to think that starve a fever, FEED a cold is true

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surveys carnage of empty plates and soggy tissues and considers rumbly tum

[PrettyCandles]

When you have a fever you often lack an appetite, and may well vomit, and when you have a cold chewing opens up your nose and swallowing eases your throat. So, yes, it does make sense to me. Though I wouldn't starve a feverish child who wanted to eat.

You poorly? Did you know that ice-cream is very good for a cold?

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am poorly yes

I fear I have Manflu

ice cream you say?

[PrettyCandles]

Especially when eaten straight out of the carton, on the sofa, under a duvet, watching some mindless morning tv drivel.

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sofa
blanket
mindless tv drivel = casualty

thank you PC - I shall grab the toffee icecream in a mo.

[Mowiol]

Ah..... but what if it's a feverish cold

[PrettyCandles]

That's ok, the ice-cream will cool the fever down.

[Mowiol]

LOL..... very true.

A nice hot toddy at night won't hurt either before you go to bed!!

[Lizcat]

I transfer my experience from Dumb animals to DD. When little calves have a fever we give them metacam - cow nurofen and then they eat. DD has a fever I give her Nurofen and\or Calpol depending on the level of fever and her other symptoms she then feels better and eats.
When an animal or person is sick their calorific requirement can rise to twice normal levels to fix the problem therefore getting eating and particularly protein as the whole immune thing is based on protein will fix it faster.