Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

Currently getting over 3 weeks of probably Covid and then 5 days of very high fever, chills, dizziness, constant headache and food tasting like sawdust. Thought it was the flu because I'm a teacher and it's going around (test was negative). After 5 days of antiviral medicine and absolutely no improvement, I went back and was diagnosed with a bad sinus infection. So I'm hopeful now and no longer wishing someone would just shoot me and put me out of my misery.

My DS has been sick with fever, dry cough, PND. Has been to the doctor twice. Antibiotics didn't help, cough suppressant didn't work, Benadryl didn't dry up the PND. So he started using a Neti-pot yesterday, and is feeling a lot better, encouraged.

More about the home remedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation

 

[fuzzi]

Tax for medical talk, the "chicks"!

Jacob, Claudia (front), and Lois

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

My DS has been sick with fever, dry cough, PND. Has been to the doctor twice. Antibiotics didn't help, cough suppressant didn't work, Benadryl didn't dry up the PND. So he started using a Neti-pot yesterday, and is feeling a lot better, encouraged.

More about the home remedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation

I have also come down with something, in the first week of classes too

I've read (been reading a lot since I can't do much else) that the best way to help your body fight it is to rest, decrease stress, and stay hydrated. Stuff like vitamin C and probiotics help you build a healthy immune system, but it seems like once symptoms manifest then those don't do any good. Also OTC drugs that manage symptoms make you more comfortable but can be counterproductive, since mucus production, fever and cough are all ways that the body fights the infection, so eliminating those symptoms can lengthen the infection. I think I read somewhere that running a fever shortens the infection time significantly, so hopefully waking up at 103F this morning will have helped

Netty pots are pretty great (I wish I could stand the sensation) for the same reason that eating spicy food or taking a hot shower helps; it's basically helping your body flush the the sinuses, which it's already trying to do with mucus

 

[BDutch]

Netty pots are pretty great (I wish I could stand the sensation) for the same reason that eating spicy food or taking a hot shower helps; it's basically helping your body flush the the sinuses, which it's already trying to do with mucus

Old home remedies:
An onion cut in half beside your bed when you take a rest or go to sleep does wonders too to keep breathing through your nose.
Socks with natural vinegar stimulate the blood flow and decreases the fever.