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Kit wrote: "Another thing that I have found works is echinacea.."Yes it's helpful in the right quantities, but people who are allergic to ragweed should avoid it, which is too bad since that's me.
Koren wrote: "Why no dairy when you are sick. That's the only thing that sounded good to me."I have no idea but that was the prevailing wisdom for stomach bugs with vomiting or the other end. You were more likely to be able to keep those things down than dairy.
As for colds, some say that dairy can increase your mucous production but that's a fallacy.
Karin wrote: "Kit wrote: "Another thing that I have found works is echinacea.."Yes it's helpful in the right quantities, but people who are allergic to ragweed should avoid it, which is too bad since that's me."
I was unaware of that allergy existing. Very useful to know if you are allergic to it.
Kit wrote: "Karin wrote: "Kit wrote: "Another thing that I have found works is echinacea.."Yes it's helpful in the right quantities, but people who are allergic to ragweed should avoid it, which is too bad s..."
Anything can be an allergen. Most people hear only of the more common ones, but any type of food or pollen, etc, can be an allergen. However, for foods, 8 food types account for 90 percent of food allergies :)
I get hayfever, and sneeze a lot around spring. I used to take things that had quail egg in it, and that helped, but its not sold anymore, so I just try to stay indoors when the pollen count is high and use a hanky. My sneezes are very loud.Taking antihisitmines/steroids makes me drowsy and tastes horrible. Sometimes I use a vicks inhaler or peppermint oil helps.
lemon, honey and ginger clears up sore throats.
People say Apple Cider Vinegar is good for that too, but just small sips.
Selina wrote: "I get hayfever, and sneeze a lot around spring. I used to take things that had quail egg in it, and that helped, but its not sold anymore, so I just try to stay indoors when the pollen count is hig..."First generation antihistamines tend to make people sleepy (eg Benadryl). They have some second generation antihistamines that don't make people drowsy but some do and have no taste (tiny pill you swallow). eg Cetirizine (here the brand name is Zyrtec and in my experience the 24 hour time release is superior than in the store brands.)
I stopped taking antihistamines years ago as I heard long term use of them can cause dementia/ alzheimers/ cognitive decline.. Unsure if there are many gold standard double blind studies showing this link, it's just something I heard and I steer clear of it now...
Kit wrote: "I stopped taking antihistamines years ago as I heard long term use of them can cause dementia/ alzheimers/ cognitive decline.. Unsure if there are many gold standard double blind studies showing th..."Not all antihstamines do this, and they don't cause it, they increase the risk for those already at risk but only by a very small amount.
The biggest risk of dementia (which includes Alzheimer's plus other causes) is old age. Once people get into their 90s, 33% have it (22% from 85-90) it and women are slightly more likely to get it than are men at any age.
There is a very slight increased risk for first generation antihistamines, not second. Most specifically Benadryl and some sleep aids appear to have links. There are other drugs as well, and all of them block a brain chemical called acetylcholine. https://www.alzinfo.org/articles/trea... for more on this.
I'm happy that I didn't start regularly using antihistamines until the second generation that doesn't do that, but my environmental allergies are so very many and got so very bad I had to start taking something because I most certainly was going to have memory problems from no sleep (decongestants keep me awake, so no point in taking those.) There is always a cost/benefit ratio in taking medications on a long term basis and I held off as long as I could.
Koren wrote: "12/20 What is your go to food when you are sick? I ate nothing but chicken soup and ice cream (not together) for 3 days last week."Anything hot/warm. Today i had 3 enchiladas and a sandwich. Soup helps too, but usually anything except cold stuff.
Koren wrote: "Why no dairy when you are sick. That's the only thing that sounded good to me."Well I can't eat that stuff even when I'm healthy! I'm allergic AND lactose intolerant.
Fishface wrote: "Koren wrote: "Why no dairy when you are sick. That's the only thing that sounded good to me."Well I can't eat that stuff even when I'm healthy! I'm allergic AND lactose intolerant."
I'm neither allergic to milk nor lactose intolerant, but I have another type of intolerance to milk (not casein intolerant, either.) But there are are 100s of proteins in milk, etc. I can't even put my hands into dough that has it. But it did pop up as a problem with an Elisa test, so it's not "all in my head" like a couple of my relatives think.
Something I recently discovered is I have an intolerance for Quinine.
Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Something I recently discovered is I have an intolerance for Quinine."Until I double checked, I hadn't realized this this is sometimes added to tonic water and is used to treat more than just malaria.
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Until I double checked, I hadn't realized this this is sometimes added to tonic water and is used to t..."
I don't think I've ever had quinine, but I think at one time they gave it to nursing home residents, I think for restless leg syndrome. Not sure that is what it was used for but I remember seeing it in the med room.
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Until I double checked, I hadn't realized this this is sometimes added to tonic water an..."
Did a search, and yes, you can use it for leg cramps. It even comes in pill form.
There are other drugs that are good for more than one thing. The much vilified thalidomide, which was used for morning sickness, etc in some countries until it was found to cause birth defects at a certain part of pregnancy, is currently used to manage and treat advanced leprosy, multiple myeloma and various other solid and hematological malignancies. It's in the immunomodulatory class of medications.
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Probably (nondairy) pumpkin, but that's subject to change without notice!
If I could eat anything I wanted to, it would be a toss up between a few, but since I saw pumpkin pie, I'll go with that, one of my all time favourites.Just remember--cakes are round, but pi R squared.
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Just remember--cakes are round, but pi R sq..."
When I make a cake (hardly ever) it is usually rectangle.
Koren wrote: "Karin wrote: "If I could eat anything I wanted to, it would be a toss up between a few, but since I saw pumpkin pie, I'll go with that, one of my all time favourites.Just remember--cakes are roun..."
Yes, of course, but that's a line from a math song on a CD we have, because kids at that age find "Pie are squared" funny as a pun for 𝝅r^2--I wasn't at my best yesterday or I'd have not added that out of context!
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Just remember--..."
Ohhhh, I get it! Never heard that before!
Koren wrote: "Ohhhh, I get it! Never heard that before! ."Ah, it's become more popular to include puns in fun math books and songs for kids such as the series that includes Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure although I can't remember if that book had that pun. However, there is a math teacher/singer in the States named Harry Guffee who wrote math songs for kids, c. age 12. When we were still homeschooling I bought three of his CDs. However, there's only one of his songs on Youtube and it's not one of the funny ones, nor even one of his better ones.
Karin wrote: "I stopped taking antihistamines years ago as I heard long term use of them can cause dementia/ alzheimers/ cognitive decline.. Unsure if there are many gold standard double blind studies showing this link, it's just something I heard and I steer clear of it now..."Found this just now:
"Research summary
Some research has linked anticholinergics like diphenhydramine (Benadryl) to an increased risk of dementia in older adults. Several studies focus on the link between medium or strong anticholinergics and dementia risk. Some researchers consider antihistamines to be in this group, while others do not. A few studies have found no link between antihistamines like Benadryl and dementia.
More research is needed to confirm whether or not Benadryl increases the risk of dementia, and in particular, Alzheimer’s."
In other words, the usual lol
Fishface wrote: "Karin wrote: "I stopped taking antihistamines years ago as I heard long term use of them can cause dementia/ alzheimers/ cognitive decline.. Unsure if there are many gold standard double blind stud..."Yes, but I take Zyrtec, which is in a different, newer family entirely than those damned in that study and this is the only family of antihistamines I have ever taken daily for any length of time. My allergies are so many and serious enough that I need to be on them so I can breathe and function (can't take decongestants as it causes sleeplessness.) Plus I now have life threatening food allergies (since some people, not here, think this is all in my head, I have been prescribed epi-pens due to testing by MD allergists.)
We can never eliminate all risks for memory loss, but I'm thankfully we have these newer antihistamines!
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There are a lot of problems with dairy in general though