All About Flu and Cough

[dasalo]

MyMooMoo:

Hi Dasalo,

Thanks so much for your effort trying to post. You even add in the chinese words for me so that i can easily get it... I would definately give it a try.
Chinese Yam is to buy from medical hall?

Chinese Yam is available dry (medical hall) or fresh (market or supermarket). I esp like the japanese one at finest NTUC. Its call Nagaimo in Japanese. The fresh ones can be eaten raw too. Just blend or grate it , add fresh milk and sweeten to taste. Good for building immunity.

[MyMooMoo]

oh… okok… sounds nice… hehe… i should make it for myself too…

[dasalo]

MyMooMoo:

oh... okok... sounds nice.. hehe.. i should make it for myself too...

It is indeed very tasty but gooey. Nagaimo costs $5.90 per root, cost might fluctuate. For eating it fresh I would want to buy the Japanese ones. When peeling the skin, wear plastic gloves to prevent your hands/arms from irritation. sometimes it does, sometime doesn't I don't know why (just like yam).

[micollh]

any cough mixture for toddler of below 2 ? DS is coughing slightly… once or twice a day… no phlegm… i remembered doc said below 2 cannot give cough mixture but he recommended one medicine which can get over the counter. i lost the name…

[dasalo]

micollh:

any cough mixture for toddler of below 2 ? DS is coughing slightly.. once or twice a day.. no phlegm.. i remembered doc said below 2 cannot give cough mixture but he recommended one medicine which can get over the counter. i lost the name..

Is it Actified? If in doubt, go to pharmacy and ask the pharmacist, they should be able to help.

[Andrew21]

Hi, think the Flu and Cough is normally affected by the change of weather, then the coughing and flu will be happened.

[kayetch]

My girl is quite often on the flixotide. Any idea what side effects are there?

[tankee]

kayetch:

My girl is quite often on the flixotide. Any idea what side effects are there?

From GlaxoSmithKline

The most commonly reported side-effects are:

- a sore throat or tongue. This may be due to ‘thrush’ (candida infection)
- hoarseness or throat irritation

It is possible that some people, particularly those taking higher doses of Flixotide puffer for a long time, may rarely suffer from the following side effects:

- rounded face
- loss of bone density
- eye problems (eg. cataract, glaucoma)
- slowing of growth in children. It is unclear what, if any, difference this makes to their final height.


Do note that Flixotide puffers contain a medicine called fluticasone propionate. This medicine belongs to a group of medicines known as corticosteroids, frequently called ‘steroids’. But they are not ‘anabolic steroids’ which are the steroids sometimes misused by athletes.

[kayetch]

Thanks For that info.although both spouse and I are not exactly big, I m a little concern if my gal growth is indeed affected, she is way below her peers in school physically. Beside, she has very irritable ENT, and occasionally complains of headache. She was hospitalized once and the doc sad she had pressure built up around the sinus.


Quite at a loss what else to do

[Yuhua]

My elder boy had asthma and to make it worse, he has got allergy and sinus as well. He is 8 this year. He was once hospitalized to suck out his phelgm from his sinus cavity. Terrible months were those. You can try buy some kid’s yoga book and start doing some poses which are good the respiratory tract.