Got my self a nasty flu

mapuc · 04-07-13, 01:49 PM

It have been years since last time I had real one.

My body feels like the day after a heavy party with lots of drinking

That's the problem I haven't done that so this hangover-feeling is not good

In a couple of days It's will be gone.

Markus

Schroeder · 04-07-13, 01:56 PM

Get well soon.

Skybird · 04-07-13, 02:11 PM

Hot shower, and into the prewarmed bed, sweating like hell, and then sweat some more. Sleep a lot when possible. Plenty of hot fruit tea with plenty of Ascorbic Acid (when I am ill I can consume 15-20 times of that white stuff than when I am healthy, so obviously the body has some internal use for it, somehow...). No medical drugs, it only delays the process op fighting the infection. Push down fever only when it becomes threatening, the fever is the body's weapon. At best take some Aspirin occasionally, to help against the headache and "gelantine blood".

mapuc · 04-07-13, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Hot shower, and into the prewarmed bed, sweating like hell, and then sweat some more. Sleep a lot when possible. Plenty of hot fruit tea with plenty of Ascorbic Acid (when I am ill I can consume 15-20 times of that white stuff than when I am healthy, so obviously the body has some internal use for it, somehow...). No medical drugs, it only delays the process op fighting the infection. Push down fever only when it becomes threatening, the fever is the body's weapon. At best take some Aspirin occasionally, to help against the headache and "gelantine blood".

Thanks for your advise. Can tell you that last night I sleeped awful woked most of the time because of all this coughing and I was sweating a lot. I take some aspirine to fight the pain in the body. However today I went to the drugstore to buy some over the counter medicine(not medicine on prescription) against my dry coughing, cause it hurt a lot in my throat when I cough

You're right the body has to fight it by it self.

Markus

Jimbuna · 04-07-13, 03:37 PM

Rest and fluids...plenty of.

u crank · 04-07-13, 04:26 PM

Hope you are on the mend Marcus. Take care.

Rhodes · 04-07-13, 04:27 PM

Before sleep a good glass of brandy! Get well soon!

Skybird · 04-07-13, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Thanks for your advise. Can tell you that last night I sleeped awful woked most of the time because of all this coughing and I was sweating a lot. I take some aspirine to fight the pain in the body. However today I went to the drugstore to buy some over the counter medicine(not medicine on prescription) against my dry coughing, cause it hurt a lot in my throat when I cough

You're right the body has to fight it by it self.

Markus

when I get that kind of flu, I always get it in the late afternoon. I then imediately try all I can to artificially drive up my temperature and to sweat as much as I can. The first night usually is very nasty, also includes ague (Schüttelfrost). But often I already fully recover over the next day. Without Ascorbic Acid I take three times as long, though. I easily consume 5-6 tea spoons over the day without needing to visit the toilet. When I am healthy, I can take just the small tip of a knife at max. Obviosuly, that stuff gets used somehow. It does not kill bugs, but it seems to load up the stockpile of ammo for the immune system. Proxy war, so to speak.

Stay hot, rest, sweat, drink a lot of hot citron tea. That's the best.

Reece · 04-08-13, 01:08 AM

One of the best things I found for a bad sore throat is to sip cherry brandy, and it tastes nice!!

Get well soon.

swamprat69er · 04-08-13, 05:04 PM

Hot toddies are the best thing for a cold. If you have access to a sauna go and sweat your brains out. Just do not drink the toddies in the sauna.

August · 04-08-13, 05:07 PM

Hope you feel better soon.

mapuc · 04-08-13, 05:11 PM

Today I woke and was feeling quite well. So it have been about 2½ days with fever and a body that feels like it have been at some party that I'm not aware of.

Maybe the fever is gone etc. I know that it can come back without any warning if I ignore the signal from the body.

Markus

swamprat69er · 04-08-13, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Today I woke and was feeling quite well. So it have been about 2½ days with fever and a body that feels like it have been at some party that I'm not aware of.

Maybe the fever is gone etc. I know that it can come back without any warning if I ignore the signal from the body.

Markus

Might as well take an extra day or two off just to make sure you are better.

August · 04-08-13, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Might as well take an extra day or two off just to make sure you are better.

Yes and stay hydrated.

swamprat69er · 04-08-13, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Yes and stay hydrated.

That is a good excuse for lots more toddies.

04-07-13, 01:49 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Got my self a nasty flu It have been years since last time I had real one. My body feels like the day after a heavy party with lots of drinking That's the problem I haven't done that so this hangover-feeling is not good In a couple of days It's will be gone. Markus

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Get well soon. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

04-07-13, 02:11 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,683 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hot shower, and into the prewarmed bed, sweating like hell, and then sweat some more. Sleep a lot when possible. Plenty of hot fruit tea with plenty of Ascorbic Acid (when I am ill I can consume 15-20 times of that white stuff than when I am healthy, so obviously the body has some internal use for it, somehow...). No medical drugs, it only delays the process op fighting the infection. Push down fever only when it becomes threatening, the fever is the body's weapon. At best take some Aspirin occasionally, to help against the headache and "gelantine blood". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,743 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rest and fluids...plenty of. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Hope you are on the mend Marcus. Take care. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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04-08-13, 01:08 AM	#9
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,752 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	One of the best things I found for a bad sore throat is to sip cherry brandy, and it tastes nice!! Get well soon. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Hot toddies are the best thing for a cold. If you have access to a sauna go and sweat your brains out. Just do not drink the toddies in the sauna. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hope you feel better soon. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

04-08-13, 05:11 PM	#12
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Today I woke and was feeling quite well. So it have been about 2½ days with fever and a body that feels like it have been at some party that I'm not aware of. Maybe the fever is gone etc. I know that it can come back without any warning if I ignore the signal from the body. Markus