Sore throat...any tips?!

[Polkadotscarf]

I have the worst sore throat and 'face ache' made worse by heartburn and 'morning' sickness I think. I have taken paracetamol and gaviscon but are there any natural remedies out there waiting to help me?!

Frozen juice icy pops can help a little.

I've got a sore throat and cold right now and am drinking honey and lemon. It's not working great but it's something to distract me at least.

Thank you, will try the frozen pops and make some honey and lemon...I really just want to does myself up on sudafed!!

Dose not does!

Hi

Question: is your throat sore because of morning sickness or is it a cold we are talking about here?

If the second one, steer clear from any cold drinks/foods and try gargling your throat with warm water and salt. Lemon and honey with a little bit of ginger works wonders! and ginger should help ease morning sickness too!

Almonds are great for curing heartburns.

Good question and I have no idea :-)
Morning sickness has been terrible this past week with sickness three times a day so it may well be acid related. Not sure. Just at a loss of how to relieve it! X

I feel for you polka- ive had an awful sore throat since weds and its soo bad. Mine is cold related (I'm 22 weeks and ms went before 12 weeks for me). I have some lovely herbal throat sweets that I normally use- totally numb the area- but I can't take anything except lemon and honey and some lemon and honey sweets with no active ingredients.
Sucking on a sweet helps a bit as it coats the throat as does the honey in the drink but I don't think there is much else we can try.
Will be watching out for any more tips I can borrow.

Boots do a lemsip-type drink with only paracetamol in it, it's lemon flavoured. I found it quite good, especially if you gargle with it a bit on the way down! It's in a red and white packet.

You can also have a spoonful of honey, boiled sweets or some flavours of lockets.

Thank you, will pop to boots today!

I think blackcurrant and glycerin pastilles are safe in pregnancy. They are just very soothing. I use them as bribes after medicine for the DC or if they think they are sick and need medicine but I don't agree with them