bathing/showering when very ill thanks for quick replies

[Guest guest]

Friends,

My wife and I have both came down with something very virulent. She

had double ear infection and double pinkeye, plus congestion, etc...

while I have had a fever between 102-104 (sometimes it would drop lower

for a few hours) since Saturday. I am so sore I really want to bath,

but didnt know if it was a good idea.

[Guest guest]

Sure, why not? Especially soothing is to put epsom salt in the tub and

soak for 20 min or so - it is a good way to get magnesium in the body,

which gets used up by the body quickly when you are stressed or tired.

My daughter got an ear infection last year that caused a very high

fever like yours. My son caught it from her. He took vitamin C and

didn't get nearly as sick as she did - she laid on the sofa for days

without eating and really lost a lot of weight.

If you are worried about getting water in your ears and irritating

them, you can use a hair dryer to blow them dry afterwards, or try that

dry ear recipe using rubbing alcohol and I forget what else that is out

on the internet. I find the steam from a long bath or shower to be

very soothing to my sinuses when they are infected.

>

> Friends,

> My wife and I have both came down with something very virulent. She

> had double ear infection and double pinkeye, plus congestion, etc...

> while I have had a fever between 102-104 (sometimes it would drop

lower

> for a few hours) since Saturday. I am so sore I really want to bath,

> but didnt know if it was a good idea.

>

[Guest guest]

Add equal amounts of sea salt and baking soda to that epsom salt. I usually do

2/3 cup of each.

Kathy

---- haecklers <haecklers@...> wrote:

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Sure, why not? Especially soothing is to put epsom salt in the tub and

soak for 20 min or so - it is a good way to get magnesium in the body,

which gets used up by the body quickly when you are stressed or tired.

My daughter got an ear infection last year that caused a very high

fever like yours. My son caught it from her. He took vitamin C and

didn't get nearly as sick as she did - she laid on the sofa for days

without eating and really lost a lot of weight.

If you are worried about getting water in your ears and irritating

them, you can use a hair dryer to blow them dry afterwards, or try that

dry ear recipe using rubbing alcohol and I forget what else that is out

on the internet. I find the steam from a long bath or shower to be

very soothing to my sinuses when they are infected.

>

> Friends,

> My wife and I have both came down with something very virulent. She

> had double ear infection and double pinkeye, plus congestion, etc...

> while I have had a fever between 102-104 (sometimes it would drop

lower

> for a few hours) since Saturday. I am so sore I really want to bath,

> but didnt know if it was a good idea.

>

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