How to treat an upper respiratory infection.

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hey it’s Dominic well with well medical

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arts talking to you today about how to

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keep yourself healthy and how to treat a

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virus if you get right now I’ve got the

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corona virus pandemic going on a lot of

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people are worked up even if they just

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have a common viral infection so most

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respiratory infections are cold our

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viruses the way that you can tell a

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difference between a bacterial infection

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and a viral infection is if you have

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several symptoms viruses have little

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flagella little tails on them so they

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can move around so if you have a runny

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nose ear congestion sore throat cough

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anything in your lungs it’s definitely a

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virus because it’s moving all around if

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you’ve had that virus for more than a

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week to ten days and have a fever and

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then Ping’s tends to settle into one

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area pain in the sinuses pain in the

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ears pain in the throat

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shortness of breath then you’d like me

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to see a doctor but for general upper

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respiratory infection general cold

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here’s what you do

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first thing wake up in the morning and

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drink lots of fluids I’m talking pound

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as much fluids as you can clear fluids

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water juice tea bestest water water is a

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natural mucolytic meaning it it helps

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thin out mucus then you’re gonna take

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about a teaspoon of salt put it into a

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mug of hot water warm water take it into

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the shower with you when you get into

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the shower you’re gonna take a nice long

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hot steamy shower that fluids the water

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thins out the mucus the steam loosens it

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up and then it’s ready for that warm

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saltwater garbo so you’re gonna take

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your sock water

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gargle gargle gargle gonna be rinsing

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all the virus out of the throat then

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take your your warm saltwater and do a

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nasal saline rinse I like to just dip

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the index and the middle finger get a

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few drops it’s easy it doesn’t feel

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choking when you got just a few jobs and

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just sniff low sniff low get the front

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part of the nose all cleared out and

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then once you’ve got open

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passage you’re gonna snort on the back

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this is kind of funny so you’re pulling

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and you’re cleaning out the area that’s

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behind the nose the throat that’s behind

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the nose the nasopharynx and also

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opening up all of the little passages to

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the sinuses that can get clogged if

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you’ve got anything in your chest pound

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on the chest a little bit and over if

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it’s ever gonna come out it’s after all

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the fluids steam gargle nasal saline

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rinse and then get it out now you

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usually be feeling pretty good after

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cleaning out all of that virus and all

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the fluids on board usually until later

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in the afternoon four or five o’clock

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people start to feel a little tired a

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little swampy what’s happened is that

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viruses have a chance to replicate and

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it needs to be rinsed out so do your

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second series of everything in the

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evening fluids steam garbled nasal

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saline rinse get it all out and that way

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when you go to rest at night

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your body’s actually able to heal and

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restore because you’ve cut my role of

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it’s able to heal and not have to fight

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in addition keep drinking lots of clear

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fluids all day make sure that you’re

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getting plenty of rest take simple

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precautions with your hand washing and

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taking your multivitamins to keep your

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antioxidants and your minerals and be

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eating healthy