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I Think I Am Coming Down With A Cold. Don't Want It Going To My Chest. What Do You Do If You Think You Have Picked Up Something?

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Cyprus
July 24, 2024
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A myPHteam Member

Keep an eye on your temperature, drink plenty of fluids. If you have a temp or get worse call your doc or go to urgent care..I'm no professional just an old retired nurse. Get better
Lori

July 24, 2024
A myPHteam Member

Can't you buy pure sea salt and make your own saline solution for practically nothing.
In an ideal world you would use distilled water but boiled then cooled water is safe.
You can should be able to find the salts content on the label then just use the same dilution. 🙂

July 28, 2024
A myPHteam Member

Hey Kris, no whatcha mean jelly bean. It’s the fake version of navage. It Rusty’s. He had horrible sinuses. I swear he gave it to me. lol. 😂. I never had bad sinuses unless I was actually sick. Been using different versions of Afrin menthol steady for the last two years now. Need to stop. My sinuses swell shut. Not congested. Just swollen. If saline will work, I will move to that. I tried once only (one bottle) and it didn’t help. I think my swollen shut sinuses are the main contributor to my sleep apnea. When they are wide open I sleep good. When shut, mouth is dry as a bone. Like paper all the way down my throat. I’m not a mouth breather. lol. Like a fish outta water.

August 11, 2024
A myPHteam Member

Ann,
I hope you feel better. I am a lousy person to say anything in this area. I get a little sick and then think I am better and I end up with pneumonia with out even realizing it till I get to the hospital. I am trying to learn to be more focused on my symptoms and reading my body closer, as opposed to thinking everything is due to SOB and my diagnosis, before it has a chance to turn to pneumonia.

July 28, 2024
A myPHteam Member

Just be well. I rely on the pharmacist. We have one in the family but I can also go to Rite-aide and knowing my meds, offers ones that work well with them.

July 25, 2024

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