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| + | ====== Pathogens: Prevention and Treatments ====== | ||
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| + | ===== Common Cold ===== | ||
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| + | ==== Prevention ==== | ||
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| + | Some supplements such as garlic, may help prevent or shorten viral infections. However, every viral strain is unique, so what may work for one strain may not work with another. | ||
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| + | Other supplements to look into:\\ | ||
| + | Astragalus Membranaceus1\\ | ||
| + | https://examine.com/supplements/andrographis-paniculata\\ | ||
| + | Zinc and elderberry lozenges or syrup\\ | ||
| + | https://examine.com/supplements/pelargonium-sidoides, except that the “vast majority” of studies were funded by a company that sells a patented extract. | ||
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| + | ==== Cough Suppresant ==== | ||
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| + | Theobromine in cocoa outperforms pharmaceutical based cough suppressants. Pharmaceutical cough suppressants are not much more effective than placebo, and I have no idea why people keep taking them, despite the lack of evidence for efficacy. | ||
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| + | ==== Decongestant ==== | ||
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| + | Bromelain supplement may reduce congestion. I wish more studies were done on it. | ||
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| + | If your nose is completely stuffed up, and you can't sleep because breathing through your mouth doesn't work for you, you can use flonase (fluticasone), a nasal spray which is a corticosteroid. If I have remembered the med correctly, it will clear up your sinus in seconds. However, this medication works by reducing the work of your immune system. You get [[https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-019-2395-8 |twice the chance of dying or having pnemonia as a complication]] Although, if you can't sleep, it may be the lesser of two evils. | ||
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| + | If you have a CPAP nearby, it can force air through your nose, and keeps the drip at bay until you wake up a couple hours later and blow out a storm. | ||
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| + | ==== Intermittent Fasting ==== | ||
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| + | It may not be good to fast during a common cold, because of studies showing that cellular autophagy metabolism promotes viral reproduction:\\ | ||
| + | [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28463668 |Autophagy induction regulates influenza virus replication in a time-dependent manner]]\\ | ||
| + | [[https://jvi.asm.org/content/93/4/e01984-18 |Autophagy Promotes Replication of Influenza A Virus In Vitro]]\\ | ||
| + | However, different viruses may exploit different cellular machinery, so this conclusion may not apply to all viruses. | ||
health/pathogens.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/16 04:03 by marcos
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