What to take for cough and/or sore throat

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My 7 yr old son is developing a very juicy cough - everyone in his

school is coughing all over each other!! I went to our natural health

food store today and both the owner and I checked his products, and

there was nothing that was legal. What do you all do for these

symptoms? I was thinking a spoonful of honey to surpress the cough? But

what else? Also, if this develops into an infection, like strep - is

there one antibiotic that is better than another??

Thanks

Kim

[Guest guest]

There are some antibiotics that are better than others

for people with crohn's. my son recently had a toe become infected

and the dr. gave him a shot of one and pills of another. i mentioned

beforehand that he was diagnosed with crohn's and asked if there were

some antibiotics that would work on this infection AND that didn't

wreak havoc on intestinal flora. he said there were and chose those

two accordingly. they worked.

adam

shimmiek wrote:

My 7 yr old son is developing a very juicy cough - everyone in his school is coughing all over each other!! I went to our natural health food store today and both the owner and I checked his products, and there was nothing that was legal. What do you all do for these symptoms? I was thinking a spoonful of honey to surpress the cough? But what else? Also, if this develops into an infection, like strep - is there one antibiotic that is better than another?? Thanks

Kim ------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Kim,

Here are a few things that have helped my teenage son with sore

throat/cold symptoms:

the spoon of honey as you suggested,

gargling with warm salt water (we use sea salt),

Peaceful Mountain Throat Rescue (throat spray) - ingredients are just

deionzied water, peppermint oil and ionic silver

https://www.peacefulmountain.com/store/throat.php

He's also used the Peaceful Mountain Cold Rescue (nasal spray)

Amazon has better prices on the Peaceful Mountain products, but this

link gave a better description.

They may be available at a local nutrition shop, as they are for us.

And another thing we swear by are Zicam Cold Remedy gel swabs.

http://www.zicam.com/products/coldremedy_gelswabs

This link has a testimonial about Zicam and a detailed analysis of the

ingredients toward the bottom of the article. I am not sure if she is

accurate in the analysis or not. I just know the product REALLY works!

http://www.epinions.com/review/Vicks_Nyquil_Liquicaps/well-review-55BE-2D1E9F4D-\

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Hope your son feels better soon.

Sally

[Guest guest]

I second the comments on Zicam. It works great for us!

Kim

And another thing we swear by are Zicam Cold Remedy gel swabs.http://www.zicam. com/products/ coldremedy_ gelswabsThis link has a testimonial about Zicam and a detailed analysis of the ingredients toward the bottom of the article. I am not sure if she is accurate in the analysis or not. I just know the product REALLY works!http://www.epinions .com/review/ Vicks_Nyquil_ Liquicaps/ well-review- 55BE-2D1E9F4D- 3A4CAB5C- prod2

[Guest guest]

Thank you everyone! I am so happy to have found this supportive group!!

Kim

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> I second the comments on Zicam. It works great for us!

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> And another thing we swear by are Zicam Cold Remedy gel swabs.

> http://www.zicam. com/products/ coldremedy_ gelswabs

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> This link has a testimonial about Zicam and a detailed analysis of

the

> ingredients toward the bottom of the article. I am not sure if she is

> accurate in the analysis or not. I just know the product REALLY works!

> http://www.epinions .com/review/ Vicks_Nyquil_ Liquicaps/ well-review-

55BE-2D1E9F4D- 3A4CAB5C- prod2

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

Last year, I got sick with a horrific cough. I have been cursed with

these types of coughs all my life - so wracking that I am surprised I

haven't ever broken a rib. Seriously. I am unable to sleep and it

usually takes at least a week for the cough to subside enough for me to

feel human again.

I talked to my doctor and pharmacist and they found a cough syrup that

contains codeine and an expectorant (which is what I had always used

pre-SCD - phenergan), but it's formulated for diabetics, so it's sugar-

free. It's called Vi-Q-Tuss. It had a number of other ingredients (the

pharmacist was kind enough to go get the dispensing bottle and let me

read the list of ingredients), but nothing that was a huge red flag. I

took that cough syrup for about 3-4 days and it worked wonders without

causing any digestive issues for me.

Just an FYI in case your son gets worse.

Good luck!

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD since 7/07

med-free since 7/08

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