quick help please (+29)

[beth]

i've had issues with tonsillitis for years (i have a terrible immune system) and well a bout is coming on right about now, i have a fever, my throat is swollen, my glands are massive and my head feels about as heavy as anything.

i don't have any ibuprofen or anything til tomorrow when the shop opens, has anyone got any quick fix remedies that will (if not let me just sleep til tomorrow morning) numb my throat a little bit so i can sleep?

thanks guys x

[Chris]

Sounds awful. I have no idea if theres any alternate medication you could take, but you could try eating something really cold to numb your throat? It worked for me when I had tonsillitis and made it more bearable.

[beth]

Sounds awful. I have no idea if theres any alternate medication you could take, but you could try eating something really cold to numb your throat? It worked for me when I had tonsillitis and made it more bearable.

yeah it's not cool, i had an ice lolly earlier and it did help for a little bit but then i got rly cold. (i feel really cold as it is, even though im completely smothered in layers.) my wrists hurt and eurgh.

[RyRy]

cold milk perhaps? its an alkaline, might soothe it with the cold but otherwise waters the only other thing i can suggest, flush it out of your system you know? not much else ya can do beth :(

[Stephen]

have you tried gargling some salt water

[beth]

have you tried gargling some salt water

we don't have any salt hahahah :( i looked for about an hour in the cupboard. eurgh.
RyRy i hate milk but i might just go with the water :(

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife.

[velvet]

had a look around and apart from the salt gargle, the only thing i can find that you *may* have is liquorish, which when sucked on helps with inflammation. all the other home remedies are pretty far out :{

edit found some more: hot drinks help too, have some milky tea and the milk in the tea should leave a coating on your tonsils so they don't get as irritated when you swallow

[Catchy]

I'm sure I once heard a shot or rum or maybe whisky helps, not sure though so don't take my word for it lmao

[JerseySafety]

shot of alcohol apparently fixes this sort of stuff?

surely you have rum, vodka or something"?

[GirlNextDoor15]

lemon with honey and hot water helps. << that's the best one and don't drink alcohol. it'll make you worse, trust me. hmm other than that, sun dried tangerine peel with hot water which is actly a chinese medicine helps me a lot. dunno bout you. and if the doctor gave you pharynx lozenges, just forget about numbing your throat. lozenges rarely helps. they are useless, really!

[beth]

eurgh worst night ever got about 2 hours sleep in 3 intervals. fever has gone down a bit though, just my right tonsil is sodding massive.

i found some difflam oral rinse in the cupboard so i gargled some, it doesn't seem as strong as it used to be but it helps a bit.

[Teabags]

ASK A NEIGHBOUR! salt - gargle salt water, make honey & lemon drink.
Mouthwash might even help a little if it's quite strong.

get well soon xx

[David]

ice cream. lots and lots of ice cream.