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Word of the Day: Scratchy
This year’s scorching weather is profoundly affecting many people in various ways.
One way is that being inside air-conditioned rooms for extended periods can cause you to develop a scratchy throat.
A scratchy throat is inflamed or swollen and sore.
People often get a scratchy throat in the wintertime due to dry air, but in the summertime, air conditioning can cause the air to be dry and have the same effect on us.
If you feel your throat is beginning to tingle or get scratchy, you should try to prevent it from getting worse by sucking on some throat lozenges and drinking lots of fluids.
One of my favourite home remedies for a sore, scratchy throat is honey and lemon in hot water.
Since the weather is so stinking hot this year, warm water could be a better option, though.
Honey has natural antibacterial qualities that should have your throat feeling as good as new faster than two shakes of a dog’s tail.
Air conditioning can cause you to feel a different kind of scratchy, this time on your skin.
Many females complain that air conditioning is too cold inside buildings.
I agree.
One of the worst things is if your desk is located directly under the cool air draft coming out of an AC unit.
Many office ladies must wear a sweater, but they should be careful not to wear scratchy wool sweaters.
It’s terrible when a wool sweater causes you to have irritated skin and feel itchy.
I remember one time when I was a university student.
I was at a daytime BBQ that extended into the night.
We were at the beach, so I had had my shirt off for most of the day. In the evening, after more than a few beers, I put on a wool sweater directly on my bare skin.
I tell you that the irritation caused by the scratchy wool combined with the sunburn that I had gotten made my life a living hell for a few days.
I’ll never do that again – I was itchy for days.
If I could turn back time, I’d go back and throw that sweater in the garbage.
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