Go to the doctor if you are concerned. We don't have your medical history, nor can examine you, nor test you.

Just go. It's not a big deal.

You have a cold.

when you spike a fever, or start getting really tired get back to us.

Garlic, ginger, collodial silver, water, pedialite popscicles, and carnation instant breakfast......

You may smell garlicky, but you will FEEl the yucky escaping through every pore.

Generally, when one gets sick with the flu, a cold, or an infection, the body raises its temperature as the bacteria, or viruses can only live within a narrow temperature range.

The body seems to know this, elevates the temperature to slow the spread of the infection, and in turn kill off some of the pathogens.

The last time around, every time I could think of it, I sprayed by throat with zinc, my nose passages with salt water, and even though I was burning up, I lay on a heating pad while drinking lots of fluids.

It knocked it out in record time.

Heat I've learned over the years, will do many things. An infected wound, an abcess, a cold, and a virus. I have also been surprised to find the antimicrobial properties of silver.

I'm thinking of adding some nanosilver to be ingested the next time around. Silver kills everything bad.

We in society tend to fight fever. To reduce fever. When it's the fever that kills what ails us.

Prior to antibiotics, folks with syphillus even were infected by yellow fever intentionally. If they survived the yellow fever, the elevated temperature was sufficient to kill the syphillus.

And yes, it was the elevated temperature that did it.

In SF, we had to learn all sorts of practical field medicine as we may find ourselves in primitive conditions without proper supplies.

This was just another thing we learned about how the body works, and how to use those things to help the body do its job.

I would have never thought of a heating pad with a fever but that is a really interesting point.

That advice might be handy too in a SHTF scenario and you needed to get back on your feet.

A lot of folks have mentioned silver. Haven't some people turned permanently blue from colloidal silver?

this is what I love about ATS (mind you, there is a lot I dislike about it too)..

I was mad sick at home (still am) and couldn't go to work; I work at a high school, in close proximity with dozens of adults and children all day long; under the circumstances, I was advised to stay away, so as to not cause any concern or, heaven forbid, panic, with my violent coughing..

..so, I feel like crap, can't go anywhere -- hey.. whatayaknow? there's a major threadstorm going on ATS about swine flu and the like; let's toss something out there for discussion..

..that's all this was, and all it is: I am not a hypochondriac, a fear-monger, or a cyber-loner; I just felt like getting a disscussion going, to see if there might be any cool info I hadn't thought of before..

..I thank all of you posters who understand this thread for what it IS, and for offering interesting knowledge and wisdom about health remedies and such..

.. as for the negatory vibes..? well.. they're not going to make me any sicker, 'cause I'm not listening !!

Something very simple to tide you over when you are sick that has not been mentioned here is miso soup. Get the best miso you can obtain, preferably biodynamic, and have a spoonful mixed into hot water.

If you have to look after yourself when you are ill, this is a real lifesaver. Don't worry about the high salt content. When you are ill with a sore throat you need the extra salt, and it's much more soothing than jello and ice-cream.

Vitamin C, cod-liver oil, garlic and zinc have already been mentioned, and are all helpful. Oats and currants is a simple meal that supplies many vitamins and bioflavenoids which make the vitamin C much more effective.

Both green tea and diluted dark grape juice also help.

Probably the most important advice of all is simply to keep your liquids up in whatever manner you can, as dehydration is the most frequent case of flu deaths. And don't use straight fruit juice or sugared soda drinks, as the amount of sugar in these causes worse dehydration.

Popsicles of 50/50 fruit juice and live plain yoghurt are soothing and useful too.