Comments on: Down and Out http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/ Fun workouts, effective programming, functional fitness Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steven http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8065 Steven Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:02:06 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8065 Thanks for the life saving tips. I owe you all big time. Thanks for the life saving tips. I owe you all big time.

]]> By: mmmars http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8064 mmmars Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:21:24 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8064 As a virologist, I can say that the best thing for prevention is WASH YOUR HANDS! An not just the front; work up a good lather (do not use "anti-bacterial" soap) and wash front back and between fingers for two rounds of Happy Birthday song to tell you how long to wash for. Sneeze or cough into your elbow, not your hands. Avoid touching your face, especially your mucus membranes (nose and mouth). Once you get sick there is only not much medically to do; mostly symptomatic relief and comfort measures. Lots of sleep, eat well and drink lots of fluids. LOTS of fluids. My all time favorite fluid...hot water with lots of lemon, grated ginger and honey. If you have a sore tummy, add half a teaspoon of tumeric. As a virologist, I can say that the best thing for prevention is WASH YOUR HANDS! An not just the front; work up a good lather (do not use “anti-bacterial” soap) and wash front back and between fingers for two rounds of Happy Birthday song to tell you how long to wash for. Sneeze or cough into your elbow, not your hands. Avoid touching your face, especially your mucus membranes (nose and mouth).

Once you get sick there is only not much medically to do; mostly symptomatic relief and comfort measures. Lots of sleep, eat well and drink lots of fluids. LOTS of fluids.

My all time favorite fluid…hot water with lots of lemon, grated ginger and honey. If you have a sore tummy, add half a teaspoon of tumeric.

]]> By: alan http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8063 alan Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:16:57 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8063 More sleep.... More sleep….

]]> By: Bear Bear http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8062 Bear Bear Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:20:10 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8062 Homemade chicken noodle soup! Homemade chicken noodle soup!

]]> By: Tsan http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8061 Tsan Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:42:30 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8061 Wash your hands all the time and <em>don't</em> use anti-bacterial soap. Wash your hands with regular soap. Unless you are washing medical-style, for 3 or more minutes, anti-bacterial soaps are not the move. Wash your hands all the time and don’t use anti-bacterial soap. Wash your hands with regular soap. Unless you are washing medical-style, for 3 or more minutes, anti-bacterial soaps are not the move.

]]> By: Loredie http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8060 Loredie Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:34:58 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8060 Yes, wash your hands. I too was stricken with a very bad stomach virus this past week. My sons now have it and needless to say, our house is a mess! I missed my IC high. Hope you feel better! Yes, wash your hands. I too was stricken with a very bad stomach virus this past week. My sons now have it and needless to say, our house is a mess! I missed my IC high. Hope you feel better!

]]> By: Elsa http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8059 Elsa Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:29:55 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8059 Shari your comment brings to mind an experiment I did in college. We placed our hands into a petri dish and saw what we grew in the incubator. Btw, all the guys were naturally dirty, ha ha! Clorox wipes with a combination of something alcohol based will kill most of the microbes in those seething areas. Although it's good for adults, try not to use antimicrobial based products too much around kids, it's best for them to build up a natural immunity. The best thing when you get sick.....Rest! Never try fighting it. Plus you don't want to get everyone around you sick. Shari your comment brings to mind an experiment I did in college. We placed our hands into a petri dish and saw what we grew in the incubator. Btw, all the guys were naturally dirty, ha ha!

Clorox wipes with a combination of something alcohol based will kill most of the microbes in those seething areas. Although it’s good for adults, try not to use antimicrobial based products too much around kids, it’s best for them to build up a natural immunity.

The best thing when you get sick…..Rest! Never try fighting it. Plus you don’t want to get everyone around you sick.

]]> By: Renee http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8058 Renee Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:50:45 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8058 ahh the Neti pot-very good and effective as well as the flu shot and most everything everyone has listed. ahh the Neti pot-very good and effective as well as the flu shot and most everything everyone has listed.

]]> By: Shari Washburn http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8057 Shari Washburn Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:51:31 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8057 We miss you guys and hope you are on the road to recovery. I tend to come down on the preventative end of the spectrum, although I've never gotten a flu shot. I am borderline OCD when it comes to washing hands. Especially at the gym, anytime I am near small children (a.k.a. seething petri dishes of bacteria) and all public places. I even use the Clorox Wipes when necessary. That's why I have dishpan hands (well, you didn't really think it was from doing dishes, did you?) Oh, and I try to get lots of rest. I also swear by Chinese mushrooms. Since there are only so many Maitakis and Shitakes I can eat, I take a 7-mushroom complex called Host Defence. Finally, I like my neti pot for sinus infection/cold avoidance and treatment. Totally gross but very effective. We miss you guys and hope you are on the road to recovery.

I tend to come down on the preventative end of the spectrum, although I’ve never gotten a flu shot. I am borderline OCD when it comes to washing hands. Especially at the gym, anytime I am near small children (a.k.a. seething petri dishes of bacteria) and all public places. I even use the Clorox Wipes when necessary. That’s why I have dishpan hands (well, you didn’t really think it was from doing dishes, did you?) Oh, and I try to get lots of rest.

I also swear by Chinese mushrooms. Since there are only so many Maitakis and Shitakes I can eat, I take a 7-mushroom complex called Host Defence.

Finally, I like my neti pot for sinus infection/cold avoidance and treatment. Totally gross but very effective.

]]> By: Jen G. http://www.icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8056 Jen G. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:16:19 +0000 http://icechamber.com/blog/2007/12/20/down-and-out/#comment-8056 Two words: FLU SHOT! Hope any sickies (not sickos) feel better soon! Two words: FLU SHOT!

Hope any sickies (not sickos) feel better soon!

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