Boosting immunity

[lulumama]

Sat here , streaming cold, sore throat, losing voice, hacking cough.....again!

laryngitis and then a cold over Xmas, then another stinking cold middle of january, now this !!

am eating lots more fruit and veg and less caffeine, sleeping enough ( ish!)

what else can i do , to stop getting ill all the time ???

did buy a bottle of multi vitamin tonic from the chemist in the new year, then dropped it on the front step and it smashed, so suggestions for things not in glass bottles appreciated !!

TIA x

[lulumama]

ahem..does nobody care ????

am a desperate woman here...down to my last hanky !!

[jalopy]

Poor you, lulu. Brazil nuts are good for the immune system.

[lulumama]

really? ok..

and at least they taste good ! ta x

[Coolmama]

exercise and lots of water and (this might sound a bit obvious) lots of hand-washing -

[lulumama]

ok..definitely slack on the exercise front

no time, blah blah blah etc...


i wash my hands regularly ! then i get dermatitis !

[lulumama]

thanks belgian...am feeling really pathetic..would like my mum to come and make me some soup and toast soldiers......

i know it is not the worst thing in the world , by any means, but i don;t like being ill, and it is not as though i can take to my bed and wallow !

[Coolmama]

I often think that any cold I had made me feel worse than I was precisely because I couldn't take to my bed and wallow!!

[lulumama]

i think you are right !! i want to lie on the sofa, under the duvet, with a supply of crappy magazines and chocolate ! like that is going to happen !

[fortyplus]

Staying calm and unstressed is the best thing.

I read a free book about the common cold once - given away by Kleenex. Apparently, although you can easily catch colds when someone coughs or sneezes near you, you can minimise the risk by breathing through your mouth for a few seconds.

Most important of all is that you are most likely to catch a cold from virus deposited on hard surfaces such as door handles. The way this happens is that you rub your eyes and the virus infects you via your tear ducts. The cold virus can survive on a hard surface for up to 5 weeks.

Ever since I read that, if I have an itchy eye I wash my hands before I rub it or if that isn't possible I use the back of my hand.

Only had one cold in the last 2 years.

[lulumama]

thanks for that fourtyplus !

am currently eating toast , drinking tea and shivering , so will be off to bed shortly, thanks for the tips x