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I've heard garlic has anti bacterial properties, does this actually work? I'll eat a whole bulb of garlic, I don't care.
this sounds alot like nimbus variant, covid than a cold. i had it recently and i had the symptoms you described, the painful sore throat, swallowing, the headaches though not a s severe as yours. bronchitis as well.
a cold causes alot of sneezing, and a mild sore throat at most, plus congestion in the nasal area. it almost never causes painful sore throat, and the coughing /bronchitis usually occurs after the fever, and when the cold resolves.
with covid you coughing/bronchitis right form the start of the fever. i couldnt swallow food or water for a few days, but i was hacking/coughing thick sputum for that long.
Ugh I hope it isn't covid. I don't have time for that. My throat doesn't hurt when I drink or eat, it's just painful when I'm trying to sleep because it gets so dry. The headache lasted about 4 days but I've had a few episodes of cluster headaches in the past that felt the same. Same spot on my head and frequency so I wrote it off as stress and lack of sleep triggering it. Almost no sneezing, mild cough with clear mucus. Night sweats the last couple days but it's been 6 days already so hopefully I've gotten through most of it. I think you're right though, it seems worse than just a cold.
For me, it does. It's a case of woah and then i've read up the why. But really chew it good (nose will instantly get free too) and bite through it.
But still, it's only suporting; mileage may vary. And too much will get you an upset stomach.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6465033/
Found that quickly and even though it says the results may not be significant, I'm willing to eat a couple cloves of garlic with dinner. I'll let you know how I feel tomorrow morning.
Better before bed, no?
Morning update: Had 1 clove with dinner. Throat was still sore when I was going to bed but much better when I woke up. Although without a control group, I don't know how much recovery to attribute to the garlic. But I do feel better!
I have no idea, is that what you do or recommend?