On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:05:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 2/15/2021 11:53 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> And people also need to quit pointing fingers at why the Covid virus is
>>> so bad. Let's just move on to try to fix the problem.
>>>
>>> The only ones to blame are the people themselves for not using common
>>> sense to avoid a virus. That's been known for 50 years now. It's
>>> nobody's fault but your own if you get it.
>>
>> Pretty much the same as avoiding the Common Cold, Isolate & Clean. The
>> common cold is more difficult to avoid, there's no vaccine... perhaps
>> lots of hot chicken soup... Jewish Penacilain style, rich and golden.
>
>I agree with the chicken soup. I always keep some handy for fending off
>a cold. Many times, I'll feel like I'm coming down with a cold and I'll
>immediately go to the chicken soup. Most times, I don't get the cold and
>am fine the next day.
>
>Hot showers are good too...warm moist heat. That's good for lung issues
>and also back muscle pain. Doctor recommended.

Agreed, hot showers are good as the steam loosens respiratary
congestion. The heat relieves back ache as I suffer from arthritus of
the spine and spinal stenosis. I also use a nebulizer to help
lubricate the airways, sometimes with just saline and sometimes with
saline and albuterol. A nebulizer turns the solution into a fine mist
so it can penetrate deep into the airways. Albuterol relaxes that
tight chest tension making mucous easier to expel. A nebulizer is a
good tool to have when one suffers from congestion due to respiratory
issues only it requires a Rx, also an Rx for the saline and albuterol.
The nebulized medication works a lot better than those puffers because
it also relieves nasal congestion. And long hot showers several times
a day is not really a possibility. A nebulizer treatment takes about
10 minutes and doesn't require getting soaking wet in a shower, plus
saline solution and albuterol solution works a lot faster than plain
tap water. The saline/albuterol ampuals dispensed from the pharmacy
are sterile, hot tap water is far from sterile. Actually cold tap
water is purer than hot tap water... the bottom portion of hot water
tanks are filthy with microbe laden sludge... just one of the reasons
I had a tankless on demand hot water systen installed.

sometimes with just saline, sometimes with saline and albuterol.