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Posted 9/18/2012 9:03 AM (GMT 0)
i just got over a sinus infection and now i have my twice yearly losing my voice sickness. 

i get a sore throat and this bronchial thing where i have no voice.  turns into a cough usually and sometimes bronchitis.  ughhhh  does anyone have any herbal remedies or anything that helps stuff like this go away without becoming worse?  i always think the worse and wonder if i should just go to he doc early this time and get it over with!  just got off of a an antibiotic a few weeks ago.  this happens to me every spring and fall.  i know i'm stressed why i keep getting sick.  ughhhhh

i am taking olive leaf oil (my mom swears by it), echinaciea/goldenseal, oregeno oil, vit. c, drinking lots of tea and i'm still not warding it off.  why i'm up right now.  woke up - couldn't sleep.  i need a magic potion.  ha

Posted 9/18/2012 9:04 AM (GMT 0)
and i'm trying not to take off work cause i was saving my pto.  but i hate going to work feeling ike this.  my son is out of school on monday too so i was going to take off then. 
Posted 9/18/2012 11:43 AM (GMT 0)
Colloidal Silver
Posted 9/18/2012 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
have you knocked a virus out with it? the lady recommened it at the store but i've seen a guy turn bluish grey from it so it freaks me out. ha he might have taken alot though. tried a nose spray with it a few years ago and it didn't help at all.
Posted 9/18/2012 12:20 PM (GMT 0)
my dad swears by zinc when he is coming down with a cold. it has never worked too well for me, but he uses it with vitamin C everytime he gets sick. i like a product called coldcalm by boiron that is available OTC. it's 100% homeopathic, and it has shortened the length of my colds. boiron also makes a homeopathic cough soothing syrup called chestal -- works well for me and tastes great! hope you feel better soon!
Posted 9/18/2012 1:03 PM (GMT 0)
k thanks. does he use zinc pills or those nasty mouth numbing lozenges? ha last time i tried zicam in the spring, i still had to go to the dr and get antibiotics. that's zinc too. never seen the boiron here in tulsa. i will look.
Posted 9/18/2012 1:26 PM (GMT 0)
i think he has used both.

i get the boiron products at CVS and walgreen's here in florida. they are made by a french company. white box with a yellow and orange logo on it. it is usually near the cough medicine or cough drops.
Posted 9/18/2012 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
Any homeopathic product that has Vitamin C and Zinc (Zicam/Coldeeze/Airborn) is definitely worth a try to fight off a cold virus IMO...however, there is not much you can do if your virus goes into a secondary infection...that is usually a bacteria and needs to be seen by a doctor and treated with antibitocs most likely.

A cold virus can often progress to:

bronchitis
sinus infection
ear infection...all of which need a doctor's care.  (fever and pain level is often the best way to determine if you need to be seen)

H.N., I hope that you feel better soon. Don't let the anxiety get to you...you have been in this situation before and got through it...you'll be okay this time too...rest and recover.:)

S.C.
Posted 9/18/2012 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
thanks. yeah my doc is busy today so now i can't decide if i should go see one at urgent care or just have my doc's nurse give me a shot of kenalog? anyone get this for allergies before?
Posted 9/18/2012 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
he gave me a steroid shot, wanted to do a breathing treatment which i refused - don't need my heart racing.  yuck.  and singulair.  anyone ever taken this?  i know nothing about this allergy drug  but read some disturbing things online.
Posted 9/19/2012 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Hazelnut. I saw your post last night, but I was fading fast and had to go to bed. I was going to highly recommend the magic potion. :) Just have to be careful which genie you get it from... those genies can be tricky!!

I take singulair and it's been helpful with my allergies (believe singulair is used for asthma too, but fortunately I don't suffer from that). Took it in the spring and now I'm back on it the past couple of weeks.. there must be something in the air that's bothering me. I don't know of any unwanted side effects on my end (waits) :) Was that one? nahhhh

Hoping you're feeling better.

Not So
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