The Flu

[Paramite of War]

I have a really bad case of the Flu ans taken cough drops, baths, and gargled salt water. Does anyone have any advice to soothe my throats pain?
(P.S. My mum bought me Arby's I love Arby's.)

[Arxryl]

Well, I'm not sure, but bed-rest usually helps. And I'm not sure if you are throwing up, but if you can sip down some 7-Up that usually helps.
Hope you get better!

[Jordan]

I think to cure the flu you have to eat as little as you can, without starving yourself. I think the chemicals in the food make the flu even worse or something, because the flu viruses grow from eating your eaten food.
If they have nothing to eat, they can't live!
Oh gawd, I'm being a doctor!

[snuzi]

Well, the only thing that I think can help with your throat are antibiotics. You should see a doctor so that he can prescribe some. Other than that, get plenty of rest.

I hope ya get better soon, dude .

[Bullet Magnet]

Bloody hell, guys.

Jordan_Boi, viruses are not alive. They are not living things, they are entities that hijack living cells and use the cell's own systems to make more virus. They are as alive and computer viruses are computers, and they don't eat anything. Ill people need to eat normally to keep their strength up.

Snuzi: Antibiotics are just that. Antibiotics. I know it's not obvious, but that means they fight bacteria, and not viruses. They have less than no effect on viruses. In fact, it has been liberal prescription of antibiotics when they weren't needed (as a placebo to complaining patients) that has lead to resistant strains and superbugs today.

The best thing to recommend are the classics: best rest, food, and plenty of fluids. It gives your body the strength to fight the infection itself (which, incidentally, means killing the infected cells before they die and release more viruses). Basic stuff stuff as cough drops and things soothe the symptoms, which is the best thing you can do right now. Ice water tends to help, if only briefly.

[Majic]

I had bronchitis during the middle of last week. My doctor perscribed me some antibiotics and a cough syrup with codeine. Antibiotics be damned, that cough syrup makes you feel pretty good when taken in borderline irresponsible doses. Thus, my solution is that you should mildly abuse whatever painkiller is available for you. Your liver will love you for is.

[Daxter King]

I tell ya what I did a few days ago. Spit some lugis. THe only way to truly ease the pain is to abuse pain meds or get rid of all that snot in your throat, by spitting it out, trust me, it works.

[Statikk HDM]

When I get sick...
Dayquil/Nyquil. Embrace the Q.
Eat more food. And not just soups and stews, either. Its important to eat more food. Go to bed real early, a good rule of thumb is two more hours of sleep than normal. For sore throats and coughing I'm a big fan of lemon juice with hot honey water or mead. Ditch the cough drops, they taste like crap, and drink the hot honey water and lemon stuff. Its also getting fluids into you when you drink it. Way, way WAY better than cough drops. Thats about it, really. It'll be gone in about a weekend if you do all that.

[Paramite of War]

Well since this thread is still going I should say that its hard to get sleep because my thoat wakes me p early and its hard to get back to sleep. Also Im not throwing up but AND THIS IS GROSS but some times when I try to let out a lugi they come out big and snot colored. Also Ive had this since Saturday

[Arxryl]

Well, in that case... watch T.V., movies, some actual good cartoons... You know, anything that is entertaining and not motor skill related. Or you could always play video games.

[Daxter King]

It is supposed to be snot colored.......its snot. Thats what clogs your throat when you get sick.

[Bullet Magnet]

Dude... I was eating!

[Daxter King]

Dude......I dont care! =D