Common Cold In Thailand, how to get rid?

**Spin** · 09-01-2007, 04:39 PM

Well I have had a stinking cold for nearly 3 weeks now. It started with the usual symptoms and it was clear that it was not flu as there were no muscle aches and pains or fever. after about a week i was able to function better but for the next 2 weeks i have been coughing like a heavy smoker and getting up yellow phlegm. It just not seem to go away.
I saw a doc and he gave me some Amoxycillin and a commercially available pills for symptom relief but they have not helped.
Can anyone tell me is it normal for these colds to last this long, in the uk it would be 6 or 7 days but 3 weeks is not normal.
I wonder if the drop in temperature has a part to play, its about 22 degrees during the day here but it just feels freezing to me!

Any advice or similar experience would be appreciated

**massagelondon** · 09-01-2007, 04:56 PM

replace cold drinks/water with hot ones, no icecreams, no aircon, no cold showers even if you are hot - dress warm and sleep with windows shut, sweating would boost you immune system.

if amoxycylin doesn't work than it's not a bacterial infection but virus - stop using it and go to the doctor again for some remedy against viruses

**Whiteshiva** · 10-01-2007, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Helicopter

I saw a doc and he gave me some Amoxycillin and a commercially available pills for symptom relief but they have not helped.

How I wish people (and especially medical professionals) would stop using antibiotics for viral infections.

Antibiotics are used to fight infections, caused by bacteria. Against viruses they are useless, and may in fact be dangerous.

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-01-2007, 09:53 AM

^ True. I can never work that out either.

Whenever I have had a cold here, I have noticed that they tend to drag on a lot longer than colds back home. Sometimes up to 6 weeks. I wouldn't worry too much, just eat lots of oranges etc.

**Spin** · 10-01-2007, 10:58 AM

Cheers, i knew at the time the antibiotics would do nothing. its viral and not bacterial after all. Just raised my tolerance to them a little bit.
I suppose its just a waiting game then.....

**Little Chuchok** · 10-01-2007, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Helicopter

Cheers, i knew at the time the antibiotics would do nothing. its viral and not bacterial after all. Just raised my tolerance to them a little bit.
I suppose its just a waiting game then.....

Sometimes a quack will precribe antibiotics to stop a secondary infection.

Best thing for me is to eat lots of raw garlic.Natures own little antibiotic,plus lots of fluids,but not the amber-liquid type!

**Wallace** · 10-01-2007, 11:18 AM

Go to bed, take two bottles of whiskey, have the TV and some movies close to hand and stay there until you feel better. It might not work, but it's got to be better than going to work and being miserable.

**Spin** · 10-01-2007, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Wallace

Go to bed, take two girls, have the TV and some Porno movies close to hand

I feel better already, greenie on its way.

**blackgang** · 10-01-2007, 03:57 PM

They do sell echinacea here it is Blackmans imported from AU. that is good for speeding the cold recovery,Take as directed on the bottle but if you take it longer it will not hurt you as it is a herbal, also if you can get it take Astragalus, easy to get in China but i can't find it in Thailand so i have it sent from the states, take 500 MG. or more daily for immune boosters for older folks, and my wife and I both take it daily as you know how school teachers get everything that comes along, specially here where they send sick kids to school that should be home in bed, not at school with a sack of meds.
Both are good for immune systems, check them out on google if you wonder about em.
I get from HSU'S Ginseng ent. in wi.

**Whiteshiva** · 11-01-2007, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Helicopter

Cheers, i knew at the time the antibiotics would do nothing. its viral and not bacterial after all. Just raised my tolerance to them a little bit.
I suppose its just a waiting game then.....

I is not so much your tolerance that is at stake, but the fact that antibiotics may kill of beneficial bactieria (e.g. in your gut), and hence leave the field wide open for more aggressive forms of bactiera, fungi or viruses. It basically plays havoc on your internal ecosystem. Under normal ciscumstances, the various players keep each other under control, but remove one of them, and you may find the whole system comes crashing down, and more lethal pathogenes move in.

Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile or C. Diff) Infection

The most serious manifestation of C. difficile infection, fulminant colitis (severe sudden inflammation of the colon), is frequently associated with very serious complications. This can be a life-threatening form of C. difficile infection and occurs in 3% of patients; most are elderly and debilitated from other diseases. Patients with this form of the disease experience severe lower abdominal pain, diarrhea, high fever with chills, and rapid heart beat. Timely treatment of fulminant colitis is essential; this condition can be life threatening.

"most" are elderly, but there are infact people in their prime dying as a result of taking antibiotics. So unless you are sure you need it, don't take it!

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