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Post by Kristianna on Nov 22, 2005 16:21:18 GMT -5
For those of you who live in the bush and are snowed in during the winter, do you get colds and flu at all?
I am thinking if you don't have contact with anyone outside of your household that you probably don't get nearly as many germs coming through.
Please tell me all about this.
K
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Post by Washkeeton on Nov 22, 2005 18:12:02 GMT -5
Since i had contact with the outside world when i was out i cant answer that question but for me I can say 2 things.
1. I was in much better health than i have been in the past 4 years. There by I was able to fight off any flu bug that came by easier than now.
2. You carry germs on your body even if you shower. sickning but a note. The new infections that the dr and hospitals are having problems with MRSA (methacillin resistant staph infections) are carried in your nose. The folks that I care for that have MRSA, the first question I ask them is do you pick your nose. When they say no I point out how it is passed from there to a leg, cheek, or where ever they have the infection. They get imbarrased and say really, knowing full well that I know how they got the infection. Wash
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Terri
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Post by Terri on Dec 2, 2005 9:41:06 GMT -5
Infections that are carried in the nose are ALSO carried in the mouth and eyes. All you have to do is blow or scratch your nose, or rub your eyes, or cover your mouth with your hand when you cough.
That is why we wash before meals.
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Post by ugashikrobert on Dec 2, 2005 10:53:41 GMT -5
We seem to have a lot less of the day to day sicko's like we had when we lived in the land of taxes and traffic. We have the most right after we return from our yearly trip into the big city. The fact we are jammed into round metal tubes to get there probably doesnt help
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Post by Jenny on Jan 8, 2006 5:05:10 GMT -5
We never get sick when we're in the bush ---- not with the flu and such. Like Bob, it's only when we go to town. Well, actually that doesn't happen anymore either because now I take some type of herbal tincture, tea, etc. to boost my immune system and fight off infections. I used to take echinacea when I went to Anchorage, but now I pick wormwood during the summer. I dry most of it for tea, then tincture some. Most natives I know call it Medicine Plant. It's good for just about anything. I also make a salve out of it. Great for "fish finger", chapped lips and hands, scapes, etc. Since it has such wonderful antimicrobial properties, it also makes a great natural deoderant.
We don't have wormwood growing wild around here, so I'm going to plant some this summer. There are other things growing wild that should work as well, and since I'm nearly out of my wormwood tea and tincture, I'll try them during my next visit to town, or the next time someone with a cold flies out to visit us.
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Post by pipedreams on Jan 19, 2006 8:55:21 GMT -5
The less contact you have with people, the lower your odds of getting sick..........and the less contact you have with KIDS, especially those who are in schools.........the better!
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