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its worst if you allergies , or ashtma. humans are somewhat brachycephalic, so we are prone to breathing issues, or nasal disruptions. you know dogs with this type of conditions have a whole host of breathing and other issues.

getting flu and covid, rsv, or another viral infection is much worst than a cold.

are you sure this isnt covid, the current one causes severe sore throat, and painful swallowing. i just went through nimbus variant like 2 weeks ago and this what it caused. cold almost never causes this.

it sounds more like COVID.

Simple:

1. Drink water
2. I Clear the snot in the wash basin every 30 minutes
3. I Don't drink the snot that comes in backwards from ~~your~~ my nose, no matter how lazy ~~you are~~ I am feeling
   • spit it out in the wash basin
   • this way ~~you~~ I don't get cough
4. I don't take paracetamol or symptomatic relief medicine, instead keep 2-3 handkerchiefs to keep it clean
5. Sinuses blocked and blowing nose is not enough, there is a medicine for it. But if you can, try some mace and nutmeg powder instead.
6. Fever? Yes. I Sleep with it.
   • Feeling weak, I take some ORS (the one with sugar in it)

And the most important part, don't go around coughing/snorting it at other people.

Sinuses blocked

There's 2 types of medicines for this.
1 will dry up your nose, essentially stopping the exit of pathogens via that vector. The other will convert blocked-nose to running nose.
The 2nd one is desirable, if you want it to actually get fixed. Of course, you will need to clean your nose more often, as a result.

Pump ur body with vitamins and lean protein it gives ur body all the components it needs to fight as effectively as possible. U will be on the mend in less than a day. Or maybe I'm just weird. Counter intuitively if its covid nicotine in a form that won't irritate ur throat actually inhibits its ability to attach ur body as effectively.

Eating a toe of raw garlic is about the only real remedy. Because it's slime covers the throat and some ingredients suport the body in defending. Lime blossom (? Lindenblüten) tea has a similiar effect but less potent and accelerates the metabolism (i.e. you get hot) instead.

I'll admit I'm a sample size of one with no counterfactual, but I started using Vicks First Defence about 4 years ago and in that time the few colds I've had were much briefer and milder than they were previously.

It's a kind of mega-mucus spray that performs the same mechanical action as snot to physically get the virus out of your body, only a lot more aggressively. It's briefly unpleasant to use but usually worth it. (I am not paid by Vicks)

Ikr I'm also suffering from this rn, but in my case throw on chills until I pop paracetamol and then I'm on a grill, bone aches like I got Raynaud's in my legs... Yup it's flu time!

The Nyquil that helps you sleep is a Godsend when I feel like this.