Sniffles, Sneezes, and Sickness
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When you leave home for the first time, and start going to university, there is one thing which you can never be prepared for – the number of colds and illnesses you will get in your first year. It will seem that every week you willl have another kind of flu. You will catch anything from coughs, the sniffles, sour throats, stomach bugs, and everything in between. While this obviously has the actual symptoms, it can also have a big impact on your academic results.
You cannot choose when you will catch a cold, so they could come at the worst possible times. I know that I have caught a cold during Mid-Semester exams, final exams, the day before an assignment is due, and dozens of other times throughout the year. It is for this reason that you need to have a fully stocked supply of antidotes, lozenges, and various other drugs.
This is a small list of all the things that you will use, plus some that you should use:
- Vitamin C Tables
- Throat Lozenges
- Pain Killers
- Bandages
- Various Different Kinds of Head Cold Tablets
I hate illnesses and colds! This is definetly a scenario when the saying ‘A prevention is better than a cure’ applies. Try to eat healthy, excercise, and stay out of the cold. Hopefully if you follow all of these tips you will be able to stay healthy throughout your university life.
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September 10th, 2007 at 10:07 am
This couldn’t be more true. I was generally a healthy person in high school, but my first year of college was awful. I got really sick twice and had numerous colds.
I can attest to the vitamin C tablets though. One of my friends (who we called the walking plague) was always sick, so I got into the habit of eating vitamin C tablets whenever I felt like I was getting sick. Usually they killed whatever bug I was coming down with. You just have to drink a lot of water with them otherwise you’ll get headaches.