Cold

[Champagne]

I'm coming down with a cold. Overnight I have developed a runny nose, fatigue, lightheadedness and a sore throat which extends up to my right ear. Any recommendations for making me feel better?

[aka pixi]

aww bless champs. You need the 3 L's, lucozade, lemsips and lockets. If you are at work get yourself home, have a lovely long bath then snuggle up in bed. Nothing much works for a cold, you just have to last it out. Although if your throat and ear get better go to the docs to make sure you havent got an infection.

Hope you are feeling better soon

xxx

[loobie]

Ah Champagne I hope I'm not getting the same. I woke up with a sore throat. nothing else as yet though. I hope you feel better soon and like pixi says, get lots of rest and drink plenty of water to flush it through.

[raysparx]

hello Champagne, hope ypu feel better soon, you might have had to much to drink at that party last night,

Why don't you try some Hot milk with a drop of Brandy or whiskey, then go to bed (on your own) and have a good sleep,guarentee you will feel better,if not the you can sue me!!!

[ktlou]

aawww Champagne, I have the same thing! Started Monday morning with the same as you, but now have full blown cold! I went home lunchtime on Monday and slept until last night, waking only to eat and take more lemsip! Have lemsip with a big spoonful of honey in it - helps the cold and will really ease a sore throat too! And lots of sleep!! I really hope you feel better soon lovie, there's nothing worse than feeling yukky and knowing there's nowt you can do about it! Take Care! xx

[Hamish]

I have a HOT curry- must make you sweat, and a hot bath. The idea being to raise my bod temp by a degree or so to make it a less inviting place for the virus. You feel really bad after the bath, but I think it helps a bit. ..... Dont do it if you are old.young or have a bad heart!

[CLOWN TICKLE]

Now I have a similar thing

[dot.hawkes]

HI CHAMPERS, hi pixi and all, i have had something similar since last thursday and I am now on my 5th day off work with it, each day a different symptom appears and the anti-biotics are rubbish, :( Stay quiet and rest, drink lots of water.

[stylinsam]

i feel exaclty the same it first started with a sore throat and now im bunged up to the eyeballs been sucking lockets all day and drinking lemsips, unfortunatly im at work as i had the day of yesterday. i would reccomend you take a couple of sudafed and have a lemsip and get plenty of rest if u r at work go home and get in to bed.

[mandie73]

my partner sweares by wrapping yourself up n sweating it out in bed!

[chazza]

I have a cocktail of natural remedies that I use when I feel a cold coming on. I take echinacea, zinc, vitamin C, garlic capsules and multivitamins daily, as well as an antihistimine and if definitely shortens the length and severity of the cold.

Also remember to drink lots of water and if the worst comes to the worst, take paracetamol to alleviate the symptoms.

But really I cannot recommend echinacea highly enough, my GP even recommends it for warding off colds.
http://www.primary.net/~gic/herb/echin.htm

[Champagne]

Thanks for all your lovely messages and kind advice. I'll be taking it all on board, even the hot curry!!