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How to treat an upper respiratory infection.

Dominique teaches us how to treat common viral infections and colds with lots of fluids and the nasal saline rinse. This is the best way to speed up the recovery process and flush out any virus. If you are coughing and or have a fever it is best to stay home from work and let your body heal. Call your healthcare professional if you develop symptoms, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or if you have recently traveled from an area with widespread or ongoing community spread of COVID-19.

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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

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