Posted on 09/22/2010 5:26:39 PM PDT by decimon
Supplementation is a whole ‘nother world of possibility, with D3 right at the top of the heap as far as aiding viral resistance. Not so sure about bacteria, though. And cinnamon has useful qualities above and beyond smelling and tasting nice, as you point out.
Really seriously looking for advice. I can’t afford a doctor visit right now. Help?
Doctors frequently misuse antibiotics when treating patients hospitalized with respiratory tract infectionsThey chop 'em up and snort 'em! ;')
The tense of the verb "is" properly corrected denotes a present condition not a permanent condition. You may prefer "controlled" and I have not complaint. Based on your response you will know Advair and I am on the second higher dose of the steroid portion.
You got anything that will help fight this viral lung infection I’ve got?
Since your illness is a seasonal thing, have you ever been tested for allergies? Allergies can make you feel awful and you might mistake it for a virus.
I think we had better luck with witch doctors and medicine-men.
The doc last year seemed to think it was viral. Feels like the same thing every year. I had some kind of pneumonia twice in the winter of ‘04. Now every year I get this. Last year it was around Thanksgiving. Lasted thru Christmas. Took an antihistimine last night just so I could sleep a little better. But that was all it did. Helped me sleep. Wasn’t up every couple of hours coughing.
Give them a yogurt daily.
So you’re run down from overwork and have an annual bout with some sort of infection?
I can’t pretend to give advice, but the first thing I do when I feel some sort of bug coming on is to take a decent can of chicken soup, crush up several cloves of garlic into it, along with two bay leaves, a bunch of oregano and either a lot of fresh cracked black pepper or hot sauce. Bring it to a boil and then let it simmer for a good while with the lid on, then eat it all. As I mentioned upthread, quite a few of the typical kitchen spices have antimicrobial properties, you don’t need to limit yourself to just these if your taste in food varies.
Go get a probiotic, some Omega 3 and make a point of eating right. Find a way to let go of the stress you’re carrying around. Simple visualization, whenever and wherever you have the opportunity, lay back, close your eyes, concentrate on your breathing. In and out, fully, slowly. Goal is relaxation. Visualize relaxing every muscle in your body, you’ll have a surprising number of very tense ones.
While you’re doing this, in your mind, see a happy place, a good place where you feel at ease and at peace. Go there in your mind, all the while breathing easily and deeply, with muscles relaxed. This will help a great deal until you are through your seasonal period of overwork and can get some genuine rest.
Prayer is very effective in doing the same thing, if you’re the praying sort. Lift your burden up to God. Ask for His help in humble sincerity.
That’s as close to advice as I have to give.
I don't. Nor much about asthma.
Many doctors prescribe antibiotics just to get their winey,demanding patients off their backs.Plus,in most third world countries (like Mexico and India) illiterate knuckledraggers can walk into any shop in town and buy an antibiotic for a few pennies when they don’t need it.And yet many wonder why diseases that were easily cured with antibiotics a decade ago are now resistant to everything we have.
She hasn’t done that, and I don’t think she would go for that. I have had her do the whole saline nose spray.
However, I don’t think that would be advised now that she is on a steroid spray.
I’m really hoping the allergy shots help. It should make her allergy symptoms go away, and then she won’t be as susceptible to the colds. We’ll see.
besides...if you get admitted to a hospital you've got to be pretty bad off.....and starting antibiotics initially is routine and also part of a nationwide standard for pneumonia..
... well, for the very literal-minded, don’t eat the bay leaves. Pick them out. The stems are a fine way to choke yourself.
I know advair well. My daughters and I are all on it. I hate asthma!!!!
I’ll try anything. I’ll try them all. Thanks. I gotta go lie down.
Hi, Ditter. How’s little Cookie coming along with her skin allergies?
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