourself out thinking about getting sick.

Finally, get a few shots of whiskey or brandy in a little pot on med heat. add the juice of one whole lemon and two tablespoons of honey.
Stir until they are all combind and drink while still hot.
It helps!

 

[RossMAN]

As others have suggested water, rest, vitamins and you might want to consider Airborne.

 

[NatePo717]

Zicam. Helps prevent colds. Cuts my colds from a week down to 3 or 4 days if I do get them.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

ZINC ftw

 

[franksta]

I've been told Echinacea works really well, but I've never tried it myself.

 

[Queasy]

Sacrifice two chickens and call me in the morning.

 

[rmrf]

lol, people are gonna be breaking out the shorts today because we're gonna have a high of 37!

 

[farmercal]

aphex, I live in same area as you and am just now getting over whatever is going around. The only thing you can do is treat the symptoms and wait for your body to build up a resistance to the bug. I haven't had much of a sore throat because I have been taking something to stop the runny nose which attributes to the soar throat. Good Luck and hang in there.

 

[MisterJackson]

I'm dealing with it too. I drink O.J. all day and then a snifter of Grand Marnier at night (Grand Ma). It helps clear the sinuses and also helps to sleep through the pain of migrane and sore throat.

 

[monk3y]

I usually stay in bed and finish ~ a gallon of Orange Juice throughout the day. I usually take some Nyquil so I can fall asleep for the whole day.

 

[sandorski]

Drink Cranberry Juice(Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail recommended) and eat some cloves of garlic (chew very carefully, practice makes perfect). You definitely don't want to cheeze on the Vitamin C, whatever the source.

 

[NuclearNed]

Put yourself in a small airtight room, and open a cannister of CS gas without your gas mask on.

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