I don’t know about you, but my body is increasingly lousy at adapting to the weather. Don’t get me wrong – I’m all for the whole four seasons thing. It’s just that annoying transitory changes of sprinter and wautumn really throw my system off.
Tissues in hand have now become a permanent fixture, totally clashing with my (soon-to-be) black-and-blue winter look. My symptoms were strangely hayfever-like -- I had a nose I couldn’t catch, a throat I’m dying to rip out, and eyes that watered so often I thought I had cataract.
I’m guessing I have the flu. As you may already know, the flu spreads when you cough or sneeze, launching infected droplets into the air for your “friend” to breathe in. You can be spreading the flu even before you develop symptoms, so make sure you wash your hands frequently kids!
Every year this in sprinter there's much hype about flu vaccines. These little vials of miracle drugs are inactivated, by which I mean it contains a dead virus strain designed for your body to make antibodies against, so you can build up your own defences.
But the key question is, are they effective?
Whilst many shot-takers will attest to its benefits, research claims that only 5 to 20% of people actually do get infected. What about the placebo effect? With such a subjective matter at hand, who’s to say it actually works? Apparently the common flu vaccine targets influenza A or B, but most of the time people are infected with flu-like symptoms that do not directly correlate with those two strains. Often we try and treat the symptoms instead of targetting the source, which is rather understanble due to the lack of affirmative evidence. Hence it is little wonder why people are confused as to how to safeguard oneself against this potential pandemic!
For those who have unrelentless faith in doctors *cough cough*, a flu shot usually costs around $20-25 in Melbourne, and you can have it done at any clinic provided you make an appointment first. Just make sure you don't babble on about some other illness you have for it will incur a hefty consultation fee.
Whether you swing towards natural medicine or not, tastebudds has some tips for you. In true Survivor-style, here's how you can win immunity:
1)We recommend you go the extra mile to include extra Vitamin C, iron, zinc and antioxidants in your diet. These can be found by increasing your intake of onion, garlic, red meat, seafood and citrus fruits. Try to eat fruit, rather than drink its juice as the sugars dissolve too readily into the bloodstream and will return err, via the other end.
2) Rest more, and by this we don’t mean oversleeping into lectures (although that is a keen possibility) as much as we mean sleeping EARLIER. And don’t forget to include time to relax, unwind and laugh to get those happy endorphins pumpin’.
3)Avoid people. Avoid small, crowded places; because most of the time someone is bound to have the flu or “flu-like symptoms” and IT WILL HUNT YOU DOWN. Someone rubbing his nose will touch something someone else will touch, causing that someone to cough causing another to sneeze causing another to sniff, use tissues, then drop out of their pockets, which the janitor will touch, pick up, perpetuating this malicious cycle.
Therefore it is our duty as responsible citizens of Melbourne to take the health of our city into our own hands and wash them clean, because even the mighty John So can only do So much.
Tissues in hand have now become a permanent fixture, totally clashing with my (soon-to-be) black-and-blue winter look. My symptoms were strangely hayfever-like -- I had a nose I couldn’t catch, a throat I’m dying to rip out, and eyes that watered so often I thought I had cataract.
I’m guessing I have the flu. As you may already know, the flu spreads when you cough or sneeze, launching infected droplets into the air for your “friend” to breathe in. You can be spreading the flu even before you develop symptoms, so make sure you wash your hands frequently kids!
Every year this in sprinter there's much hype about flu vaccines. These little vials of miracle drugs are inactivated, by which I mean it contains a dead virus strain designed for your body to make antibodies against, so you can build up your own defences.
But the key question is, are they effective?
Whilst many shot-takers will attest to its benefits, research claims that only 5 to 20% of people actually do get infected. What about the placebo effect? With such a subjective matter at hand, who’s to say it actually works? Apparently the common flu vaccine targets influenza A or B, but most of the time people are infected with flu-like symptoms that do not directly correlate with those two strains. Often we try and treat the symptoms instead of targetting the source, which is rather understanble due to the lack of affirmative evidence. Hence it is little wonder why people are confused as to how to safeguard oneself against this potential pandemic!
For those who have unrelentless faith in doctors *cough cough*, a flu shot usually costs around $20-25 in Melbourne, and you can have it done at any clinic provided you make an appointment first. Just make sure you don't babble on about some other illness you have for it will incur a hefty consultation fee.
Whether you swing towards natural medicine or not, tastebudds has some tips for you. In true Survivor-style, here's how you can win immunity:
1)We recommend you go the extra mile to include extra Vitamin C, iron, zinc and antioxidants in your diet. These can be found by increasing your intake of onion, garlic, red meat, seafood and citrus fruits. Try to eat fruit, rather than drink its juice as the sugars dissolve too readily into the bloodstream and will return err, via the other end.
2) Rest more, and by this we don’t mean oversleeping into lectures (although that is a keen possibility) as much as we mean sleeping EARLIER. And don’t forget to include time to relax, unwind and laugh to get those happy endorphins pumpin’.
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Therefore it is our duty as responsible citizens of Melbourne to take the health of our city into our own hands and wash them clean, because even the mighty John So can only do So much.
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