Lots of zinc!

Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup, Twinnings Lemon Ginger tea with honey, buttered toast torn up and mixed with a poached egg...NyQuil and Vicks Vaporub.

Feel better.

seagrass

Tea with lemon and OTC cold medicine.

Yay, I don't get colds. I feel for those who do.

When I get a runny nose or congestion, it's usually from seasonal allergies. I start taking 24 hr Zyrtec and the symptoms start to fade in 12 hours and are usually gone in 24-36.

With social distancing and masking, neither of us, or anyone we know, had had a cold or flu this season. Do you know where you caught your cold?

Do you know where you caught your cold?

No, but it would have to be on the apt. complex property grounds.

Cold Eeze

• Guaifenesin, There are different delivery systems. A lot of water. It's been years since I had more than a sniffle. With all these masks and hand washing colds/flu are very rare this year.

I swore by the original Zicam nasal gel which got taken off the market. I do use the Zicam lozenges, but don't find them as effective.

I have used this Vick's First Defence, which has to be purchased from Europe. I brought some back with me from England, and have purchased more from a large online retailer. It seems to work at least as well as the Zicam lozenges.

With Guaifenesin pay attention to see if there are other medications included. I use the Mucinex that is Guaifenesin only.

I have everyday allergies along with seasonal allergies. What I used will depend on how bad I feel. Will normally just up the hot liquids, coffee/tea. Then to Guaifenesin. I also use Gypsy Cold Care tea. Most of the time I do not go to a doctor unless things coming out of my body turn green. Been dismissed with it is only a cold too many times and told to take the OTC meds.

terezosa / terriks, have you read about WHY the original Zycam was taken off of the market? They makers were sued by a number of people who got permanent anosmia from it.

I tough it out or take pseudoephedrine if my nose gets too runny. I've also found that gargling with warm water, salt and either tobasco, or if I have some on hand, oregano oil, will help a sore throat.

Dayquil. Nyquil. Plenty of fluids. Food as tolerated.

Puffs with lotion and Vernors served hot!

Colds are pretty rare for us, but I try to always have chicken stock in the freezer as well as some basic OTC meds: Nyquil, cold-eez, cough drops, cough medicine, and those lemon-flavored packets you mix with hot water (thera-flu?). Plus asprin and tylenol. And vitamin C tablets.

For hydrating, I would buy a flavor of soda we don't normally have, so that I don't associate the taste with feeling bad. For me that's ginger ale.

Hope you feel better soon, Lucille.

I use the Mucinex that is Guaifenesin only.

Yes! I have this on hand not only for colds with stuffiness but it works to loosen things up anywhere. It is not just for chest congestion. I take it as a last resort for my aural fullness I get with Meniere's. The only other cold related things in my arsenal are Vapor Inhalers ,the little chap stick sized sticks. If I have a pain or fever I use plain old aspirin or the like. I avoid decongestants like Sudafed or those that have similar ingredients like the plague.

I haven't had a cold in a really long time. I tend to medicate with alka seltzer cold and flu. That and lots of rest. If i have a sore throat I will sip hot chicken broth or hot chocolate to soothe it.

If SO has a man cold, I'll call in the national guard for support.🙄

Vernor's served hot? I never heard of heating it. I must try that!

All most all soda/pops can be heated. My favorite is Dr Pepper but I have tried other things.

Ginger ale hot sounds good, especially when having a cold. I have had Dr. Pepper hot; it's good.

Zinc & Vitamin C. Codeine for cough. Expectorant/ decongestant. Can't take pseudoephedrine. Knock on wood, I haven't had a cold in several years.

Sambucol, started at first sign of a cold--herbal antiviral. Then lots of liquid, chunks of ginger simmered in water, strained. For sore throat, about 1 tsp. turmeric in 1 Tbl. honey and held in the mouth to drip slowly down throat. Turmeric has strong anti-inflammatory properties.

Zinc and a good dosage of Vitamin D as most of us don't get enough in the winter. Oh and Kleenex lol.

Large doses of vitamin C three times a day.

Elizabeth, our Mom would give it to us with a touch of lemon. On a cold winter night it is good too.

Airborne or a generic version. It really seems to work for me to stave off or suppress (make milder) cold symptoms. I used to be exposed to colds a lot at work.

If I have come down with enough symptoms to take other meds, I will usually take only what I need for my symptoms if I can, sometimes Dayquil (or generic). Lots of tea with ginger, or ginger/turmeric. Hot ginger ale (if made with real ginger) sounds good! Theraflu if it is really severe (haven't had one of those in several years though, knock wood!)

Lucille both of us here have been suffering from terrible allergies. The tree pollen is off the charts, especially cedar. I am severely allergic to cedar pollen. And last night weather man showed there's a huge cloud of dust over Texas. In Lubbock there are drifts on the street in places. Every time we have the Sahara dust descending on us we get sick. So all of this could well be contributing to your condition. My sinuses are are affected, which is causing headaches and drainage, which is causing a lot of coughing. It is a domino effect. I take allergy medication daily. I have been having to use both of my asthma inhalers it's setting off my asthma so bad.

I have a sinus cleaning machine which helps when it's this bad. I do take zinc daily too.

I rarely get out of the house but it still gets us.

Good luck 🤞!

So all of this could well be contributing to your condition. My sinuses are are affected, which is causing headaches and drainage, which is causing a lot of coughing.

It could be. I do not often have allergy symptoms/problems but perhaps that is what I have now. With the precautions I take it would not be easy to be infected with a cold.