Results: What you do when you have a cold
Published on 03/25/2016
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What do you do when you first think you are getting a cold? Stay away for others to prevent making them sick also
35%
550 votes
Drink lots of drinks
47%
752 votes
Get lots of rest
50%
797 votes
Take cold medicine
40%
638 votes
Take allergy medicine
9%
150 votes
N/A
11%
182 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
70 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| nothing | 0.10% | 3 |
| 0.10% | 3 | |
| take vitamin C | 0.06% | 2 |
| Vitamin c | 0.06% | 2 |
| zicam | 0.06% | 2 |
| take oil of oregano | 0.06% | 2 |
| vitamins | 0.06% | 2 |
| Make sure I get plenty of Vitamin C | 0.03% | 1 |
| eat raw garlic | 0.03% | 1 |
| wash my hands-a lot | 0.03% | 1 |
| stop taking milk products | 0.03% | 1 |
| take emergen-c | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take echinacea and goldenseal | 0.03% | 1 |
| work it off | 0.03% | 1 |
| buy cold medicine you put in nose w/q-tip | 0.03% | 1 |
| take cinnamon and honey three times a day | 0.03% | 1 |
| Vitamin C/Cold FX | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take zicam | 0.03% | 1 |
| Honey lemon tea | 0.03% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.03% | 1 |
| eat lots of radishes | 0.03% | 1 |
| TAKE AN ANTI-INFLAMATORY | 0.03% | 1 |
| elderberry syrup | 0.03% | 1 |
| Suck it up and go on with my life | 0.03% | 1 |
| they really are a figment of the imagination and well-being is what we really deserve, think about feeling good not bad for at least 20 seconds, it is wonderful feeling so good. | 0.03% | 1 |
| put Vicks on chest, throat, on feet | 0.03% | 1 |
| take extra vitamin C and echinecea | 0.03% | 1 |
| just continue my day | 0.03% | 1 |
| gargle with salt water, drink ginger tea with buckwheat honey | 0.03% | 1 |
| lots of vitamin c | 0.03% | 1 |
| See Doctor | 0.03% | 1 |
| take lots of vitamin C | 0.03% | 1 |
| Moan when the skre throat starts | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take ginger, zinc and vitamin c | 0.03% | 1 |
| take zinc, echinacea, vitaminC | 0.03% | 1 |
| Mega-dose vitamin C | 0.03% | 1 |
| probiotic yougurt/regularly take vitamins/lots of plain water to flush your system out er | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take oregano oil | 0.03% | 1 |
| eat fruits | 0.03% | 1 |
| zinc | 0.03% | 1 |
| rest | 0.03% | 1 |
| Lay off the sugar, it lowers your immune response. | 0.03% | 1 |
| I take Zicam right away and usually have no further issues | 0.03% | 1 |
| chicken soup | 0.03% | 1 |
| herbal medicine | 0.03% | 1 |
| Absolutely Nothing | 0.03% | 1 |
| peroxide on cutip clean nose and cold meds I also run Young Living Oils in my home they have oils for everything. I have trouble breathing and with one use of Breath Again I could breath 75% better | 0.03% | 1 |
| take echinachea or kickass immune | 0.03% | 1 |
| honey, oj | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take Cold Eze & V-C - only get a cold every 5 years or so | 0.03% | 1 |
| take C and zinc | 0.03% | 1 |
| lots of vitamins | 0.03% | 1 |
| take herbal remedy | 0.03% | 1 |
| Take vita C, zinc & echinacea | 0.03% | 1 |
| Start taking Probiotics 3 times a day | 0.03% | 1 |
| Use natural immune booster | 0.03% | 1 |
| take zinc | 0.03% | 1 |
| inmune up | 0.03% | 1 |
| Double up on the daily dose of C and Echinacea | 0.03% | 1 |
| Natural remedies,homeopathy | 0.03% | 1 |
| Herb tea | 0.03% | 1 |
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Do you prefer to take cold medicine or drink tea/take herbal medicines when you have a cold? I prefer to take cold medicine
45%
709 votes
I prefer to drink tea/take herbal medicines
37%
595 votes
N/A
18%
289 votes
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3.
What is your favorite kind/type of tea to drink when you have a cold? Regular plain black tea
14%
223 votes
Regular black tea with lemon juice or other kinds of juices
13%
201 votes
Green tea
21%
327 votes
Herbal/fruit tea
16%
251 votes
White tea
2%
25 votes
N/A
32%
504 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
62 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.31% | 5 | |
| Ginger tea | 0.19% | 3 |
| Echinacea | 0.19% | 3 |
| peppermint | 0.13% | 2 |
| English tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| Sleep time tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| Nancy's Russian Cold Cure - a kind of Russian tea made with Tang, Lemonade Mix, Black Tea, cloves and cinnamon | 0.06% | 1 |
| Green or white lemon foaboured | 0.06% | 1 |
| Regular tea with honey | 0.06% | 1 |
| fresh ginger tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tea with honey and lemon juice. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Hot tea with honey and aspirin. | 0.06% | 1 |
| green tea with Ginsing and honey also,depending on my symptoms I my add rum or some symptom specific additive. | 0.06% | 1 |
| All types, no preference | 0.06% | 1 |
| neocritan | 0.06% | 1 |
| Throat coat! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Lemon Ginger | 0.06% | 1 |
| honey,lemon water | 0.06% | 1 |
| Lemongrass w/honey | 0.06% | 1 |
| Fruit juice | 0.06% | 1 |
| echinacea and coltsfoot | 0.06% | 1 |
| throat coat | 0.06% | 1 |
| Honey and milk | 0.06% | 1 |
| Ginger and chamomile | 0.06% | 1 |
| ginger slices boiled in water, then add buckwheat honey | 0.06% | 1 |
| Grape juice | 0.06% | 1 |
| hot toddies | 0.06% | 1 |
| chinese mix | 0.06% | 1 |
| peppermint or chamomile tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| Lemon Ginger tea and add some honey | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tea with cream and sugar | 0.06% | 1 |
| darjeeling | 0.06% | 1 |
| beer | 0.06% | 1 |
| Lush Berry | 0.06% | 1 |
| lemon tea with ginger/honey/and lemon added in | 0.06% | 1 |
| hot lemon and honey toddy | 0.06% | 1 |
| broth | 0.06% | 1 |
| mint tea made into a hot toddy | 0.06% | 1 |
| honey, oj | 0.06% | 1 |
| Ginger Root bslices in a tea ball | 0.06% | 1 |
| Coffee | 0.06% | 1 |
| echinea | 0.06% | 1 |
| No preference! | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't like any hot tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| GINGER | 0.06% | 1 |
| Mint tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| russian tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| fruit tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| Ginger ale | 0.06% | 1 |
| It varies | 0.06% | 1 |
| Honey lemon tea | 0.06% | 1 |
| andrographis | 0.06% | 1 |
| green tea with lemon juice and honey | 0.06% | 1 |
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4.
Do you ever take allergy medicine for a cold instead of cold medicines? Yes
25%
395 votes
No
58%
916 votes
Undecided
5%
84 votes
Not Applicable
12%
198 votes
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If you take allergy medicine instead of cold medicine when you're sick, do you think allergy medicine works better for colds than cold medicine? Yes
13%
209 votes
No
18%
280 votes
Undecided
19%
305 votes
Not Applicable
50%
799 votes
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