Today's Public Service Announcement... Could be Important!!

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[gkent]

Here's more about that. Its a long read but worth the effort.

CORONA Common Sense
Since they are calling on Respiratory therapist to help fight the Corona virus, and I am a retired one, too old to work in a hospital setting. I'm gonna share some common sense wisdom with those that have the virus and trying to stay home. If my advice is followed as given you will improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies to the otherwise generally healthy population, so use discretion. 1. Only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. will bring your fever down allowing the virus to live longer. They are saying that ibuprophen, advil etc will actually exacerbate the virus. Use common sense and don't let fever go over 103 or 104 if you got the guts. If it gets higher than that take your tylenol, not ibuprophen or advil to keep it regulated. It helps to keep house warm and cover up with blankets so body does not have to work so hard to generate the heat. It usually takes about 3 days of this to break the fever. 2. The body is going to dehydrate with the elevated temperature so you must rehydrate yourself regulaly, whether you like it or not. Gatorade with real sugar, or pedialyte with real sugar for kids, works well. Why the sugar? Sugar will give your body back the energy it is using up to create the fever. The electrolytes and fluid you are losing will also be replenished by the Gatorade. If you don't do this and end up in the hospital they will start an IV and give you D5W (sugar water) and Normal Saline to replenish electrolytes. Gatorade is much cheaper, pain free, and comes in an assortment of flavors 3. You must keep your lungs moist. Best done by taking long steamy showers on a regular basis, if your wheezing or congested use a real minty toothpaste and brush your teeth while taking the steamy shower and deep breath through your mouth. This will provide some bronchial dialation and help loosen the phlegm. Force your self to cough into a wet wash cloth pressed firmly over your mouth and nose, which will cause greater pressure in your lungs forcing them to expand more and break loose more of the congestion. 4. Eat healthy and regularly. Gotta keep your strength up. 5. Once the fever breaks, start moving around to get the body back in shape and blood circulating. 6. Deep breath on a regular basis, even when it hurts. If you don't it becomes easy to develope pneumonia. Pursed lip breathing really helps. That's breathing in deep and slow then exhaling through tight lips as if your blowing out a candle, blow until you have completely emptied your lungs and you will be able to breath in an even deeper breath. This helps keep lungs expanded as well as increase your oxygen level. 7. Remember that every medication you take is merely relieving the symptoms, not making you well. 8. If your still dying go to ER.
I've been doing these things for myself and my family for over 40 years and kept them out of the hospital, all are healthy and still living today.
Thank you all for sharing. We gotta help one another.

 

[coronet68mx]

Here's more about that. Its a long read but worth the effort.

CORONA Common Sense
Since they are calling on Respiratory therapist to help fight the Corona virus, and I am a retired one, too old to work in a hospital setting. I'm gonna share some common sense wisdom with those that have the virus and trying to stay home. If my advice is followed as given you will improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies to the otherwise generally healthy population, so use discretion. 1. Only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. will bring your fever down allowing the virus to live longer. They are saying that ibuprophen, advil etc will actually exacerbate the virus. Use common sense and don't let fever go over 103 or 104 if you got the guts. If it gets higher than that take your tylenol, not ibuprophen or advil to keep it regulated. It helps to keep house warm and cover up with blankets so body does not have to work so hard to generate the heat. It usually takes about 3 days of this to break the fever. 2. The body is going to dehydrate with the elevated temperature so you must rehydrate yourself regulaly, whether you like it or not. Gatorade with real sugar, or pedialyte with real sugar for kids, works well. Why the sugar? Sugar will give your body back the energy it is using up to create the fever. The electrolytes and fluid you are losing will also be replenished by the Gatorade. If you don't do this and end up in the hospital they will start an IV and give you D5W (sugar water) and Normal Saline to replenish electrolytes. Gatorade is much cheaper, pain free, and comes in an assortment of flavors 3. You must keep your lungs moist. Best done by taking long steamy showers on a regular basis, if your wheezing or congested use a real minty toothpaste and brush your teeth while taking the steamy shower and deep breath through your mouth. This will provide some bronchial dialation and help loosen the phlegm. Force your self to cough into a wet wash cloth pressed firmly over your mouth and nose, which will cause greater pressure in your lungs forcing them to expand more and break loose more of the congestion. 4. Eat healthy and regularly. Gotta keep your strength up. 5. Once the fever breaks, start moving around to get the body back in shape and blood circulating. 6. Deep breath on a regular basis, even when it hurts. If you don't it becomes easy to develope pneumonia. Pursed lip breathing really helps. That's breathing in deep and slow then exhaling through tight lips as if your blowing out a candle, blow until you have completely emptied your lungs and you will be able to breath in an even deeper breath. This helps keep lungs expanded as well as increase your oxygen level. 7. Remember that every medication you take is merely relieving the symptoms, not making you well. 8. If your still dying go to ER.
I've been doing these things for myself and my family for over 40 years and kept them out of the hospital, all are healthy and still living today.
Thank you all for sharing. We gotta help one another.

Done already send it to my family and friends, this is ihow it reads in spanish.


Voy a compartir un poco de sabiduría del sentido común con aquellos que tienen el virus y tratar de quedarse en casa. Si siguen mi consejo según lo indicado, mejorará sus posibilidades de no terminar en el hospital con un ventilador. Esto se aplica a la población saludable en general, por lo tanto, usese con discreción.

1. Solo las altas temperaturas matan a un virus, así que deja que la fiebre suba mucho. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, ibuprofeno, etc. reducirán la fiebre y permitirán que el virus viva más tiempo. Dicen que el ibuprofeno, el advil, etc. en realidad exacerbarán el virus. Usa el sentido común y no deje que la fiebre supere los 39.5 o 40 si tiene las agallas. Si se eleva más que eso, tome tylenol, no ibuprofeno o advil para mantenerlo regulado. Ayuda a mantener la casa caliente y cubrirse con mantas para que el cuerpo no tenga que trabajar tanto para generar calor. Por lo general, toma alrededor de 3 días para aliviar la fiebre.

2. El cuerpo se deshidratará con la temperatura elevada, por lo que debe rehidratarse regularmente, te guste o no. Gatorade con azúcar real, o pedialyte con azúcar real para niños, funciona bien. ¿Por qué el azúcar? El azúcar le devolverá a su cuerpo la energía que está usando para crear la fiebre. Gatorade repone los electrolitos y el líquido que está perdiendo. Si no haces esto y termina en el hospital, te pondrán una inyección intravenosa y te darán D5W (agua azucarada) y solución salina normal para reponer los electrolitos. Gatorade es mucho más barato, sin dolor y viene en una variedad de sabores

3. Debe mantener sus pulmones húmedos. La mejor manera de hacerlo es tomar duchas largas con vapor de forma regular, si estás congestionado, usa una pasta de dientes de menta real y cepilla los dientes mientras te duchas con vapor y respira profundamente por la boca. Esto proporcionará algo de dilatación bronquial y ayudará a aflojar la flema. Oblíguete a toser con un paño húmedo presionado firmemente sobre la boca y la nariz, lo que provocará una presión mayor en los pulmones, lo que los obligará a expandirse más y liberar más la congestión.

4. Coma saludable y regularmente. Tengo que mantener tu fuerza.

5. Una vez que la fiebre desaparezca, comience a moverse para que el cuerpo vuelva a estar en forma y la sangre circule.

6. Respire profundamente de forma regular, incluso cuando le duele. Si no lo haces, se vuelve más fácil desarrollar neumonía. La respiración con los labios fruncidos realmente ayuda. Eso es respirar profundo y lento, luego exhalar con los labios apretados como si estuvieras apagando una vela, soplando hasta que hayas vaciado por completo tus pulmones y puedas respirar con una respiración aún más profunda. Esto ayuda a mantener los pulmones expandidos, así como aumentar su nivel de oxígeno.

7. Recuerde que cada medicamento que toma es simplemente aliviar los síntomas, no mejorarlo.
8. Si sigues mal, ve a la sala de emergencias.
El estado haciendo estas cosas para mí y para mi familia durante más de 40 años y los que tenían fuera del hospital, todos están sanos y todavía viven hoy.
Gracias a todos por compartir. Tenemos que ayudarnos a otros.