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Meow I like cat yes I eat air Meow I like cats
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for about five minutes now or trying to do this see because I keep imagining
someone with a very serious face saying yes I eat air welcome to another episode
of responding to your comments my goodness we are getting so many comments
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health questions so while waiting for let's dive in Abigail Falese can you
do a video for a cough please Abigail thank you for your comment this is from
the house to get rid of a sore throat video coughs yes I can do a video on coughs
coughs probably one of the most common questions we get asked in community
pharmacy so when I work in a community pharmacy it probably is one of the most
common questions I get asked especially in the winter but there's a few things I
always ask patients to begin with so the most important thing that I always ask
every single patient is firstly how long have you had this cough have you had it
for a week if you had it for two weeks and if you've had it for three weeks or
more then I will always refer the patient to speak to their health care
professional whether it's a doctor their advice nurse practitioner or their
advanced pharmacy practioner other questions I ask include are you
having any chest pain are you struggling to breathe are you losing weight for no
reason and also are you on any medication or any treatments that are
reducing your immune system or are you immunocompromised which is what we say
so for example are you having chemotherapy or are you taking any medicines that reduce
your immune system so if any of these are a yes I will again refer on to the
patient's health care professional because they will need to investigate
what's going on by the way this wasn't a full list of questions I ask
I will leave more information for you in the description below as well now in
terms of what to do it really depends what type of person you are and this
will make a bit more sense later on in this video I promise but generally
speaking if you have no red flags and there's nothing to worry about and
you're over five years old I always recommend warm water mix with honey
because one it's inexpensive two everyone has these kind of ingredients at home
and three which is the most important thing the evidence is showing warm water
and honey is just as effective at reducing a call as the over the
counter remedies that you can buy pharmacy or anywhere so how do you make
this mixture well it's very easy you get one to two teaspoons of honey mix it with
warm water let it cool until it's a sensible temperature and drink it easy
as that you can do it a few times in the day or as much as you need it really the
reason I say it depends what type of person you are is that for a lot of people
this isn't convenient for them you know if you're working if you're busy nobody
can really carry a pot of honey with them and a kettle or even at work to
keep mixing this solution keep making it and drinking it so there is this
convenience factor that comes into play so sometimes patients will say to me
Abraham that's great the honey and water mixture is great I can do that on the
weekend but I work I'm busy I've got stuff to do I don't have time to carry a
pot of honey and get boiling water all the time and let it cool which is
understandable because a lot of people don't really have time for it and it's
that convenience factor that I mentioned so they'll say just give me a cough
mixture please just give me a coffee stirrer what do you recommend I'll say
okay that's fine it's understandable now in terms of cough mixtures as long as
you're fit and healthy and well and you're over twelve there is some
evidence pointing to use of guaifenesin so look out for this ingredient in
the cough mixture the evidence has shown that it does work well as an
expectorant there's also dextromethorphan which is useful to
relieve a cough as long as the cough isn't and persistent so in asthmatics you have
a persistent cough so it won't be useful for that and also as long as you're not
producing excessive phlegm but I would always recommend everyone to speak to
their pharmacist so they can check your symptoms rule out any red flags and
recommend you a product that's suitable for you and it's safe for you to take as
well so that's the most important thing that would recommend everyone to do but
please remember that these remedies will help to reduce the symptoms of an acute
cough but if there is an underlying infection it's not going to help with
that and also if your cough has been going on
for three weeks or longer it's not gonna help with that either most likely so you
will need to definitely speak to your doctor or any healthcare professional
who looks after you so thank you for your question I really hope my tips help
everyone and you're awesome back to the comment yes
i eat air from meow I like cats thank you for your comment this is from the how to
stop bloating video and in the video I do discuss about eating air and it
making bloating worse but I did say this isn't physically doing this because
nobody does that nobody eats air like that but when we're eating when we're
eating food if you eating it fast if you're eating it like slumped and not
straight back if you're to move your mouth open if you chew gum with your
mouth open all of these can increase the amount of
air that we kind of swallow and it can all make bloating worse but it's just a
way that you said it yes I eat I just imagine this very serious face saying it
but I really hope my tips help you thanks for commenting Jessica Furtado oh
my god my nasal spray always goes down my throat because the instructions say
squirt and sniff they usually do that's correct I tried what you said squirt and
angle and small sniffs then once it starts dripping you can breathe normal I
tried and I can't taste anything in my throat this is amazing I almost stopped
the sprays and was gonna ask for antihisthamine pills instead Jessica thank you
for your comment this is one of the main reasons why I love YouTube so much
because it makes all of this useful information accessible for everyone
around the world so I'm glad that it helped you one of the main reasons
people do stop using a nasal spray is because that horrible aftertaste it can
leave if you're not using it right so if thank you for your comment it
really puts a smile on my face and I hope you continue enjoying all my future
videos Alpha Ghost 316 my voice sounds deeper than Thor and Thanos
combine Alpha ghost thank you for your comment this is from the how to fix a
sore throat video and yeah that must be pretty deep because them two definitely
have very deep voices and I hope with a click of this finger or is it this
finger I can't remember your sore throat has gone away
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