What do you do when you have a cold?

thestar · 30-12-2014 04:17PM #1

Do you look after yourself as in only leaving the warm house if you have to? do you take medication such as paracetamol/uniflu?

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 30-12-2014 04:18PM

Complain a lot usually

Rosie Rant · 30-12-2014 04:22PM

I just get on with things and try not to disgust people with my germiness. Vitamin C helps a good bit. And good old lemsip.

JaseBelleVie · 30-12-2014 04:22PM

Complain about it manfully, about how I don't let a little thing like a cold stop me! However, on Sunday (my one day off, really), I usually lie in bed and moan and thrash around like a fish caught on a hook and wish I had someone to inflict a bit of TLC on me.

I avoid painkillers and medication unless I really need them, usually relying on hot honey and lemon instead. And tea.

But of course, the Irish Mammy cure for everything always gets brought out at one point or another: flat 7-UP.

K.Flyer · 30-12-2014 04:29PM

I do nothing, just get on with what I have to do and it goes away after a coupke of days.

The Backwards Man · 30-12-2014 04:31PM

I dose myself with Lemsip and carry on as normal.

rubin_spitfire · 30-12-2014 04:31PM

Think about the times when I didn't have a cold and how I took them for granted.

crane_driver · 30-12-2014 04:31PM

thestar wrote: »

Do you look after yourself as in only leaving the warm house if you have to? do you take medication such as paracetamol/uniflu?

i have asthma so if i did not go to the doc for antibiotics , i would take a month to recover

dmc17 · 30-12-2014 04:32PM

Eat a few hot curries and you'll be grand

crane_driver · 30-12-2014 04:32PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I dose myself with Lemsip and carry on as normal.

lemsip is completely useless

people often assume because it tastes so awful , it must be good for what ails ya

SMJSF · 30-12-2014 04:33PM

I've had the cold/flu/cough that's going around for the passed 2 weeks.... nothing has worked- tried paracetamol, lemsip, cough bottles, flu tablets, vitamins.... and I still have it :-(

dmc17 · 30-12-2014 04:33PM

crane_driver wrote: »

lemsip is completely useless

people often assume because it tastes so awful , it must be good for what ails ya

I found it good to knock me out if I had the flu. Never taken it other than that.

Agricola · 30-12-2014 04:34PM

When I get the first twinge of a sore throat I start eating Strepsils like sweets and hit the panadol hard. Usually knocks the corners off it before it gets too bad.

30-12-2014 04:34PM

I've had a cold all day yesterday and today, going to go for a run now in half an hour, my theory is if you go out and do normal things your body will get back to normal quicker, sit around and feel sorry for yourself drinking lemsip if only gonna make you feel worse

weemcd · 30-12-2014 04:34PM

Go to the sauna or steam room, drink tonnes or water, take multivitamins and vitamin c especially.

Paracetamol and a hot whisky if it's bad

chrysagon · 30-12-2014 04:35PM

i share it with my friends!!!

Mint Sauce · 30-12-2014 04:35PM

Sweat it out. Spicy foods, warm clothes, vit C, some paracetamol, and get on with life.

Gone after 48 to 72 hours

Pwindedd · 30-12-2014 04:35PM

One trick I've found always helps it clear up quicker, is to avoid all dairy products whilst I've got a cold. Stick to meat and veg.

Highflyer13 · 30-12-2014 04:36PM

Hot whiskies

OldNotWIse · 30-12-2014 04:36PM

I get onto every bus and luas I can and blow my nose into my hands then swing around the poles and touch the door open buttons. Then I snort my way into the office and touch coffee machines, laptops, door handles, fridge doors... Then I visit every colleague individually and breathe on them as I tell them I am dying. Then I snort some more. I sneeze really loudly every thirty seconds and run around closing windows and doors so that absolutely no fresh air gets in...

Oh sorry...I thought you asked what other people do when they have a cold...

OldNotWIse · 30-12-2014 04:38PM

Pwindedd wrote: »

One trick I've found always helps it clear up quicker, is to avoid all dairy products whilst I've got a cold. Stick to meat and veg.

Definitely a good idea. Dairy increases mucous production.

K.Flyer · 30-12-2014 04:38PM

I do nothing, just get on with what I have to do and it goes away after a coupke of days.

rubin_spitfire · 30-12-2014 04:39PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I get onto every bus and luas I can and blow my nose into my hands then swing around the poles and touch the door open buttons. Then I snort my way into the office and touch coffee machines, laptops, door handles, fridge doors... Then I visit every colleague individually and breathe on them as I tell them I am dying. Then I snort some more. I sneeze really loudly every thirty seconds and run around closing windows and doors so that absolutely no fresh air gets in...

Oh sorry...I thought you asked what other people do when they have a cold...

Accurate....!

Realtine · 30-12-2014 04:40PM

While I know nothing kills it, a couple of paracetamol deffo helps me feel better, Lemsip at bed time, if I haven't already taken paracetamol in a while, and stepsils or difflam gargle for the throat, bit of salve for the sore red nose, or if the sinus are blocked then a salt wash for my nose.
and also complain alot!

OldNotWIse · 30-12-2014 04:40PM

crane_driver wrote: »

i have asthma so if i did not go to the doc for antibiotics , i would take a month to recover

Antibiotics are completely ineffective against a cold. A cold is caused by a virus. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections.

Egginacup · 30-12-2014 04:42PM

Don't really do anything although sometimes I "work from home" (read: take the laptop to the pub and get smashed on hot whiskeys)

Captain Chaos · 30-12-2014 04:43PM

K.Flyer wrote: »

I do nothing, just get on with what I have to do and it goes away after a coupke of days.

Same here except I've never had a clod go after a few days, my colds last at least 2 weeks, only tend to get 1 a year though thankfully.

30-12-2014 04:45PM

one two uniflu
if i'm really bad

also lots of zinc

AlteredStates · 30-12-2014 04:47PM

rest, fluids, vit c and cough bottle normally!

catallus · 30-12-2014 04:50PM

I went through two boxes of uniflu and it had no effect.

Milk_Tray · 30-12-2014 04:53PM

SMJSF wrote: »

I've had the cold/flu/cough that's going around for the passed 2 weeks.... nothing has worked- tried paracetamol, lemsip, cough bottles, flu tablets, vitamins.... and I still have it :-(

same, hasnt shifted in 2-3 weeks! pain in the arse

Jaxxy · 30-12-2014 04:54PM

Nurofen Cold & Flu, water, fancy tissues and sleep. I'm not one for infecting the entire office when I'm smothering so I'll stay at home and recover quickly. Anyone get the flu jab? So far so good here.

Jawgap · 30-12-2014 04:56PM

This, obviously......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbmbMSrsZVQ

In Lonesome Dove · 30-12-2014 05:00PM

SMJSF wrote: »

I've had the cold/flu/cough that's going around for the passed 2 weeks.... nothing has worked- tried paracetamol, lemsip, cough bottles, flu tablets, vitamins.... and I still have it :-(

Try manuka honey. You can get a jar of it in health food shops or some chemists. A jar of manila honey comes in different strengths like 20 or 100 and more different strengths. A small jar - it can be expensive like 20 euro and depending on strength, more. But it is good powerful stuff.

Stick in a teaspoon and pick up a teaspoon of honey and suck on it. It is great for sore throats and coughs. There was cold doing the rounds here too but I got manila honey and I didn't suffer from the cold. It didn't develop into a full blown cold. I find the worst part of a cold is the thirst that accompanies it and no matter what I drink, it doesn't go away.

For a blocked nose, get olbas oil (spelling?) and put a drop or two on a tissue and place it near the bedside where you sleep.

aaakev · 30-12-2014 05:01PM

Iv been dying of a cold since xmas eve. Iv beej to the gym 3 times and out hunting twice one of which i hiled 2 mountains over the day. I normally just bitch and moan alot but ic 2 weeks off work so im making the most of it!

flyingdoctor72 · 30-12-2014 05:08PM

Forget the chemicals, they're only good for putting more money into rich men's pockets, you need to go natural i.e. Fruit & Veg for vitamin C plus Echinacea & garlic - they can reduce the length of a cold/flu but if you have them regularly anyway you will very rarely get ill in the first place, I do and I honestly can't remember the last time I had a cold

catallus · 30-12-2014 05:11PM

I'm always eating oranges and bananas and onions an garlic and all sorts of fruit and I get a major cold once a year.

thestar · 30-12-2014 05:12PM

flyingdoctor72 wrote: »

Forget the chemicals, they're only good for putting more money into rich men's pockets, you need to go natural i.e. Fruit & Veg for vitamin C plus Echinacea & garlic - they can reduce the length of a cold/flu but if you have them regularly anyway you will very rarely get ill in the first place, I do and I honestly can't remember the last time I had a cold

Whats the secret?

30-12-2014 05:13PM

flyingdoctor72 wrote: »

Forget the chemicals, they're only good for putting more money into rich men's pockets, you need to go natural i.e. Fruit & Veg for vitamin C plus Echinacea & garlic - they can reduce the length of a cold/flu but if you have them regularly anyway you will very rarely get ill in the first place, I do and I honestly can't remember the last time I had a cold

I've started eating a lot of garlic and onions as well and I haven't had a cold like I normally would have by now. Really seems to help
Not scientific proof of course...

Tearin It Up · 30-12-2014 05:16PM

Rosie Rant wrote: »

I just get on with things and try not to disgust people with my germiness. Vitamin C helps a good bit. And good old lemsip.

Never mind the lemsip. Make your own hot lemon. The juice of half a lemon and hot water. It always works for me.

Connemara Farmer · 30-12-2014 06:03PM

Actifed + lemsip and get on with it.

I've only one rule when I'm sick, leave me alone cos I'm a terrible patient.

muslimstudent · 30-12-2014 06:05PM

I usually take flu tablets, paracetamol & lemsip to eliminate the symptons.

SpaceTime · 30-12-2014 06:06PM

I sneeze and cough for a few days.
It's the traditional thing to do when one has a cold.

Fran1985 · 30-12-2014 06:10PM

Get into bed fully clothed. Dont get out if it gets a bit warm. Stick/sweat it out of ya. Did that the other day. Sheets, covers, tracksuit all SOAKED when i woke up. But i was brand new. Had a couple of hot whiskeys before bed to get the ball rolling

FISMA · 30-12-2014 06:10PM

thestar wrote: »

do you take medication such as paracetamol/uniflu?

Nope, too often they just mask the symptoms.

Old wisdom prevails here: chicken noodle soup and vitamin C. Stay away from dairy as it will make you congested.

Try and get Vitamin C in the powder crystal form, not tablets.

I agree with what Michael Savage has to say about Vitamin C here and here.

harry Bailey esq · 30-12-2014 06:27PM

Hot whiskeys and spliffs

shuffle65 · 30-12-2014 06:31PM

Complain and feel sorry for myself, I'm not a patient patient...

Tearin It Up · 30-12-2014 06:52PM

muslimstudent wrote: »

I usually take flu tablets, paracetamol & lemsip to eliminate the symptons.

Paracetamol & lemsip ???

There's paracetamol in lemsip already. If you're taking them together or in a short space of time its a paracetamol overdose. Its too much work on your liver and you may end up dying.

WoollyRedHat · 30-12-2014 07:22PM

I man the **** up and cut some turf.

fussyonion · 30-12-2014 07:24PM

Alcohol actually helps.

I'm just getting over a seriously bad chest infection and cold. All Christmas Day I was sleeping, drinking cups of tea, using VapoRub etc...but then it got to 10pm and I thought "Feck this" and opened the wine.
After two glasses, I felt better.
I told my GP yesterday and he nodded and said "Yeah I have heard that."

So get yourself some booze my friend!

catallus · 30-12-2014 07:25PM

Actually, the power of prayer is most efficacious for colds, I find.

What do you do when you have a cold?

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