BAAAD COLD!
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im just now getting better from a stinking cough thaT i couldn't shake. i had it for over a month, first it was just a dry cough then it went to the thick green stuff and then it finally cleared up, im just coming out of it this week.
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Originally Posted By: bigbrother8
im just now getting better from a stinking cough thaT i couldn't shake. i had it for over a month, first it was just a dry cough then it went to the thick green stuff and then it finally cleared up, im just coming out of it this week.
You got more than a cold there. You got a secondary bacterial (could also be viral) infection, a bronchitis. If you cough up yellow (from white blood cells) mucus, you have a fresh infection. If the mucus turns green your immune system is producing a bacteria-fighting enzyme that contains a green iron ion. It's a reliable sign of your immune system fighting and winning. If the mucus is turning rust colored (from blood) you have very likely pneumonia. Obviously a trip to the doctor is indicated if you don't get better within a few days of horking up yellow goop. A bronchitis can also become chronic, so you should see a doctor if you do get better but if it's a very slow process. Chronic bronchitis can turn into emphysema. Unless you have James Earl Jones' voice, wheezing like Lord Vader isn't very appealing.
im just now getting better from a stinking cough thaT i couldn't shake. i had it for over a month, first it was just a dry cough then it went to the thick green stuff and then it finally cleared up, im just coming out of it this week.
You got more than a cold there. You got a secondary bacterial (could also be viral) infection, a bronchitis. If you cough up yellow (from white blood cells) mucus, you have a fresh infection. If the mucus turns green your immune system is producing a bacteria-fighting enzyme that contains a green iron ion. It's a reliable sign of your immune system fighting and winning. If the mucus is turning rust colored (from blood) you have very likely pneumonia. Obviously a trip to the doctor is indicated if you don't get better within a few days of horking up yellow goop. A bronchitis can also become chronic, so you should see a doctor if you do get better but if it's a very slow process. Chronic bronchitis can turn into emphysema. Unless you have James Earl Jones' voice, wheezing like Lord Vader isn't very appealing.
green iron = Fe2+ = ferrous
red iron = Fe3+ = ferric
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red iron = Fe3+ = ferric
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Wanna taste cold Fe3C, wiseguy? 
I've got it; I'm sure of it.
Mori - dude I just ate. Enough already. uke: uking: uked:
uke: uking: uked:I have a bad cold myself. Not a BAAAAD one, just normal.
I don't get many, but I got this one.
It's not going to prevent me from dining on yakiniku in about 5 seconds....
I don't get many, but I got this one.
It's not going to prevent me from dining on yakiniku in about 5 seconds....
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I have never caught a cold in my life. Maybe it's because I walk comfortably around at 45°F in shorts and t-shirt. However, I catch the flu easily. Odd, eh?
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Originally Posted By: Pablo
Mori - dude I just ate. Enough already.uke: uking: uked:
Since you are already refunding, may I offer another tidbit of info? You may know that little kids tend to eat their own snot, right? It's probably nature's way of providing the body with antibodies, sort of a self-inoculation with dead bacteria, viruses and antibodies, all of which are abundant in snot. This boosts the immune system by provoking an immune response. Bon Appétit!
Mori - dude I just ate. Enough already.
uke: uking: uked:Since you are already refunding, may I offer another tidbit of info? You may know that little kids tend to eat their own snot, right? It's probably nature's way of providing the body with antibodies, sort of a self-inoculation with dead bacteria, viruses and antibodies, all of which are abundant in snot. This boosts the immune system by provoking an immune response. Bon Appétit!
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Hmmm ..kinda like how we saw our pet New Zealand Giant rabbit sampling his own "pellets". (actually, I was told it was to provide some needed digestive bacteria or something of that nature)
I do believe rabbits indeed eat and then re-eat to complete their digestion.
Sorta sucks not to have a 4-chambered stomach if you're an herbivore, huh?
Sorta sucks not to have a 4-chambered stomach if you're an herbivore, huh?
Remind me not to remember how nasty it is when a coprophiliac German Shepherd gets carsick and spews all over the inside of one's car....
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Originally Posted By: MarkC
Remind me not to remember how nasty it is when a coprophiliac German Shepherd gets carsick and spews all over the inside of one's car....
Well, you know what dogs eat on occasion. Probably he couldn't take any more [censored]. I apologize for the terrible table manners of my fellow countryman, I mean dog.
Remind me not to remember how nasty it is when a coprophiliac German Shepherd gets carsick and spews all over the inside of one's car....
Well, you know what dogs eat on occasion. Probably he couldn't take any more [censored]. I apologize for the terrible table manners of my fellow countryman, I mean dog.
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I do believe rabbits indeed eat and then re-eat to complete their digestion.
Sorta sucks not to have a 4-chambered stomach if you're an herbivore, huh?
Yep, many Oz rabbit owners have killed their pets by putting them in a cage with a wire mesh base to get the pellets away from them. The rabbits die of malnutrition.
speaking of which, man cannot live on rabbit alone...while he can on most other meat. Apparently some essential nutrient is missing from the tasty little critters.
I do believe rabbits indeed eat and then re-eat to complete their digestion.
Sorta sucks not to have a 4-chambered stomach if you're an herbivore, huh?
Yep, many Oz rabbit owners have killed their pets by putting them in a cage with a wire mesh base to get the pellets away from them. The rabbits die of malnutrition.
speaking of which, man cannot live on rabbit alone...while he can on most other meat. Apparently some essential nutrient is missing from the tasty little critters.
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Rabbit meat is extremely lean and it just doesn't fill you up. If you were to eat only rabbit meat and no other food that contains fat, you'd still go hungry and get weaker and eventually sick. Diarrhea will invariably finish you off. I highly recommend reading 'My Life With The Eskimo' by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. It was on the list of books we read in survival school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson
Eskimo books are highly prized in Oz survival situations
I liked Ragnar Benson's survival in the city and the country.
I think that you are right with rabbits and fat. I think it was either fat in generally or Essential fatty acids of some sort that were missing.
BTW, we recieved a safety e-mail at work with a presentation from Rio Tinto that demonstrated that Coca Cola "Pump" water bottles can burn car upholstery and paper.
Bottled water could save your life (and stop you eating raw rabbit.
I liked Ragnar Benson's survival in the city and the country.
I think that you are right with rabbits and fat. I think it was either fat in generally or Essential fatty acids of some sort that were missing.
BTW, we recieved a safety e-mail at work with a presentation from Rio Tinto that demonstrated that Coca Cola "Pump" water bottles can burn car upholstery and paper.
Bottled water could save your life (and stop you eating raw rabbit.
Originally Posted By: moribundman
If the mucus turns green your immune system is producing a bacteria-fighting enzyme that contains a green iron ion. It's a reliable sign of your immune system fighting and winning.
Ahhhh....
a $hitful cold went through our place this year (eldest is in preschool, and exposing the family to great immunological challenges)...never have I seen tissue residue like we all had tat time. Could feel your sinuses clearing first thing in the morning as the (toilet) bowl filled with green tissues.
Funny, how instead of a tapering off of symptoms, it was like someone hit an off sqitch.
If the mucus turns green your immune system is producing a bacteria-fighting enzyme that contains a green iron ion. It's a reliable sign of your immune system fighting and winning.
Ahhhh....
a $hitful cold went through our place this year (eldest is in preschool, and exposing the family to great immunological challenges)...never have I seen tissue residue like we all had tat time. Could feel your sinuses clearing first thing in the morning as the (toilet) bowl filled with green tissues.
Funny, how instead of a tapering off of symptoms, it was like someone hit an off sqitch.
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Originally Posted By: Shannow
Eskimo books are highly prized in Oz survival situations
I don't believe Captain Kirk and Bones ever expected ending up in a frosty slave labor prison camp on Rura Penthe. Had Bones not read the Eskimo book in question he and Kirk would have surely died from rabbit starvation!
Eskimo books are highly prized in Oz survival situations
I don't believe Captain Kirk and Bones ever expected ending up in a frosty slave labor prison camp on Rura Penthe. Had Bones not read the Eskimo book in question he and Kirk would have surely died from rabbit starvation!
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