I second (or third, or whatever) all those folks suggesting that you stay at home to avoid spreading the crud to the kids. Knowing you, I suspect you could pull off a worthwile lesson even if ill, but the only certain way to protect your students from your illness is to stay away from them.
Unsolicited medical opinions: 101.5 isn't high enough to cause panic, but is high enough to indicate you should give your body a chance to heal itself by continuing to rest and drink lots of fluids, especially warm fluids. At 102, it's time to consider taking an antipyretic (e.g., aspirin), to keep the fever from getting too high. 102.5 is definitely time for meds, to forestall any sudden rise in temp., and 103 is time to talk to a doctor.
Expectorants help to liquify and break up the mucus in your chest, to make it easier to expel. The natural thing is then to cough, to expel the mucus. If I take anything for the kind of cough you describe, it's generally an expectorant, preferably guaifenesin, which is the decongestant in Robitussin and similar medicines. Personally, I dislike combination medicines, preferring to take separate meds for the exact needs I perceive. I particularly don't care for meds which combine expectorants and cough suppressants. The logic of taking one drug to make the gunk in your lungs easier to cough up, and simultaneously taking another to suppress your cough reflex escapes me.
If your goal is to get some sleep, you might try taking an expectorant a couple of hours before bedtime, and a cough suppressant 15-30 minutes before bed. The expectorant should help you clear your lungs, and the suppressant would then allow you to get some sleep with comparatively decent oxygenation.
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Date: 2007-01-06 10:10 pm (UTC)Unsolicited medical opinions: 101.5 isn't high enough to cause panic, but is high enough to indicate you should give your body a chance to heal itself by continuing to rest and drink lots of fluids, especially warm fluids. At 102, it's time to consider taking an antipyretic (e.g., aspirin), to keep the fever from getting too high. 102.5 is definitely time for meds, to forestall any sudden rise in temp., and 103 is time to talk to a doctor.
Expectorants help to liquify and break up the mucus in your chest, to make it easier to expel. The natural thing is then to cough, to expel the mucus. If I take anything for the kind of cough you describe, it's generally an expectorant, preferably guaifenesin, which is the decongestant in Robitussin and similar medicines. Personally, I dislike combination medicines, preferring to take separate meds for the exact needs I perceive. I particularly don't care for meds which combine expectorants and cough suppressants. The logic of taking one drug to make the gunk in your lungs easier to cough up, and simultaneously taking another to suppress your cough reflex escapes me.
If your goal is to get some sleep, you might try taking an expectorant a couple of hours before bedtime, and a cough suppressant 15-30 minutes before bed. The expectorant should help you clear your lungs, and the suppressant would then allow you to get some sleep with comparatively decent oxygenation.
Hope you feel better soon!