Re:Do you have a cold or flu? Spit and help Scanadu
by davidw on Saturday January 11, 2014 @03:49PM
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It'd be super cool if there were a good test for bacterial vs viral things. I often get sinus infections and get told to wait, wait, wait. Finally, I get some antibiotics, and the thing is gone in a few days, but in the meantime I've spent a week miserable, with low energy.
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Re:Do you have a cold or flu? Spit and help Scanadu
by maxerickson on Saturday January 11, 2014 @04:03PM
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I think there is an increasing tendency to try to allow the infection to resolve itself, even when it is bacterial.
Re:Do you have a cold or flu? Spit and help Scanadu
by itripn on Saturday January 11, 2014 @05:17PM
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Try using a netipot regularly. Took me a while to get over the weirdness of it, but it's changed my sinuses forever (for the better).
Re:Do you have a cold or flu? Spit and help Scanadu
by mmastrac on Saturday January 11, 2014 @05:39PM
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The squeeze bottles you can buy from Costco are way more effective than neti pots. I've used both and found the neti pot just not really doing that much.
Re:Do you have a cold or flu? Spit and help Scanadu
by davidw on Saturday January 11, 2014 @07:11PM
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The squeeze bottles (which seem better than neti pots) help, but they don't actually cure infections, in my case. On the plus side, my kids think it's extremely entertaining to watch their dad shoot water through his nose!