Begone Sore Throat!

[soren7550]

Ok, so over the past 24 hours, I've had a bad sore throat, and it hasn't gone away. My treatment of ibuprofen and Vitamin Water hasn't exactly been helping. And shortly, I'll be attempting to sleep. Last night I didn't get much sleep at all due to the pain in my throat, and I rather not have a repeat of that. Plus, all the Vitamin Water is making me have to pee a lot.

What can I do to make it go away, outside of waiting it out?

 

[Nouw]

Honey with hot water sometimes works. Just keep drinking that and it could go away.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I use a home remedy which is a combination of fresh aloe (ground up), lemon, and honey. The aloe coats your throat and provides a slight cooling sensation and the lemon and honey makes it taste decent enough to put in your mouth.

Of course this remedy depends on whether or not you can actually get your hands on some fresh aloe, since it doesn't grow everywhere.

 

[Karhukonna]

I usually drink tea to fix a sore throat. It has to be a bit too hot when I drink it, and the effects wear off quickly, but I happen to like tea, so no problem.

Also, perhaps you have access to some of the best medicine around [http://www.strepsils.co.uk/]. Tastes good, too. I'll usually hog these down at rapid-fire speeds to keep the pain away. Not unlike my liquor in that particular sense. =(

 

[Arakasi]

Butter Menthols are golden throat-fixers wrapped in handy little packages.

...No I don't work for Werther's.

 

[xshadowscreamx]

may you need milk of the poppy, all measter's have this.

but really you need
honey
menthols
any sore throat medication
and pray for a better tomorrow

 

[Combustion Kevin]

hot milk and a spoon of honey mixed in it.
never failed me.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

hot milk and a spoon of honey mixed in it.
never failed me.

DAmn, ninja'd.
Maybe, depending on your age, add some rum to that.

Another suggestion: Ground up some caraway, add half a chopped up onion and some honey, brew this unholy mix with hot water and proceed to drink that. Absolutely nasty but it helps.

 

[Sectan]

Ok, so over the past 24 hours, I've had a bad sore throat, and it hasn't gone away. My treatment of ibuprofen and Vitamin Water hasn't exactly been helping. And shortly, I'll be attempting to sleep. Last night I didn't get much sleep at all due to the pain in my throat, and I rather not have a repeat of that. Plus, all the Vitamin Water is making me have to pee a lot.

What can I do to make it go away, outside of waiting it out?

I'd say get tested to make sure you don't have strep throat first or your sore throat might last for a bit longer than you want it to. When I had strep throat and I got my antibiotics it helped my throat out pretty quickly.

 

[Tropicaz]

If you/someone looks down your throat what does it look like?

Also in terms of sore throats, have hot ribena mixed with honey. It's been my go to sore throat thing since I was a kid. Aside from that, try to not have very cold, crisp air in your room when going to sleep cos that might aggravate it.

Edit: Not sure if ribena is a thing outside of England - it's like blackcurrant cordial.

 

[PH3NOmenon]

Marshmellow.

Find and eat a marshmellow.

The honey and milk suggestion attempts to coat your throat with something, making it hurt less. A marshmellow does this a *lot* better, mostly because it's filled with acacia gum (Gum Arabic).

 

[Hawkeye21]

Drink two generous shots of vodka with ground black pepper, wait half hour and drink two more. Then crawl under blanket and sleep. Works like a charm.

PS why yes, I am russian, but it should work for other nationalities as well

 

[Full]

I don't do anything to fix a sore throat. I wait it out, because I am a rock hard veteran survivor of mild illnesses.

Ok I lied, sometimes I drink bubblegum-flavored children's motrin. God that stuff's so good.

 

[hazabaza1]

My solution to most everything is stabbing it with a big knife, but you might want to hold off on that.

 

[Shinsei-J]

If it's cold drink tea, if it's hot have an icy pole.
Both stop the pain and then I just wait it out.

 

[The Funslinger]

Maybe stop deepthroating.

Sorry, toilet humour, uh...

hot milk and a spoon of honey mixed in it.
never failed me.

DAmn, ninja'd.
Maybe, depending on your age, add some rum to that.

Another suggestion: Ground up some caraway, add half a chopped up onion and some honey, brew this unholy mix with hot water and proceed to drink that. Absolutely nasty but it helps.

Yeah, I was going to suggest the honey thing, but that sounds terrifying.

 

[Voulan]

That's a coincidence, I just had the same problem two days ago. The night before was hell - I was constantly swallowing with no relief at all.

I don't really have solutions to it, I'm afraid. My cold has now changed to no sore throat, but blocked ears and a constant feeling of needing to cough. Since that transition seems to occur only over a few days, I don't think you have much to worry about. Just scoff some vitamin C tablets (especially the ones that taste like lollies), and drink juice. And if you have any left, eat any Easter eggs left over.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

Maybe stop deepthroating.

Sorry, toilet humour, uh...

hot milk and a spoon of honey mixed in it.
never failed me.

DAmn, ninja'd.
Maybe, depending on your age, add some rum to that.

Another suggestion: Ground up some caraway, add half a chopped up onion and some honey, brew this unholy mix with hot water and proceed to drink that. Absolutely nasty but it helps.

Yeah, I was going to suggest the honey thing, but that sounds terrifying.

Yeah, but it scares your sore-throat right the f*ck away.
The reasoning being, that whoever subjects himself to something as terrible as this is way too fucking hard to care about something as pitiful as a mere sore throat.

(In all honesty: It really helps.)

 

[prophecy2514]

Try an iodine based throat gargle.

I use one called betadine, works wonders, clears the throat up in no time

 

[JimB]

If the problem is related to sinus drainage, just drink water. Down three glasses of the stuff in quick succession and it will thin your secretions almost immediately, allowing you to hawk them up or swallow them depending on your personal preference.

If your problem isn't related to mucus draining, try aspirin.