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I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat and dizziness — my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold), and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses — I think it needs about 1g per day — of Vitamin C) to deal with it. However, today I started a new tub of test strips, and one thing which Bayer says might cause false results is the presence in the bloodstream of unusually high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). I’m wondering if it’s alright to take up mega-vitamin therapy, or would this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false readings?
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I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat and dizziness — my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold), and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses — I think it needs about 1g per day — of Vitamin C) to deal with it. However, today I started a new tub of test strips, and one thing which Bayer says might cause false results is the presence in the bloodstream of unusually high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). I’m wondering if it’s alright to take up mega-vitamin therapy, or would this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false readings?
If you’re at all concerned that you might not be getting enough vitamins, go with a good one-a-day vitamin-mineral supplement. Unless you have a known deficiency in something, you shouldn’t need anything else. My favourite quotation about colds: "A cold will last a week if you treat it, and seven days if you don’t". Wish I could remember where I heard it, it deserves to have a proper attribution. I agree with Bernard. I *always* treat a cold with neat whisky. I still have the cold for a week, but, with careful dosages, I don’t care how I feel! ;-S Maggie — Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent. – RD Laing
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As a diabetic your immune system is malfunctioning as it is.
Type 2 isn’t an auto-immune disease… AFAIK there’s nothing wrong with *my* immune system.
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As a diabetic your immune system is malfunctioning as it is. Type 2 isn’t an auto-immune disease…
I think it is – or at least one that is caused by / causes a bunch of inflammation, which your immune system can’t cope with. Nicky. — A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg 1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine T2 DX 05/2004
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat and dizziness — my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold), and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses — I think it needs about 1g per day — of Vitamin C) to deal with it. However, today I started a new tub of test strips, and one thing which Bayer says might cause false results is the presence in the bloodstream of unusually high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). I’m wondering if it’s alright to take up mega-vitamin therapy, or would this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false readings?
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I have a slight cold (slight headache, high temperature, sore throat and dizziness — my pharmacist agreed that this sounds like a cold), and am wondering about using mega-vitamin therapy (large doses — I think it needs about 1g per day — of Vitamin C) to deal with it. However, today I started a new tub of test strips, and one thing which Bayer says might cause false results is the presence in the bloodstream of unusually high concentrations of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). I’m wondering if it’s alright to take up mega-vitamin therapy, or would this push the ascorbic acid concentration high enough to cause false readings?
The vitamins won’t do anything for the cold and might screw up the tests. Have stiff drink instead. It won’t help the cold either, but you might feel a little better for a while. — Bernard Peek London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.
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As a diabetic your immune system is malfunctioning as it is. Type 2 isn’t an auto-immune disease… AFAIK there’s nothing wrong with *my* immune system.
But can lead to a poor immune system. I have also noticed there seems to be a higher incidence of people with type 2 who also have autoimmune diseases such as MS, psoriasis, Hashimotos, lupus etc.
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| As a diabetic your immune system is malfunctioning as it is. | |Type 2 isn’t an auto-immune disease… | |AFAIK there’s nothing wrong with *my* immune system. Had your immunoglobulins tested lately? IgA, IgM, IgG? Cheers, Alan
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