So my horses medicine didn’t prevent me from getting it. I felt a little down on Monday so started taking ivermectin daily. I had a massive headache and body ache yesterday (Tuesday) I feel much better today. Slight cough but body ache is gone. I’m a 42 year old man just for an age range. In general it feels like a sinus infection. I did not lose my smell or taste. Update: just picked up a ZPac to stop any bacterial crap from this.
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For the nebulizer, did you have the saline on hand or did you make your own? REALLY want to get my Mom on this (day 12 for her today, temp sticking at 101) but when I tried to make my own saline I noticed the salt doesn't fully mix so don't feel good about making my own at this point.
Your symptoms match exactly with my daughter and my folks, it's nasty shit and I hope you're pulling out of this soon. My daughter and Dad went a full 14-15 days. Dad has a cough but pulse ox has been fine all along, my daughter just has waves of fatigue but otherwise is much better. My Mom has a shit immune system, went to a doctor finally yesterday and tested negative and 2 weeks ago my Dad tested positive. We declined a test for my daughter but all symptoms (folks and daughter) match yours. Allergy meds helped my daughter with the headache. They gave my Mom Doxycycline which I had already started her on 4 days ago (fish antibiotics) because she can't take the z-pack.
Use the generic saline solution for contact lenses without all that other bullshit they put in the fancier brands. That is what I have been using for a while.
I totally missed this comment! I suppose if it hasn't killed you LOL! From what I have read it's not the correct type of solution and does have additives. I live in a rural area with few options for contact saline, but I will go today and see what the box says! Thank you for chiming in!
Your are more than welcome. I read that using fine sea salt like they sell at Redmond is ideal for dilution purposes. I guess you just gotta shake the holy hell outta the mix to get full dilution.
I think I'm going to boil the water today and see if that works then I'll huff it myself lol! I found very finely ground pure Himalayan salt, somewhere I read not to use sea salt for nebulizers but I can't find where I saw that now, I have so many bookmarked links on this!
I didn’t add saline.., just food grade 3% H2O2. But I should’ve, because my nasal passages were burning a bit afterwards. If I do it again I would just add some of the saline packets that come with my Neti pot.
Got word that an old friend did this and added some essential oil to the mix. He said he nebulized until he could smell that oil and just like that, taste and smell returned. Trying to get the information on what EO was used is like herding cats at this point but I'm pushing again today for that info!
I have considered this but I've read that the nebulizer saline is a hypertonic solution whereas the nasal type saline is an isotonic solution. I feel like I need to be really careful here because my Mom gets pneumonia just by saying the word. Thanks for the response, I'm annoying the shit out of anyone who has done this trying to plot my next move. Appreciate you chiming in with your experiences, thank you!