Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Assuming you're in fairly good overall health, do you go to the doctor every time you have a cold? What do they prescribe for you?
My sister and her husband go every time they get sick, and my sister insists they recover more quickly than they would otherwise. My husband and I only go when we're sure we need antibiotics, or having trouble breathing that's not relieved by OTC meds, etc. I do the same for my kids, most colds that they have, they recover from without seeing the doctor. My sister thinks we're not being "proactive" in managing our health.
Your sister recovers more quickly because someone pays attention to her when she has a viral infection? Doesn't that just beat all? I'll bet that someone at the insurance company knows her by name.
I certainly hope her "doctor" isn't giving her an antibiotic every time she has a cold. Or when she really needs one it won't work. The doc is probably giving her a placebo and billing the insurance company.
I see my doctor once a year for routine bloodwork unless something comes up during the year--not a cold--something like unexplained blood,extreme pain.......that type thing
To the OP: I think your sister and her husband are the perfect example of what is wrong with health care in this country, and why it costs so damn much. Trivial over-utilization!
I never consult a doctor for what I suspect is the common cold. For one thing, they can't cure it..another, it will work itself out in a week or two...and, personally, unless I'm too stuffed up to sleep or too runny to have a face to face conversation, I don't even take any OTC - IMO, they just mask the symptoms and prolong the illness.
I go for a physical once a year and to a specialist as prescribed. Besides that, it's a struggle to get me to seek medical attention - even when I really should (unexplained blood, extreme pain like Pippy mentioned).
I never consult a doctor for what I suspect is the common cold.i am so lazy i dont want to have medicine too. so i avoid to visit doctor.but sometimes it take too long to recover and then i think i should visit a doctor.
I like that, "fairly good health" part.
I'm probably between the after a week or so (two weeks, maybe three, maybe longer) -to- no, not at all.
When I did, it was that I need antibiotics.
However, I have to go every 6 months for managing other health issues.
Assuming you're in fairly good overall health, do you go to the doctor every time you have a cold? What do they prescribe for you?
My sister and her husband go every time they get sick, and my sister insists they recover more quickly than they would otherwise. My husband and I only go when we're sure we need antibiotics, or having trouble breathing that's not relieved by OTC meds, etc. I do the same for my kids, most colds that they have, they recover from without seeing the doctor. My sister thinks we're not being "proactive" in managing our health.
I have my own method for dealing with the symptoms of a common cold.
I have not had a bad one in a good 2-3 years.
Every day I drink a glass of orange juice. I get a flu shot every year, I take a 500mg tablet of Vitamin C every day and an aspirin every other day. There is research that shows that when there is a real cure, Vitamin C will be highly involved. When I feel a cold coming on, a sore throat, etc. I go to my Vitamin C and I take 4000mg which is 8 tablets. It knocks it out, and greatly lessens the symptoms. I have non allergic rhinitus and colds can be far worse than normal. My simple method above has worked well for me.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Doesn't that just beat all? I'll bet that someone at the insurance company knows her by name.
