Sore throat - home remedies?

[BlackVanDyke]

Got a sore throat. Really sore. Starting to piss me off now.

Anyone got any home remedies that they reckon actually help?

Temperature normal-ish, breathing normal, swallowing normal for me (eg all ballsed up) so I'm not medically worried and certainly not going to bother a doctor about it.

[Smitters]

Gargle with hot, really salty water. Make up a pint and work your way through that. First mouthful needs to be proper hot, otherwise the lot will be cold come the end. Don't swallow it. Works for me. Get well soon.

[Chaz9950]

Could always gargle with whiskey or vodka? Same sketch at the salty water, just alcohol being the disinfectant.

Or my grans hot milk and honey?

[LordGrover]

Does he have to go to your Gran's or does she travel?

[littlegreenfairy]

A glass of hot lemon, honey and a splash of vinegar.

Or just a teaspoon of honey straight from the jar as it coats the throat.

[Chaz9950]

LordGrover said:

Does he have to go to your Gran's or does she travel?

[goldblum]

BlackVanDyke said:

Got a sore throat. Really sore. Starting to piss me off now.

Anyone got any home remedies that they reckon actually help?

Temperature normal-ish, breathing normal, swallowing normal for me (eg all ballsed up) so I'm not medically worried and certainly not going to bother a doctor about it.

Chloraseptic spray.Numbs the area quite nicely.Same effect on your throat as a glug of nose candy.Which is nice.But not nice enough to start hoarding bottles of it.

[Stu R]

Works every time

[MrGRT]

Smitters said:

Gargle with hot, really salty water. Make up a pint and work your way through that. First mouthful needs to be proper hot, otherwise the lot will be cold come the end. Don't swallow it. Works for me. Get well soon.

+1 works for me too

[Reardy Mister]

MrGRT said:

Smitters said:

Gargle with hot, really salty water. Make up a pint and work your way through that. First mouthful needs to be proper hot, otherwise the lot will be cold come the end. Don't swallow it. Works for me. Get well soon.

+1 works for me too

I also have found that gargling Listerine (other strong, cheek-burning mouthwashes are available) early in the on-set, seems to stave off quite a few sore throats.

[BlackVanDyke]

Thanks lads. Can't gargle (see above - swallowing problems - I'd drown!) but something approaching a hot toddy sounds/feels like a good idea. Do I lose millions of butch points for having to drink it through a straw?

[br d]

BlackVanDyke said:

Do I lose millions of butch points for having to drink it through a straw?

Yeah you do but you can get a few back by spitting on the carpet afterwards and then wiping your mouth with your sleeve.

[oldbanger]

High dose vitamin D3 boosts immunity (1000IU plus - I take 10,000IU daily)
e.g. see
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/content/176/2/208.sh... (the dose here is 100,000 IU!)
http://iai.asm.org/content/76/9/3837.short


You can buy it in concentrated liquid form from Holland and Barratt and also from Amazon.

[br d]

oldbanger said:

High dose vitamin D3 boosts immunity (1000IU plus - I take 10,000IU daily)

10,000 IU! Good grief!
I was told to take extra D3 because of a condition I have, I just checked and my dose is 125 IU.
That's probably not even touching the sides!

[The Major]

hot toddy works for me as does gargling vodka, but as you cant do that I wouldnt recomend it.

quick question, hope it isnt to personal, but why can you gargle?

[goldblum]

Because she'd fking drown.It's about 3 posts above.

[Stu R]

BlackVanDyke said:

Thanks lads. Can't gargle (see above - swallowing problems - I'd drown!) but something approaching a hot toddy sounds/feels like a good idea. Do I lose millions of butch points for having to drink it through a straw?

Only if you put an umbrella in it.

[Smitters]

Assuming drowning is too extreme a solution to the sore throat, I also find Strepsil lozenges are quite good, if you can stick one under your tongue? Otherwise, I would up your vitamin intake and give the body a good base for fighting the fecker off - fight it inside out so to speak.

I don't know if they even exist, but there might be an antiseptic spray or inhaler product available?

[BlackVanDyke]

The Major said:

hot toddy works for me as does gargling vodka, but as you cant do that I wouldnt recomend it.

quick question, hope it isnt to personal, but why can you gargle?

The medical term is dysphagia. You have a set of muscles that need to coordinate in a sophisticated way when you swallow, to close your airway and send the food/drink to the back of your mouth and down your oesophagus in a timely manner. That process doesn't work properly any more for me. If I stuck a load of liquid in my mouth and tipped my head back it'd go straight into my lungs and cause Nasty Problems. I can take small, careful sips of things on good days, am supposed to use thickener (a corn starch derivative) to make liquids less runny so that it can be more easily marshalled around my insides, and have a PEG ('feeding') tube for most of my liquids and some food to bypass the problem altogether.

Mostly what I do is stick to small sips on good days for stuff I actually want to drink and use the tube for the rest. Coffee thickened to the consistency of custard is exactly as nice as it sounds.

[BlackVanDyke]

Stu R said:

BlackVanDyke said:

Thanks lads. Can't gargle (see above - swallowing problems - I'd drown!) but something approaching a hot toddy sounds/feels like a good idea. Do I lose millions of butch points for having to drink it through a straw?

Only if you put an umbrella in it.

No umbrellas, promise.

br d said:

Yeah you do but you can get a few back by spitting on the carpet afterwards and then wiping your mouth with your sleeve.

Sleeve may or may not occasionally be deployed in such a manner. When nobody's looking.