which spa room fixtures help a cold
August 23, 2011 7:19 AM Subscribe
I'm feeling sick with a typical cold. Slight fever, sore throat, stuffed up nose. I have access to a private sauna, steam shower and hot tub. Given that I don't need to worry about exposing anyone else, would any of or combination of these help alleviate the symptoms?
A sauna would mostly nearly replicate the hair dryer cold cure.
posted by paulsc at 7:31 AM on August 23, 2011
posted by paulsc at 7:31 AM on August 23, 2011
Best answer: If you've got congestion, steam of any kind will make you cough it up.
I think a sauna is probably not a good idea, though, if you're running a fever. You don't want to start sweating when you have a cold, I don't think. Drink plenty of fluids, so you don't dehydrate, whichever you do.
posted by empath at 7:31 AM on August 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think a sauna is probably not a good idea, though, if you're running a fever. You don't want to start sweating when you have a cold, I don't think. Drink plenty of fluids, so you don't dehydrate, whichever you do.
posted by empath at 7:31 AM on August 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
Are you sure it's a good idea to go into a sauna or hot tub with a fever? Besides making you overheat, you will also get dehydrated (you'll sweat) and you need to stay hydrated if you want to beat this flu (with a fever it's more than just a cold).
I've gone to hot springs with a chest cold, and it has never ever helped.
posted by KokuRyu at 7:33 AM on August 23, 2011
I've gone to hot springs with a chest cold, and it has never ever helped.
posted by KokuRyu at 7:33 AM on August 23, 2011
If it were me, i'd run the steam shower, but not stand in it, just so you can inhale the humidity, but only as a cure for congestion. If you're not congested, I don't think it would help very much.
posted by empath at 7:37 AM on August 23, 2011
posted by empath at 7:37 AM on August 23, 2011
When my 2-month-old baby got a cold, the advice nurse told me to put him in the bathroom while I took a hot shower, so I'd say the steam shower would be a good thing for you too.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:28 AM on August 23, 2011
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:28 AM on August 23, 2011
I love a nice sauna when I have a cold.
If I don't have access to a sauna, I'll take a hot bath, or a shower.
I have no idea if it makes anything actually better, but I know it does so much for my mood.
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 9:05 AM on August 23, 2011
If I don't have access to a sauna, I'll take a hot bath, or a shower.
I have no idea if it makes anything actually better, but I know it does so much for my mood.
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 9:05 AM on August 23, 2011
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posted by infini at 7:23 AM on August 23, 2011