22-09-2005 19:59									#1
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.. well it's not really a plague now is it. But my throat has been sore for two days now, or sohuld I say two nights. I have had problems sleeping, not proper sleeping that is, because when I swallow it hurts. I mean not like a pure evil pain but enough to not fall asleep at all.

A little swollen it is, but only very little. What are the tricks to heal my throat, I drank some tea but it's rubbish.

	22-09-2005 20:01									#2
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Oh and I don't have any other sores or illnesses or nothing. JUst the sore throat. Little swollen, when not doing anything doesn't bother but when swallowing, hurts enough to keep me annoyed really, and not able to sleep because of it, so not just tiny little ache but not from satans archives either.

	22-09-2005 20:02									#3
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Try gargling regularly with warm salt water, Pekka.

	22-09-2005 20:05									#4
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what does this mean? I can only understand warm salt water. What is gargling? Also, how do I make salt water (yeah obviously salt in water but how much)?

	22-09-2005 20:11									#5
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I don't mean a pund of it, but enough you can taste it.
Gargle, hmmm. To swirl around in throat, and kind of growl, then spit out.
Damn, this is hard.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gargle
gar·gle (gärgl)
v. gar·gled, gar·gling, gar·gles
v.intr.
1. To force exhaled air through a liquid held in the back of the mouth, with the head tilted back, in order to cleanse or medicate the mouth or throat.
2. To produce the sound of gargling when speaking or singing.
v.tr.
1. To rinse or medicate (the mouth or throat) by gargling.
2. To circulate or apply (a medicine or solution) by gargling.
3. To utter with a gargling sound.
n.
1. A medicated solution for gargling.
2. A gargling sound.

	22-09-2005 20:15									#6
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oh yeah gargle.. that's very descriptive word on itself, now that I know what it means.

So I figure I'll go with a normal glass size, warm water in it and tea spoon of salt. I figure that's good. Should I heat the water or is it enough to get warm from tap?

Also, should I do this many times or is one set of gargling enough? LIkei should I do it every half an hour or... are there rules to this? I have no idea..

	22-09-2005 20:20									#7
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Warm water from tap is fine. Not boiling. WARM.
Do it until you notice improvement. Every hour or so. Even every 30, I guess would be fine.
There's no real standard, that I know of. I'm only a dumbass Texan.

Also, and I can't remember specifics, honey in some manner is said to help.
I usually do the salt water.

	22-09-2005 20:21									#8
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Right, I tried the honey with my tea, figured it would help but not noticably..

Anyway I'll go try the salt water thing, thanks for the advice, it really is annyoing so hopefully this will be the one to make it go away.

And if anyone has alternative methods in mind, please post them too!

	22-09-2005 20:24									#9
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Hope it gets better quickly.
I know it's a pain in the...well, in the throat.

	22-09-2005 20:27									#10
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Helps if you quit smoking.

	22-09-2005 21:25									#11
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no it doesnt. if you quit smoking you'll cough like a phthisic.

	22-09-2005 21:59									#12
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tea with honey

	22-09-2005 22:01									#13
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Try gargling regularly with warm salt water, Pekka.

lots of salt

	22-09-2005 22:14									#14
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gargling salt is for canker sores

	22-09-2005 22:16									#15
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still hurts .. dont' want to go for 3rd sleepless night in a row.. I just might go crazy and kill something.

	22-09-2005 22:17									#16
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hey if you cant sleep because of the pain, you must see a doctor.

	22-09-2005 23:18									#17
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Throat plague? Sounds like it may be tonsilitis? Check with a doctor...

	22-09-2005 23:45									#18
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Has it occured to yu pekka that you might have strep throat and need to see a dr and get some pain pills and antiboitics??

	22-09-2005 23:47									#19
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I have had strep throat once and i swear i wanted a gun to just end the pain. I wouldnt even swallow it hurt so bad. I would just spit in a cup. after two days starved and dehydrated i finally went to the dr got some evil pain killers and antibiotics and was in heaven and slept like a baby.

	22-09-2005 23:55									#20
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mrs tubes, so you just quit and couldn't take it? What a sissy. I've been spitting into a cup for a whole day too, no proper sleep for 2 nights, 3rd is about to start (night) and I'm not better.

You wanted a gun to end the pain? What a quitter. I just want to kill other people because I knwo if I'd shoot myself, it wouldn't really be the solution.

I will go to doctor if I really need to go. But thjis is just sore throat. People get their legs amputated in car crashes all the time. I'm lucky even now, with my sore throat. I won't be sleeping, but I'm lucky.

	22-09-2005 23:59									#21
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Spitting in cups

	23-09-2005 00:02									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka mrs tubes, so you just quit and couldn't take it? What a sissy. I've been spitting into a cup for a whole day too, no proper sleep for 2 nights, 3rd is about to start (night) and I'm not better. You wanted a gun to end the pain? What a quitter. I just want to kill other people because I knwo if I'd shoot myself, it wouldn't really be the solution. I will go to doctor if I really need to go. But thjis is just sore throat. People get their legs amputated in car crashes all the time. I'm lucky even now, with my sore throat. I won't be sleeping, but I'm lucky.

What can I say I am a sissy when you cant eat drink or sleep after two days with a 1 yo kid screaming, with a husband that works night not there to help with the kids, not to mention 103 fever i guess I am a wuss. If you have strep its only gona get worse

	23-09-2005 00:04									#23
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I'm gonna beat it. I'm too strong.

	23-09-2005 00:05									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison Spitting in cups

apparently you never had strep throat. It hurts to bad to swallow your own spit. A cup is better then the floor or drooling on urself

	23-09-2005 00:06									#25
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except when your mouth and throat gets REALLY dry, and then you accidentally swallow, it hurts twice as much .

It's cool really... pain that is.

	23-09-2005 00:12									#26
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hey pekka one thing will cinch it for me on whteher you have strep
do you still have tonsils??
strep dont just go away it just gets worse

	23-09-2005 00:17									#27
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yes I have tonsils.

I'm too strong.

	23-09-2005 00:27									#28
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Yeah ok tell that to your tonsils when the swell up so big that you suffocate strong man. I do hope you seek some care if it gets to bad. Strep is harbored in the tonsils and those lill buggers are in the back of your throat. if the swell so big you can get septic and die. Or suffocate

	23-09-2005 00:29									#29
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You are more scared than I am about that situation. I'm too strong.

	23-09-2005 00:38									#30
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Not scared Pekka, Experienced, seen it many times in my life as a nurse. I hope you feel better soon