Prolong coughing!!

[pheoxs]

Costco has a sale on almost all their vitamins right now if anyone needs to stock up.

[phreezee]

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Don’t you need something like quercetin to actually absorb all that zinc?

Not sure about absorption, but I use it mainly like a lozenge to soothe the throat and reduce coughing.

Taking zinc may help prevent the rhinovirus (or cold virus) from multiplying and may stop the virus from lodging in the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

[max_boost]

i had it lingering for months a couple years back
covid maybe? who knows
glad it's gone tho
good luck bbb101

[littledan]

its probably totally unrelated to the man made virus that circulated the entire globe, shut down society, and continues to circulate in multiple variants. its just a normal cough.

[bigbadboss101]

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What are your Vitamin D levels?
Are you taking supplements of vitamin D and K?

At our home with have K2+D3, C, Zinc+Copper, probiotic. That is what I use and I probably can take more D during the winter season. The kids also take B12 and some other things. My MIL thinks we take way too many supplements.

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Sinus rinsing is a game changer... I am also a fan of breathing in steam with a bit of eucalyptus oil when my sinuses and throat are feeling bothersome.

Will try the steam and essential oil!

[bigbadboss101]

Thanks. My MIL has a puffer (she brought it with her from Hungary) she uses. I will buy a nasal rinse product.

[ExtraSlow]

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How are you guys doing nasal rinses without salt? I tried once, it hurt like hell.

You need the salt. I mix my own.

[ExtraSlow]

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That's what the salt is for, you don't need to boil the water. The case of the amoeba, the woman used tap water and didn't use the salt.

I don't think this is correct at all. The little bit of salt in these rinses isn't killing anything. you absolutely SHOULD be using boiled water. I usually don't, but you for sure SHOULD.

[Pacman]

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I don't think this is correct at all. The little bit of salt in these rinses isn't killing anything. you absolutely SHOULD be using boiled water. I usually don't, but you for sure SHOULD.

I think to be safe, it's better to boil, or perhaps the distilled option. The thing for me is, it's a lot easier and faster to grab the bottle of Hydrasense and do a couple of big blasts in each nostril. I suspect it's not as effective as the squirt bottle as you are getting a lot more volume of liquid up there and draining out, but it's 8 seconds vs however long it takes for the other process.

[phreezee]

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I don't think this is correct at all. The little bit of salt in these rinses isn't killing anything. you absolutely SHOULD be using boiled water. I usually don't, but you for sure SHOULD.

You are right, I'll edit to boil to past 115F, to reduce cooling time wait.
I found this:

During their investigation, the CDC researchers tested salt water prepared according to the neti pot instructions to see whether N. fowleri could survive in the salinity (the organisms are naturally found only in fresh water, not in salt water).
The researchers found that the amoebas survived in the salt water longer than four hours — a far longer time than neti pot users would likely wait between dissolving the salt and using the pot, Yoder said.

[suntan]

"Boil past 115F".

Um, you might already have some amoebas.

[phreezee]

115F was based on the CDC:

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegle...an%2080%C2%B0F.

Naegleria fowleri is a heat-loving (thermophilic) organism, meaning it thrives in heat and likes warm water. It grows best at high temperatures up to 115°F (46°C) and can survive for short periods at even higher temperatures.

[suntan]

Dude... strong reading comprehension...

Anyhow, you need to boil it at 100C for five minutes. 100C is 212F. You can keep the boiled water in the fridge for seven days.

[ercchry]

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Dude... strong reading comprehension...

Anyhow, you need to boil it at 100C for five minutes. 100C is 212F. You can keep the boiled water in the fridge for seven days.

Same fridge as I store my amoebas?

[suntan]

They stay much fresher in the freezer.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Mine lasted the full month of November and it was deep and bronchial. Leftover shitty home kits suggested it wasn't tHeCoViDz, but I kind of doubt it.
It really sucked, though.

[Pacman]

This is why I buy the bottled stuff from Costco , on sale in packs of 3.

[suntan]

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Mine lasted the full month of November and it was deep and bronchial. Leftover shitty home kits suggested it wasn't tHeCoViDz, but I kind of doubt it.
It really sucked, though.

Trust the science.

[tonytiger55]

Ya. Increase the Vitamin D if u can and take it with food that has some kind of fat.

I created a AI pic for funnies.

[SKR]

Last time I had a cough that got worse at night it was called post nasal drip and I was given mometasone to use twice a day for two weeks and it cured it. I currently have a cough that won't go away and will do the same. A sinus rinse would probably help as well, but I've never had any luck with those since my lungs' first instinct seems to be to divert all water into them as fast as possible. I don't have any faith in vitamins.