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Zinc is tentatively linked to a shorter length of symptoms
Zinc has also been clinically proven to reduce the duration of colds, which means it will also help you early on.
To get the desired short-term boost, Turley suggests around four or five times the recommended daily allowance, but not for long.
“Zinc at a high dose long-term will be toxic and will make you deficient in copper,” she warns.
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Alternative treatments used for the common cold include numerous home remedies and alternative medicines.
Scientific research regarding the efficacy of each treatment is generally nonexistent or inconclusive
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Current best evidence indicates prevention, including…
hand washing
neatness
management of symptoms.
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C was identified in the early part of the previous century and there was much interest in its possible effects on various infections including the common cold.
A few controlled trials on the effect of vitamin C on the common cold were carried out already in the 1940s,
but the topic became particularly popular after 1970, when Linus Pauling, a double Nobel laureate, wrote a best-selling book Vitamin C and the Common Cold.
Pauling’s book led to great interest in the topic among lay people, but also among academic circles.
After Pauling’s book, a number of controlled trials were carried out.
However, the interest disappeared after the middle of 1970s apparently because of the publication of 2 reviews and 1 primary study, which all concluded that vitamin C does not influence the common cold.
However, the three papers were later shown to be erroneous
According to the Cochrane review on vitamin C and the common cold, 1 g/day or more of vitamin C does not influence common cold incidence in the general community
However, in 5 ‘randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials’ with participants who were under heavy short-term physical stress
(3 of the trials were with marathon runners),
vitamin C halved the incidence of colds.
In the dose of 1 g/day or more, vitamin C shortened the duration of colds in adults by 8% and in children by 18%.
Vitamin C also decreased the severity of colds.
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Echinaces
A systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration, last updated in 2014, examines 24 randomized controlled trials studying various ‘echinacea preparations’ for prevention and treatment of the common cold.
‘Echinacea’ showed no benefit over ‘placebo’ for prevention
Evidence for treatment was inconsistent.
Reported side effects were rare
2007 meta-analyses conclude that there is some evidence that echinacea may reduce either the duration or severity of the common cold, but results are not consistent
Use of echinacea preparations is not currently recommended
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Chicken soup
In the 1100s, Moses Maimonides wrote,
“Chicken soup … is recommended as an excellent food as well as medication.”
Since then, there have been numerous reports in the United States that chicken soup alleviates the symptoms of the common cold.
Even usually staid medical journals have published tongue-in-cheek articles on the alleged medicinal properties of chicken soup.
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A 2013 Cochrane review found tentative evidence of benefit with Pelargonium sidoides for the symptoms of the common cold;
however, the quality of the evidence was very poor
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Steam inhalation
Many people believe that steam inhalation reduces cold symptoms.
There is no evidence suggesting that steam inhalation is effective for treating the common cold.
There have been reports of children being badly burned by accidentally spilling the water used for steam inhalation.
Evidence does not support a relationship between cold temperature exposure or a “chill” (feeling of coldness) and the common cold
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References
^ Jump up to: a b “A Survival Guide for Preventing and Treating Influenza and the Common Cold”. American Lung Association. August 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
^ Jump up to: a b c Karsch-Völk, Marlies; Barrett, Bruce; Kiefer, David; Bauer, Rudolf; Ardjomand-Woelkart, Karin; Linde, Klaus (2014-02-20). “Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold”. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2): CD000530. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000530.pub3. ISSN 1469-493X. PMC 4068831. PMID 24554461.
^ Jump up to: a b Singh, Meenu; Singh, Manvi (2013-06-04). Singh, Meenu (ed.). “Heated, humidified air for the common cold”. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (6): CD001728. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001728.pub5. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 23733382.
^ Boyce JM, Pittet D (October 2002). “Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America” (PDF). MMWR Recomm Rep. 51 (RR–16): 1–45, quiz CE1–4. PMID 12418624.
^ “Staying healthy is in your hands – Public Health Agency Canada”. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
^ “Common Cold: Treatments and Drugs”. Mayo Clinic. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c Hemilä, Harri (January 2006). Do vitamins C and E affect respiratory infections? (Thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/20335. ISBN 978-952-10-2837-3.
^ Jump up to: a b Hemilä, Harri (2009). “Vitamins and minerals”. Commond Cold. pp. 275–307. doi:10.1007/978-3-7643-9912-2_13. hdl:10138/228060. ISBN 978-3-7643-9894-1.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Hemilä, H; Chalker, E (2013). “Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold”. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (1): CD000980. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000980.pub4. PMC 1160577. PMID 23440782. Refs to the review: http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/CC
^ Jump up to: a b Hemilä, H (1997). “Vitamin C supplementation and the common cold – was Linus Pauling right or wrong?”. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 67 (5): 329–335. hdl:10250/7980. PMID 9350474.
^ Shah, SA; Sander, S; White, CM; Rinaldi, M; Coleman, CI (July 2007). “Evaluation of echinacea for the prevention and treatment of the common cold: a meta-analysis”. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 7 (7): 473–80. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70160-3. PMC 7106401. PMID 17597571.
^ “Common Cold”. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 2006-11-27. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
^ Simasek M, Blandino DA (2007). “Treatment of the common cold”. American Family Physician. 75 (4): 515–20. PMID 17323712.
^ “Common Cold (Upper Respiratory Infection)”. The Merck Manual Online. Merck & Co. November 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
^ The Natural Standard Research Collaboration (2006-08-01). “Echinacea (E. angustifolia DC, E. pallida, E. purpurea)”. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
^ “Echinacea”. University of Maryland Medical Center. 2005-09-22. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
^ Rosner, F (October 1980). “Therapeutic efficacy of chicken soup”. Chest. 78 (4): 672–674. doi:10.1378/chest.78.4.672. PMID 7191367.
^ Rennard, Barbara O.; Ronald F. Ertl; Gail L. Gossman; Richard A. Robbins; Stephen I. Rennard (October 2000). “Chicken Soup Inhibits Neutrophil Chemotaxis In Vitro”. Chest. 118 (4): 1150–1157. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.584.6659. doi:10.1378/chest.118.4.1150. PMID 11035691.
^ Caroline, NL.; H Schwartz (February 1975). “Chicken soup rebound and relapse of pneumonia”. Chest. 67 (2): 215–216. doi:10.1378/chest.67.2.215. PMID 1090422.
^ Ohry, Abraham; Jenni Tsafrir (1999-12-14). “Is chicken soup an essential drug?”. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 161 (12): 1532–3. PMC 1230870. PMID 10624412.
^ Timmer, A; Günther, J; Motschall, E; Rücker, G; Antes, G; Kern, WV (22 October 2013). “Pelargonium sidoides extract for treating acute respiratory tract infections”. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 10 (10): CD006323. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub3. PMID 24146345.
^ Braun BL, Fowles JB, Solberg L, Kind E, Healey M, Anderson R (2000). “Patient beliefs about the characteristics, causes, and care of the common cold: an update”. The Journal of Family Practice. 49 (2): 153–6. PMID 10718693.
^ Akhavani MA, Baker RH (2005). “Steam inhalation treatment for children”. Br J Gen Pract. 55 (516): 557. PMC 1472796. PMID 16004753.
^ Eccles, R. (2002-09-01). “Acute cooling of the body surface and the common cold”. Rhinology. 40 (3): 109–114. ISSN 0300-0729. PMID 12357708.
^ Hemilä, H; Petrus, EJ; Fitzgerald, JT; Prasad, A (November 2016). “Zinc acetate lozenges for treating the common cold: an individual patient data meta-analysis”. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 82 (5): 1393–1398. doi:10.1111/bcp.13057. PMC 5061795. PMID 27378206.
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During cold and flu season, we try our best to protect ourselves from the sick masses, lathering on the hand sanitizer and stepping away from sniffling colleagues.
But when your spouse or partner comes down with a virus, you don’t exactly want to quarantine them …
and yet, you really don’t want to get sick yourself.
How can you balance caring for a loved one without sacrificing your own health?
Are cuddling, sex, or even just sleeping in the same bed out of the question?
Here’s what the experts say:
Build up your immunity all year long
Before anyone gets sick, it’s a good idea to prepare yourself at this time of year.
“The most important thing people can do is well ahead of time, and that is taking good care of themselves and getting vaccinated [for the flu],” Pritish Tosh, an infectious diseases doctor at Mayo Clinic and a member of the Mayo Vaccine Research Group, told Yahoo Health.
“The healthier people are to begin with, the more likely they are to bounce back readily from an influenza infection.”
All those other things doctors tell you to do — getting enough sleep and exercise, eating a balanced diet — should be high on your priority list these days too.
Take immune-boosting herbs, vitamins, and probiotics
Medical herbalist Daniela Turley recommends taking some of the same things you would if you were already sick.
Elderberry, which has antiviral properties, is a good place to start.
“Even if you aren’t sick but have been exposed to your partner’s virus, what it’s going to do is help to stop the virus from replicating,” she told Yahoo Health.
“The earlier you take it the better”
If you aren’t already onboard the probiotic train, this might be the time to start, too.
“Taking a probiotic has been shown fairly conclusively to reduce the duration of a cold and symptoms by boosting your IGA, the immunoglobulin that lines your lungs, throat and gut — your first line of defense against a cold,” Turley says.
Related: Do These 10 Cold Remedies Actually Work?
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Keep hands washed, and below the neck
“One of the more important things is making sure everyone is washing their hands constantly, so if viral particles are living on surfaces, you won’t get them inside of you,” said Holly Phillips, a board-certified medical internist and CBS News medical contributor.
“The other thing to do is keep your hands below your neck.
Even if you have viral particles on your hands, if you don’t reach up and touch your eyes or rub your nose or touch your mouth, you won’t get sick.”
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Ask the sick person to cough into their sleeve
Tosh calls this “good respiratory etiquette.”
The biggest culprit in transmitting respiratory illnesses, he says, are droplets that come from coughing and sneezing.
If someone is too sick to avoid coughing in your face, you even might consider a face mask.
This is far more important than all the surface cleaning and laundry you can do all over the house, Tosh said.
Though, he adds, “generally keeping things clean is very reasonable.”
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Head to the kitchen
First off, even if you have one of those ambitious patients who still wants to cook dinner for the family, kick them out of the kitchen.
“They likely have viral particles on their hand,” Phillips says.
“If you cough, particles spread 20-40 feet, so they’d get all over the food, all over the kitchen, even on the refrigerator door.”
While you take over meal duty, both Phillips and Turley suggest cooking with
shiitake mushrooms,
which reduce inflammation and boost white blood cells,
and fresh ginger,
which helps the lymph system.
To ward off respiratory infection, Turley recommends
crushing raw garlic,
letting it rest for 15 minutes,
and then adding it to foods like hummus or already cooked soup.
You can also season your salads with a spoonful of ‘fire cider’,
a special spicy concoction of
ginger,
chilies,
lemon juice,
turmeric,
garlic,
onion,
and apple cider vinegar.
(Check out her recipe for it here
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“One of the main reasons we have a cold and flu season isn’t because it’s cold outside during the winter but rather, because it’s cold outside, we spend more time indoors,” Phillips explained.
“That traps in more germs.”
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Related:
Can Cold Temperatures Make You Sick?
Science May Support Grandma
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Kiss at your own risk
“In general, try to stay away from respiratory secretions, which are going to be infectious,” Tosh cautioned.
“I don’t want people to say, ‘You told me not to kiss my husband.’
No, I said, avoid unnecessary exposure to ‘infectious respiratory secretions’
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That goes for sex too
No, these viruses can’t be sexually transmitted — it’s just all the other body parts that touch during sex that put you in danger.
Plus, even if your partner’s drugged up enough to feel sexy for a short time, they shouldn’t really be getting too active until they’re well.
“Engaging in overly strenuous activity is probably not going to help things and may make things worse,” Tosh said.
(If you need help abstaining, just repeat the phrase “respiratory secretions” to yourself a few times)
Related: 25 Ways to Fix a Sexless Marriage
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Oil pull
If you do end up kissing sicky, you can try a topical gargle or spray to give yourself another immunity boost.
“I personally always have oregano oil at home,” Turley said.
“Oregano oil is antimicrobial.”
She recommends combining oregano and coconut oil, swishing it in your mouth, and spitting it out (though not into the drain, as it does clog).
You could also try a ready-made herbal throat spray
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Go to bed, or the couch
“On one hand, [when you’re sick] having your partner there is very helpful, just in terms of having the psychological support,” Tosh said.
On the other, you’re right up there next to those infectious respiratory secretions, so it’s a judgment call you have to make yourself.
“I think your partner will forgive you if they’re coughing and sneezing and they have a terrible fever and they’re clearly virulent, if you say, ‘You know what? I’m about to crash on the couch,’” Phillips said.
“And also you’ll both probably get a better night’s sleep, which is critical to both preventing getting sick and recovering.”
Read This Next: A Shocking Amount of You Are Hooking Up at the Office Holiday Party
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(get a ‘flu shot’)
(sleep)
(exercise)
(healthy diet)
(immune-boosting ‘herbs’ / ‘vitamins’ / ‘pro-biotics’)
‘elderberry’
‘zinc’
‘ginger’
‘shiitake mushrooms’
(crush ‘raw garlic’)
(let it rest for 15 minutes)
(add to foods like ‘hummus’ or ‘already-cooked soup’)
(season your salads with a spoonful of ‘fire cider’)
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‘fire cider’ —>
‘ginger’
‘chili’
‘lemon juice’
‘turmeric’
‘garlic’
‘onion’
apple cider vinegar
Plans for this week:
Fire cider!
🔥Fire cider ingredients!
🔥what we need on a cold wet day
🔥 recipe :
three chillies,
1/2 cup of horseradish,
1/2 cup garlic,
1/2 cup of ginger,
1/2 cup of turmeric (fresh),
two teaspoons of black pepper,
two hot chillies,
a bunch of thyme,
one onion chopped
one cinnamon stick,
juice and zest of two lemons
🔥 chop all ingredients and add to a clean jar.
🔥 cover with apple cider vinegars
🔥 leave in a cool dark place for 4-6 weeks
🔥 strain and add raw honey to taste
🔥 this will store in the fridge for 1 year
🔥 take at the first sign of a cold to ward off infection 🔥
#immunity
#firecider
#chillie
#horseradish
#turmeric
#garlic
#blackpepper
#cinnamon
#thyme
(open the windows)
(fresh air prevents germs from being trapped indoors)
(don’t kiss a sick person)
(to avoid ‘infected saliva’)
(don’t have sex with a sick person)
(if you are sick, avoid sex)
(as well as any other ‘strenuous activity’)
(if you do kiss a sick person, use a topical ‘gargle’ (or ‘spray’))
(use ‘oregano oil’)
(which is ‘anti-microbial’)
(mix with ‘coconut oil’)
(swish it in your mouth and spit it out)
(but don’t spit it in the drain because it can clog your pipes)
(or a ready-made herbal voice spray)
(like they used to sell for singers @ ‘guitar center’)
(don’t share a bed with a sick person)
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(wash hands with ‘soap’ + ‘water’)
(for ’20 seconds’?)
(or at least ’12 seconds’)
(12 times a day)
(at ‘regular intervals’)
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(if soap and water aren’t available, carry ‘alcohol-based hand sanitizer’ at all times))
*DON’T TOUCH YOUR FACE*
*clean all surfaces*
*laundry*
(cough / sneeze into sleeve)
(wear facemask so you don’t breathe in infected droplets)
(don’t let sick people cook for you)
www.yahoo.com /lifestyle/taking-care-of-a-sick-partner-192301010.html
How to Stay Well When the Person Sleeping Next to You Is Germ-Infested
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