Getting Sick at School

Winter's here, and it's brought all the nasty colds and flu's with it. While getting sick just sucks in general, getting sick at school sucks even more. In some of my lectures you can't even hear what the prof is saying because there's so many coughing an sniffling. Ew. Being at school makes it so much easier to get sick, especially if you're living in residence, germs spread as fast. Here are some tips to avoid getting sick, and what to do if you do happen to get sick (like me!)

1. Wash Your Hands
Wash your hands or sanitize them as much as possible. It will help to eliminate germs! If you're sick, then make sure to do it a lit - I recommend carrying a little bottle of hand sanitizer with you. Bath and Body Works has a lot of really nice smelling ones, and when they're on sale you can get them 5 for $5.

2. Drink Lots of Water
If you have a sore throat or a cough, then avoid drinking milk and dairy products. It'll make you feel worse and it won't help your cough get better! Drink water and stay hydrated.

3. Take a Vitamin
You probably aren't eating as healthy as you should be, which means you might be lacking necessary vitamins that your body needs. An easy way to solve this is to take a multivitamin once a day, that way your body is getting everything that it needs.

4. Kleenex and Lots of It
Stock up on Kleenexes  No one likes that one person who refuses to blow their nose, and they just sniffle all day, gross. Get boxes of them, and keep a few Kleenexes in your pockets and purses and backpacks - you can never have too many!

5. Use the Appropriate Medication
Make sure to take the right meds based on your symptoms, and don't over or under medicate yourself. Don't take nyquil before your 9 am class, you will probably pass out and possible have the snore and drool combo - not cool.

6. Check Health Services
See if your school has a health services center if you feel something could be really wrong with you. Some sicknesses are quite contagious, like strep throat and mono. You can easily be tested for these and it'll save you the hassle of getting blamed for your whole floor being stick in quarantine.

7. Dont Share Drinks
Seriously, though. Don't be stupid and share your drinks with people, they don't want your icky germs or cooties.

8. Separate Yourself If You Can
If you live close enough, maybe go home for a few days if you're feeling really bad, or at leas try to stay in your room and not get other sick. Its bad enough being sick, but it's even worse living on a floor with 10 sick and very cranky people.

So that's it for now, feel better if you're sick! :)