Flu/Cold Symptoms w/Fever

This is NOT medical advice. This is life experience from those I trust and love who have been through similar situations. The point of these articles is to capture them for our own use and to share in case they help you on your journey.

Mom’s wisdom is:

• Use cold medication with these 4 ingredients:
  • acetometophen
  • decongestant
  • antihistamine
  • cough suppreessant
  • she usually finds this in the Sudafed brand. However, Sudafed can make some people cranky/
• Use the humidifier
• Take this consistently for 24-48 hours then twice a day along with flonase at bedtime.
• This treatment is ALSO what she uses to get rid of that lingering cough/symptoms that hang on for a long time after a cold. I never want to take meds (chemicals) or give them to my kids; especially when we don’t have all the symptoms anymore; but, then we have that lingering cough for a couple of weeks. She comes to visit and, Wham, we do this for a couple of days and it’s gone.