Can you drink coffee when your sick?
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take it 1 hr apart from your meds. I have a cough today, got meds from the doctor.  I had my coffee first before I went to see the Dr.
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coffee is good but you will probably have to switch it up from time to time because your body will get accustomed to the habit and no longer work. I had to try all types of things like energy drinks, coffee, sweets and even just getting up and moving around as the last resort.
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I have a really good recipe to get rid of the cold in just one night. Boil one cup of milk with cinnamon, after break a egg into that (don't let that the egg cooked) mix it with a 1/2 a cup of rum. Drink it as ot as it is. Stay on bed all night. For next morning you will feel better. That's a gram's recipe.
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Well, it could.  Chicken has some protein in it which is one of the basic building blocks of life.\n\nChicken soup stock, like many soups, tends to contain a lot of salt.  Salt is an electrolyte.  When people are stick, sometimes health care people will draw blood.  Sometimes they check the 'lytes (electrolytes) levels because if they are low, that is not good.\n\nHot beverages are supposedly good for people when they are sick. When you are cold, your body is burning calories. Generally, when you are sick, the common advise is get lots of rest. You can save the calories for fighting the cold or flu. Also, when fighting an infection, your body will typically raise your body temperature as one of the things it can do to try to kill off an infection.\n\nAlso, drinking fluids is good because it lets your body flush your system.\n\nSo, yes, there do seem to be lots of reasons why for many people that are sick can get some good from chicken soup.  I am not a doctor; that's just my opinion.  I seem to feel better after having some chicken soup when I am sick.\n\nThere are tons of chicken soup recipes at allrecipes.com and the Yahoo Health search engine can find some more.\n\nOr, in a pinch you can buy a can of ready-made chicken soup at the store.  Those cost a buck or less.  If you don't want to bother with making a pot of soup, waiting for it to warm up, and then cleaning a pot afterwards, you can buy single-serving microwavable containers of soup now too.  I have tried it both ways and they both seem to make me feel better.\n\nNote that too much salt or sodium in the diet is not good so don't chow down on salty soups all the time.  You might want to ask a doctor for recipe suggestions if you have hypertension or high blood pressure or the like.
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Take Echinea - liquid is best - every day.  Its a natural way to ward off colds etc.
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I have recommended slightly fizzy drinks before for people suffering with Diahorrea and / or Sickness. But not very fizzy as it will just gas up in your stomach and wont really help the situation much. Coke is not the usual recommendation though, its usually Lemonade or Lucozade. The idea is that it replaces fluid and electrolytes lost when your sick and not eating/drinking normally. The sugar in fizzy drinks also helps by providing your body with energy, so ironically stops you feeling more nauseous than you already do. I dont really recommend coca cola, mainly due to the high amounts of caffine. It wont help the situation anymore than if you were drinking lemonade. Also only take it in sips, dont gulp as you will only get too much gas. Resting your stomach as much as possible when you are sick is the best treatment - small amounts of water, and slightly fizzy drinks will be plenty. Too much fluid and / or any attempts of food before your stomach is ready will prolong your sickness / diahorrea. Hope this helps and glad your better now !!
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Yes, sometimes, especially if you are sick already!
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not if you have a cold.
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Have a warm bath.  Then drink some camomile tea or hot chocolate.  Avoid any caffeine or nicotine.\n\nhttp://www.angelic1healing.com
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chiken soup always helps me ,hot drinks,medicne and lots of rest\n\ni hope you feel better
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No.  Being sick drains your body.  Still drink lots of fluids and give your body some time to rest.  Wait a couple of days before going back to your normal routine.
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i have to go with the other two answers and then add that you can also drink warm tea..\ni took voice lessons as a young child and thats what the teacher would make me drink when i started to get a sore throat \nhope this helps
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Stir 1/2 teaspoon salt in an 8-ounce glass of warm water for use as a gargle for sore throats. gargle several times a day. also cold things like Popsicles can help and a numbing spray like chloriseptic. If you have fever you may need medical attention. If you have itchy eyes, runny nose or pressure in sinuses you may get some relief for over the counter allergy medicine. Use the salt water it does help.
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Actually you can, there are some anti-virals available depending upon the illness.  Ask your doctor for more info if you think you might need one.
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well of course it always depends on the type of job you have but i use basically two criteria - how effective i'd really be if i went to work (being so sick that i knew i couldn't concentrate or work seems like there's no point in going) and secondly whether or not the day of rest will make a real difference, like if it's winter and its the kind of cold that if i stay home i'll recover in a day but if i go to work it will definitely get worse and eventually will be so bad that i will need to take even more days off. A third criteria that I sometimes use is how contagious I am, there's no use in making other people sick as well.\n\nVomitting from a stomach virus, I would definitely stay home because it will go all day long and there's nothing you can do. Vomitting that will subside if I eat dry foods and drink tea, then I'd go. And if a fever is so bad that your body is hurting then you shouldn't go because it could be dangerous (you could pass out to say the least).\n\nWhen I have no choice and have to go to work anyway, then I go in to do the important things like check email and any other important projects, but I always let people know that I'm ill and dont attempt to start something new and will reschedule any important meetings or calls where if I'm feeling ill it may reflect badly on myself, my work or my company.\n\nThen the best thing to do is drink LOTS of tea (green or non caffeinated herbal/fruit tea) eat lightly, and take lots of asprin or ibprofin for the pain. And I go home as soon as possible :)
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drink water, take a tylenol, rest. eat light foods till you feel better.
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quit coffee (quitting coffee is one of the best things i ever did), or if you cant, switch to green tea.  it has caffeine but its also really healthy. and take some melatonin before going to bed. you can get it at the health store, it just fixes your seritonin levels, and its all natural. hope i helped.