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<blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 313330" data-attributes="member: 13582"><p>If you want lots of vitamin C you can get those effervescent vitamin C tablets which don't have any carbs in them. Possibly you could have them in hot water as well? </p><p></p><p>Other than that you need to just keep drinking water, rest and try and ride out the temperature for as long as you can be bothered; it is after all your body's immune response to the virus; up the temperature and burn the buggers out...</p><p></p><p>Having said that it's not a nice condition to be in so I would turn to the paracetamol and the like pretty early on.</p><p></p><p>I got flu last year for the first time in many many years and it was horrible; just drank water for a week and did sick day rules as a Type 1. If you had said to me previously 'how about a week in bed?' I would have jumped at it, but this was no where near the pleasant dozing I was hoping for. I felt almost delirious at times, couldn't sleep, had a bad headache and ached all over with my temperature doing crazy things. Urggh.</p><p></p><p>I hope no one gets anything like that this year.</p><p></p><p>Best</p><p></p><p>Dillinger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dillinger, post: 313330, member: 13582"] If you want lots of vitamin C you can get those effervescent vitamin C tablets which don't have any carbs in them. Possibly you could have them in hot water as well? Other than that you need to just keep drinking water, rest and try and ride out the temperature for as long as you can be bothered; it is after all your body's immune response to the virus; up the temperature and burn the buggers out... Having said that it's not a nice condition to be in so I would turn to the paracetamol and the like pretty early on. I got flu last year for the first time in many many years and it was horrible; just drank water for a week and did sick day rules as a Type 1. If you had said to me previously 'how about a week in bed?' I would have jumped at it, but this was no where near the pleasant dozing I was hoping for. I felt almost delirious at times, couldn't sleep, had a bad headache and ached all over with my temperature doing crazy things. Urggh. I hope no one gets anything like that this year. Best Dillinger [/QUOTE]
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