To Cure A Throat Infection

[mcgillianaire]

What's your method? I threw the kitchen sink at mine. Antiobiotics, B-complex, Tylenol, cloves, warm milk mixed with turmeric, ginger tea (with honey and lime), copious amounts of hot drinking water and Rasam (South Indian spicy lentil soup). Dunno which, but it did the trick!

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[lctrc-gtr-dde.livejournal.com]

Betadine gargle usually does the trick (3-5 days). Antibiotics in one case (7 days).

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Heh. I knew I'd forgotten something on my list. I tried Betadine gargles and the more traditional salt gargles as well. I think the antibiotic did the trick in my case while the others, particularly the cloves and gargles, provided temporary relief.

[drunkendeadcat.livejournal.com]

I drink honey

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Just plain honey?

[drunkendeadcat.livejournal.com]

yeah cold straight from the hive, the pains of the stings take my mind off the sore throat

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

haha! :)

[drunkendeadcat.livejournal.com]

It works :)

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

I use vitamin A as soon as I get the tickle that means a sore throat is on the way. I like to stop them before they start.

If it gets to be an actual infection, I go to the doctor and usually get antibiotics, but that hasn't happened in a long, long time, since I stop the sore throats before they start.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

That is exactly the kind of response I was looking for. Something to nip it in the bud when you get the tickle!

What vitamin A capsules do you take?

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

I take 25,000 to 50,000 IUs of vitamin A / day for up to two weeks. Longer than that and you might get vitaminosis.

If I take the vitamin A on first day, when the tickle vanishes in less than 30 minutes after waking up, I usually don't have to take it again. The longer you wait to start taking the A vitamins, the longer you have to take them.

Doctors usually think I'm nuts, "You mean vitamin C, A doesn't help sore throats." But, they haven't tried it. I think it works because vitamin A is good for skin and mucous membranes. The inside of your throat is covered in mucous membrane and I figure the A vitamins make it easier for the mucous membrane to fight off the microbes.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of an IU before. Very interesting stuff. I asked my dad if Vitamin A could cure sore throats and he said: "Don't think so. Do you mean C?" :) He then told me about the potential negative effects of over consuming A. But I like your reasoning. Might give it a go next time! Thanks a lot for sharing it.

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

The potential negative effects of over-consuming vitamin A are why I wrote not to take that kind of dosage for more than two weeks ;)

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Gotcha!

[elodie21.livejournal.com]

It was surely the anti-biotics while, as you say, the tea etc help relieve the pain. I prefer tomato soup and if you eat non-veg, chicken soup helps too. I love melting some chocolate (dairy milk being my fav) and just slowly having that-it really helps relieve the pain for me!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

I must admit I had a few bowls of tomato soup as well! Next time, I'll try chicken soup. I forgot we make a chicken clear soup with lots of black pepper in South India just for that kinda situation. Unfortunately I don't like chocolate so that's totally outta the question for me! But it's good to know that's one way to relieve pain. Thanks for the feedback. :)

[onlineoffline.livejournal.com]

I do the kitchen sink cure too. Usually, hot toddy with lots of grated ginger mixed with lemon and honey, with hot water and some rum or whisky, Echinacea tincture, Vitamin C, Covonia cough medicine, Listerine .. anything that is to hand of that nature really! But never antibiotics unless it goes to my chest (it did last time). I hate antibiotics, because the more you take them the more your body gets resistant to them, so I save those for really bad things. Also if you take them you then have to take pro-biotics, (like acidofilus), because they kill everything, including all your good gut flora. I think the south Indian spicy soup sounds good!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Hot toddy, rum, whisky - never thought of that! Will def have to try that next time. :) And what exactly is E tincture? It rings a bell but nothing comes to mind. If I was back in London I would've also tried my Covonia as well! Also didn't think of Listerine before. Have added that for future reference!

Like you, I hate antibiotics and for the same reason. The only reason I felt compelled to take it this time is because I am preparing for some very important law exams later this month and I wanted to get better as quickly as possible. My dad avoids tablets as much as he can for the same reason and I have inherited that philosophy as well. Most people are only too willing to resort them for instant relief. But what's this about pro-biotics? I'd love to take my dad up on poor provision of treatment!