Can't beat a good leechin'
Dr Death?
So. Echinacea tablets are a short-term aid because you aren't supposed to take them for more than a week at a time.
Any other tips that I can try? I am so tired of being ill, missing work, and feeling crap about that.
Exercise is good. If you can't weight bear well, then swimming is excellent.
Well. Swimming has its own issues - cramp, mostly. I always get really bad cramps in my legs when I swim. I've decided it's probably something to do with being hypermobile.
Echinacea, for what it is worth can be taken for three months. It is supposed to help prevent respiratory infections.
Stupid boxes lie! That would be a good thing for me to do in late Summer and then again at the end of Winter. A 3-month blast.
Gut upsets are harder, there have been a lot doing the rounds this winter, more than usual. The only way to avoid them is rigourous hand washing. Do you carry alcohol hand gel? Get in the habit of using this before your hands go anywhere near your mouth and it should help stop the transmission of a lot of viral infections.
I am properly fussy about washing my hands (hot water, lots of soap, etc), but if the people I work with aren't then I guess my vigilance is wasted. I shall have to buy some alcohol gel stuff.
Some people swear by 1g of vitamin C per day, but there's not a lot of evidence to support it.
I eat lots of fresh fruit - apples and satsumas, mostly - so I suspect Vitamin C is well covered.
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Immune system - suggestions for how to improve it?
31/03/2011 11:45:52 AM
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Get enough sleep, avoid stress, eat a healthy and varied diet, find other ways to exercise.
31/03/2011 01:21:14 PM
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There are a lot of things that claim to help but not much that is proven to work
31/03/2011 02:17:54 PM
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Make sure you're getting a lot of water.
31/03/2011 03:30:28 PM
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Hahaha, I don't just kill my veggies, I torture them!
31/03/2011 07:43:13 PM
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That's not torture!
31/03/2011 08:26:08 PM
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Oh good!
31/03/2011 08:43:37 PM
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Have it removed. Otherwise, sorry, no. *NM*
31/03/2011 03:37:24 PM
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That probably would help. *NM*
31/03/2011 05:36:00 PM
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Gosh. I'm just happy my suggestion was more useful than Snoop's. *NM*
01/04/2011 05:44:14 PM
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*takes on her white coat, clears her throat and starts lecturing*
31/03/2011 04:10:32 PM
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Re: *takes on her white coat, clears her throat and starts lecturing*
31/03/2011 05:48:19 PM
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Come out for a drink at the pub *NM*
31/03/2011 04:29:16 PM
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Alcohol is a disinfectant, after all *NM*
01/04/2011 08:26:21 AM
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Eat healthy to make sure your immune system has the vitamins it needs
31/03/2011 10:48:50 PM
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