CONCERN AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION
FOR YOU...
AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW - TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN
A. BURNS - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
JOINS US
NOW...WITH THIS WEEK'S
1. THE SORE THROAT - 2 - 3 DAYS
TREATMENT: SALT WATER GARGLES
ZINC
2. NASAL/SINUS CONGESTION - CAN
LAST A WEEK
SO MANY TIMES YOU HEAR
COLDS LINGERING FOR SO
LONG.
BUT WHAT'S A TYPICAL
CYCLE?
THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.
THE COUGH CAN LAST A
COUPLE WEEKS.
YOU'RE JUST
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE.
HOW DOES A COLD
START?
A SORE THROAT, WHICH
LASTS TO TO THREE DAYS.
SALTWATER GARGLE IS VERY
EFFECTIVE.
IN ADDITIONED TO THAT,
USE ZINC.
ZINC IS SOMETHING YOU
TAKE AFTER FOOD IN THE
EARLY PART OF A COLD
THAT HOPEFULLY WILL
SHORTEN THE COLD'S
PROCESS AND MINIMIZE THE
SYMPTOMS.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST
STEP.
THE SECOND STEP OF A
COLD IS THE NASAL AND
SINUS CONGESTION AND
HEADACHE.
THAT CAN BE VERY
FRUSTRATING.
DURING THAT PERIOD I
LONG LASTING FORM, THIS
ONE HERE, AND I TAKE
ACETAMINOPHEN.
THIS ONE IS BASICALLY
TYLENOL AND OTHER
BRANDS.
THAT HELPS WITH THE
ACHES AND PAINS AND THE
THEN AT NIGHT I TAKE A
NIGHTTIME COLD MEDICINE
THAT HAS AN
ANTIHISTAMINE WHICH
HELPS ME SLEEP IN
ADDITION TO THE
DECONGESTANT.
TO GET A LOT OF SLEEP.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOUR
THROAT IS HURTING AND
YOU HAVE THIS
CONGESTION, IT'S HARD TO
FALL ASLEEP.
I AM ALL ABOUT THE
NIGHTTIME ONES WHEN I'M
SICK FOR SURE.
YOU WERE SAYING THE
COUGH CAN LAST SO LONG.
IT'S ACTUALLY A
HEALTHY PROCESS OF THE
BODY.
IT RIDS THE BODY OF ALL
THAT JUNK IN THE LUNGS.
SO THE COUGH CAN LAST
UNFORTUNATELY TWO TO
THREE AND EVEN FOUR
WEEKS AND BE VERY
FRUSTRATING.
FOR THAT WE USE
ROBITUSSIN DM.
YOU CAN BUY THE GENERIC
FORM OF THIS AT LONGS,
SAFEWAY, FOODLAND,
WALGREEN'S, WALMART.
ALL OF THEM SELL THEIR
BRANDS.
HOW DO YOU REMEMBER, THE
DOCTOR'S MEDICINE, DM.
IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER AS
THE DOCTOR'S MEDICINE.
I LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A
COLD OR IF YOU FEEL ONE
COMING ON, GUYS, MAKE
SURE YOU HIT UP THE
STORES, BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK.
HOW CAN YOU AVOID
CATCHING THE COLD?
GOOD POINT?
FIRST OF ALL, WASH
YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY,
AND WHEN YOU COUGH AND
SNEEZE, COUGH AND SNEEZE
INTO YOUR HANDS, DON'T
SHAKE HANDS WITH YOUR
FRIEND OR HUG THEM OR DO
A .
ONI, POLYNESIAN
CONVENTIONER BECAUSE
YOU'RE SPREADING THOSE
GERMS.
BE SURE TO WASH YOUR
HANDS AND WASH THEM MORE
AND WASH THEM MORE.
IN ADDITIONED TO THAT,
THERE ARE SOME WORK
SIGNS THAT WE SHOULD
KEEP IN MIND, KELLY.
IF YOUR FEVER GOES TO
MORE THAN 101 OR 101.5,
ALSO IF YOU'RE GETTING
FREEZING, IT COULD --
WHEEZING, IT COULD HAVE
PROGRESSEDDED TO
BRONCHITIS AND YOU
SHOULD SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
AS WE GET INTO YOUR
50s AND 60s IF YOU
GET CHEST PAIN OR
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, IT
MAY NOT JUST BE A COLD,
IT MAY BE OTHER SYMPTOMS
INDICATIVE OF SOMETHING
MORE SERIOUS, YOU AGAIN
SHOULD SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
YOU MENTIONED IF YOUR
TEMPERATURE IS 101 OR
MORE, DO YOU TYPICALLY
GET A FEVER WITH COLDS?
NOT USUALLY.
OKAY.
SO IT COULD BE
SOMETHING ELSE WHICH IS
WHY YOU SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
WE ALL SHOULD HAVE AN
ORAL THERMOMETER IN OUR
HOUSEHOLDS.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE
ONE, GO OUT AND BUY ONE
TODAY, THAT WAY YOU HAVE
IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.
IS THE EAR ONE OKAY?
THE EAR ONE IS FINE.
I HAVE THE EAR ONES.
YOU MADE ME NERVOUS BUT
THAT WILL DO THE TRICK.
IT WILL.
THANK YOU FORGIVING
US THESE TIPS FOR IF YOU
GET A COLD OR WAY TO SEE
PREVENT IT.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THIS WAS THE
FIRST TIME EVER I WASN'T
ABLE TO GREET DR. BRADY
WITH A BIG HUG THIS
MORNING.
HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK HE