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Give me your remedies

VeryContrary247VeryContrary247
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For sore throat/hacking cough. I've had this for the past few days and it's gotten progressively worse! I've been taking DayQuil and NyQuil, gargling with salt water, drinking lots of fluids and increasing my sleep intake and none of these solutions last! I'm in a wedding tomorrow and I need this to be better!
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  • DowagerCountessofNJDowagerCountessofNJ
    Gargling with warm salt water every two hours.  I also eat honey to help coat my throat.  I find it's best right off the spoon but I'm sure a warm cup of tea with honey will work just as well.
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  • BLT20051BLT20051
    Lemon juice. Take a swig and it will help clear out any gunk in your throat. My choir director used to make us do it if we were sick before a concert.
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  • meltoinemeltoine member
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    Ditto lemon and honey. Also, a steamy shower will loosen the gunk and help you cough it out. 
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  • VeryContrary247VeryContrary247
    There is no junk in my throat! It's this super painful wheezy dry cough which makes it even worse.
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  • BLT20051BLT20051

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    There is no junk in my throat! It's this super painful wheezy dry cough which makes it even worse.

    Then honey. It will coat and help soothe.

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  • VeryContrary247VeryContrary247

    In other news, all this coughing has led to the best ab workout I've gotten in months! 

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  • iluvmytxrgriluvmytxrgr mod
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    I've had the same thing for over a week.  Nothing was helping.  Finally went to the doctor and it's acute sinusitis and bronchitis.  I got a steroid shot in my butt cheek, augmentin and flonase. I'm not usually big on meds, but nothing else was helping and it's starting to effect my ear.  You may just have to hit up the clinic. 
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  • AudetteAudette member

    Honey sweetened herbal tea.

    Also, cough syrup helps.  Dayquil and Nyquil might help whatever is making your throat sore, but they don't really do much for the soreness in the short term.  Robitussin is your friend...

     

     

    I'd also recommend keeping a stash of cough drops in your purse for tomorrow.  You grabbing one mid-ceremony will be much less disruptive than coughing/hacking during the vows.

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