8 Common Cold and Flu Remedy Myths - Debunked!

When one of my kids is sick, I go on high alert. Preventing the illness of the well child becomes my full-time job. Hand washing goes into overdrive. I am a broken record, saying, "Cough into your elbow! Use a tissue! Don't pick your nose!" When I see the well child go for a drink that the sick child had, I've been known to dive across the room shouting a dramatic, "Noooooooo … !" in an effort to yank the cup out of toddler hands. The truth is that we know so much now about how to prevent illness that when we see the opportunity to protect our kids from it, we jump - sometimes literally. Because having sick kiddos - and inevitably getting sick yourself because they're not coughing into their elbows or using tissues - is just a special kind of parental pain. We've come a long way in our knowledge of communicable diseases, so it's really fun to look back on some of the philosophies of yesterday. Click through for 8 common cold and flu remedy myths - debunked! -By Erin Whitehead

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