• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I recommend for people with colds:

    • Vitamin D supplement, you likely won’t be getting enough sunlight while bedridden.
    • Even without appetite, force yourself to eat some fruits and veggies.
    • Gargle and spit a mug of water, honey, and a lot of salt. It tastes bad but will heal throat and tonsil congestion and infection due to the antinflammatory and antiseptic effects of the salt.
    • Keep your limbs warm and your head cool. Fevers over 100.4 are bad enough to seek help and fevers over 103 can be fatal, but you should avoid multiple showers a day (even though it soothes the nerve pain) as your body needs to maintain the temperature to fight off the infection.
    • Even while sick, do your best to keep up on laundry. Change out your sheets and blankets whenever possible.
    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      for people who use normal human measurements:

      100.4 is ~37.8,

      103 is 39.4,

      106 mentioned in another comment is 41.1

      consult your doctors, but in my experience 37.5 is barely a fever, 38.5 is medium. 39 can be fought through but if you see 40 you shouldn’t risk it and just seek help. depending on your general health it doesn’t hurt to be safe and seek help even with 39.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      Fevers over 100.4 are bad enough to seek help

      That’s like… every fever I’ve ever had. I just take a dose of nyquil and sleep it off. If I die I die.