The Flu - What helps you?

[TiNi]

giggle noodle

[Bun-bun]

Be careful with humidifiers.  Clean them well every day.  We stopped using them in hospitals because it was discovered they were aerosolizing germs in the appropriate sized droplets to go right into your lungs. 

Is this true of the warm steam humidifiers, or just the fan forced ones? I've been told that the steam humidifiers are supposedly almost germ free.

[Nitewaif]

Is this true of the warm steam humidifiers, or just the fan forced ones? I've been told that the steam humidifiers are supposedly almost germ free.

The warm ones will grow germs more quickly, but the fan forced ones get germy as well.  Just be sure and clean them. 

[Bun-bun]

The warm ones will grow germs more quickly, but the fan forced ones get germy as well.  Just be sure and clean them. 

Huh, good to know. Holmes advertises their steam humidifiers as being 99+% germ free. . . maybe I could sue.

[He Man]

If tylenol and all that stuff doesnt help its more then likely that its viral, so time is the only cure. It took me about 14 days for full recovery from the last flu i had (which was the only flu that lasted more than 2 days in over 5 years).

It wasnt until day 7 that i started to atleast feel better and started eating solid foods again.

My recommendation is to just sleep and drink water, eat whatever your stomach can take and tougne can handle. steamed pork is the best if you do eat pork. (yes that means bacon...just steamed, which actually takes pretty good when you make bacon dumplings...). and lots of xbox 360. :p also,


Dont ask how i know but tylenol/aleve/advil + excess binge drinking and falling asleep on one side = ulcer. I dont know if nyquil is part of that big 3. ALWAYS EAT SOMETHING before you take any of those pills.