HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP

DH and I are soooooooooooooooooo sick!!!

This flu is ridiculous!!!

I'm dealing with all of my 20 symptoms but one that I can't deal with is my coughing!!!

It's a dry cough that can't be controlled with any amount of meds.

Are there any home remedies that you ladies have tried to to treat coughing? Any OTC meds that I maybe haven't yet tried?

Thank you sooo much!

My abs are killing me from coughing so much

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Posted by PegaLega

I cant think of anything-BUT change your sheets, towels and lysol<-I dont think i spelled that right will help kill the germs in your house. Otherwise, sleep

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thanks babe.
i wish i could sleep but i'm constantly coughing and that's keeping me awake all night long
i slept 2 hours last night

What about trying to get to the doctor to get prescription cough meds ... I think they put tylenol with coedine in there, which should help with the pain & the sleeping.

If you're congested too, a really hot shower can help clear you up even if only for a short time.

I'm so sorry you guys are both sick with this awful flu


ETA: can you just prescribe yourself some cough meds?

Honey.
Just take a teaspoon of honey and swallow it slowly, letting it slide down your throat.
It coats it and calms the coughing, especially if it is a dry one.

I found this on the net ... hope it helps/works!

Cough Remedies

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Posted by SusiBtoM

Honey.
Just take a teaspoon of honey and swallow it slowly, letting it slide down your throat.
It coats it and calms the coughing, especially if it is a dry one.

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i was just going to say the same thing. what about also putting a humidifier in your bedroom? might help. feel better!!!

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Posted by Cpt2007

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Posted by SusiBtoM

Honey.
Just take a teaspoon of honey and swallow it slowly, letting it slide down your throat.
It coats it and calms the coughing, especially if it is a dry one.

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i was just going to say the same thing. what about also putting a humidifier in your bedroom? might help. feel better!!!

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If you get a humidifier, get the warm mist one.
The cool mist one runs with filters and I find they get moldy rather quickly. Filters are expensive.
Also the cool mist runs on a fan which can be noisy.

DH mixes honey with juice from a squeezed lemon. It really does work.

Honey
GArgle with salt water
vicks on the chest
vicks on your feet with socks
vicks in boiling water put a towelover your head and breathe it in
Chloraseptic
breathe right strip (will open your nasal passages so your not always breathing thru your mouth)

Good Luck hope you feel better soon

ginger is suppose to help..

they sell ginger cough drops in a health food types stores...

i've never tried it but someone was talking about it at work the other day..

i always do the tea and honey thing and fall asleep with the vicks vaporizer and cough drops..

Yes buy Propolis. It is a natural resin and antibiotic created by bees. It boostens your immune system and will really help your cough. It comes in a little bottle, and is dark brown and sticky. Put 20-30 drops of it in a tablespoon of water and swallow it. You can buy at a vitamin store, i buy it at Whole Foods Supermarket.


A home remedy that also works take warm water with one teaspoon of honey and with 1 tablespoon of apple cider and mix. Drink that up to three times a day when youre sick. It really helps.


Feel better

BUCKLEY'S



I swear by it!! CVS carries it.. Go get BUCKLEYS!

buy linseed, put some to boil in water and drink it! it really helps stop the cough! feel better!!

do you have a humidifier?

Ev-I know you are the doctor, but I am going to give you just about the best advice that a layperson can give-GO SEE A DOCTOR!

I had what you are talking about (this is actually a sore point in my life so to speak, because from this, I was diagnosed with RA)

Mine was walking pneumonia, but I coughed so hard at one point that I ripped a muscle. It was the worst pain that I had ever experienced to that point.

If you are not allergic to codeine, you definitely want that as a cough suppresant, because you can rip a muscle or even break a rib from the coughing. I was there. There is absolutely nothing over the counter that will stop it if it is bad enough to hurt your abs.

The only home thing I can think of is cleaning your sinuses (if your cough is coming from a post nasal drip)-They sell this pump looking thing called salt aire (i think)-it is in a box but a blue bottle with a nozzle. They also have something called a neti pot. It literally feels as if you got pool water up your nose, but it cleanses your sinuses and if your cough is from a drip, it will help.

But that is not how you are describing it. You should be careful.

Feel better love!

I have a handy dandy German housewife's guide from 1953.

It states that for dry cough, blackcurrant juice taken by the teaspoon, should quiet the cough.

You can also drink elderberry tea, or a tea made from fresh stinging nettles.

Teaspoon of honey is also good.

For a cough due to congestion, drink the juice of one lemon mixed with honey.

I know this sounds crazy but someone told me to rub Vicks Vapor rub on your feet (I never tried it and have no clue if it works BUT its worth a shot)

FEEL BETTER