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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[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!