Cough/Cold

Hi all, What have you done to help with Cough/Colds, have you done any home remedies to help or have you simply had cough medicine / lemsips? Google says you can’t have them, but I don’t know how truthful it is. I’m suffering at the moment and don’t know how to help myself x

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I have used lemon, ginger, garlic and honey boiled together and it’s helped. I don’t think lemsip is safe in pregnancy due to the phenyl ephedrine

I’ve had a cold for about two months and it’s been awful not being able to take the usual but manageable with paracetamol. Just obvs taking a bit longer to get over. I’d speak to your midwife re lemsip but I had cough medicine and was fine if that helps. Had norovirus over the weekend and now finally feel cold free and slightly human (def jinxed it..!)

I don’t think you can take lemsip because of the decongestant and caffeine, however i had a chest infection last week on top of a cold and I was drinking boiled water with lemon, honey and ginger or a hot ribena when I couldn’t be bothered. Lots of vitamin C (eg oranges/orange juice), hot showers for the steam and rest

I have had a cold now for three weeks, today its just awful. I weaze when I breathe and have chest pains and cough so much pleghm I actually pee myself. I dont know if I should go to A&E and risk catching something worse or just wait until the morning for a GP appt. I never felt this way before. 🥲