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Advice from Urgent Care!

RSV, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Flu A & B, Covid, strep and stomach virus are all going around. We’re seeing so many people at urgent care, daily. It’s so bad this year and especially just in last three weeks

Treat symptomatically, these are all viruses, that can last UP TO 2-3 WEEKS, especially that walking pneumonia, you can have a cough for months after. There’s no antibiotic treatment. Over the counter Mucinex DM, loosens all the mucus and thins it out, increase fluids, heavy on the water intake. Use a humidifier if you have one. Take hot steamy showers, I recommend the vapor tablets. Cough medicine for your cough (if you get rid of the mucus, you get rid of the cough) Tylenol/ibuprofen for your fever, pain, headaches, etc.

Also, sinus flushing (sinus suction for the littles) best thing you can do for the pressure headaches.

If you have a nebulizer, use it every 4-6 hours. If you don’t have the solution from the doctor, mix 2 cups of sterile water (bottled or boiled) with 1 tsp of salt, helps break up all that mucus in your lungs, chest, head!
Take Zinc, Vitamin C and D and stay home if sick to stop the spread!

Some good advice but seems to be American. I had never come across vapour tablets then spotted it missed the ‘u’.

My mum use to give me Menthol crystals in a bowl of boiling water when i had bronchitis. A towel over the head, mouth closed and you breathed in the menthol vapour through your nose.

They were very strong but did the job. I'm not so sure there are available anymore.

Florence in the hebrides

Florence
We have used those menthol crystals in recent times, although I haven't actually bought any for at least a couple of years, but still have some in the cupboard.
As you say, they are strong and you only need literally a couple or so of crystals for a powerful effect.
We bought ours from a small chemist in town.

I had an outpatients appointment at the hospital on Tuesday, but wore a mask before entering the building until I had walked down the driveway and away from everyone afterwards. I was hoping to prevent myself from catching any airborne illness lurking there.

As with most things, you can get menthol crystals from Amazon!

I remember the "towel over the head over bowl of boiling water" scenario from childhood.
But I think my mother used Friars' Balsam, not menthol crystals.

Steam on its own can help. If I have a blocked nose I find having a shower helps clear it.
I actually copied it from a post that originated in Uk but it could have before it got on Facebook have come from US