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There’s been a summer bug going around the office and I can feel the beginnings of a cold. Pressure in my sinuses, a slightly stuffy nose, scratchy throat.

I go on the holiday of an absolute lifetime in a little over two weeks. I need to kill this bug now, please give me every single tip possible! Even your most unhinged, I cannot be unwell for this trip and I cannot travel poorly. Help!

You can't. You just need to wait for your body to fight it off.
Lots of rest, drink and eat enough, and wash your hands regularly.

I need to. There’s no other option.

I would think if you’re starting with it now you will be over the worst by the time you travel in 2 weeks! Make sure you drink plenty, get plenty of rest and eat well.

I don’t think you can, either, but for what it’s worth get First Defence from pharmacy and Yogi Tea Throat Support Tea. Eat lots of veggies and get lots of sleep. Good luck.

The Vicks First Defence works well IME

Avoid small children.

Doing so, thankfully 😅

Vitamin C and D. You can get high dose spray D from a chemist. It's supposed to boost the immune system.

Vicks first defence spray
Also saline up your nose tonight
Gargle with dilute TCP (1 part to 5 parts water)
Stay hydrated, get plenty of sunlight + sleep
Turmeric, ginger + garlic + greens

Plenty of rest, water, no stress, vitamin D, salads, green vegetables! You will be fine! Enjoy your holiday.

I genuinely can’t believe it, we’ve had the best summer ever and somehow there’s still a cold going around!

Take echinacea every day, plus the above fab suggestions 👍🏼

If its starting now it will likely be done in two weeks. Sambucol with with blackelderberry might speed up your defence. Plus rest.

Lemsip tablets every 6 hours or so. I swear by it, they help to stop a cold in its tracks.

In the long term, a daily drink of kefir. I used to get colds at least once in 6 months but since starting to drink/eat kefir once a day, I haven’t got a cold for about 2 years.

They tend to take me so long to get over! It’s such a pain in the bum

I have this bug and it's horrendous. Fluorescent mucus and constant coughing. I was on holiday so didn't have my usual preventive supplies. I'd use Vicks 1st Defence spray, Sambucol and Echinacea.

As above warm salt water irrigation, get a bespoke thingy to get it up your nose.

Argh! It seems vile, I’m so annoyed that everyone has come into work poorly!

First defence. Also, if you are able to wfh, do that (benefits recovery and benefits others). Do a covid test too for a couple of quid - seems a fair bit around (rest as much as your body allows if covid).

Isotonic or hypertonic Saline spray or neb, wash hands frequently, eat lots of lions mane and shiitake mushrooms and garlic.

Take two paracetamols and two antihistamines morning and night for the next few days. It’s the same ingredients as in expensive well known cold and flu tablets, drink lots of fluids and rest/sleep as much as you can for the next few days. That always works for me.

The First Defence is amazing, even when you have the beginning of a cold it never ends up coming or is really mild

Vitamin D tablets. I haven't had a cold in 3 years!

2 oregano capsules every day - keep taking them. They will prevent and be a quicker cure if you do pick it up.

I find elderberry syrup great at the first sign of a cold, nips it in the bud right away