Its that time of the year when the flu comes around, except this time it comes with a pre-warning stamp of the fact that Swine flu is back. If you’ve got a nagging cold, cough or a bad tummy – blame it on the weatherman.
Fluctuating temperatures of being cool and then warm, increased dampness and rain that can’t decide whether to pour or not rain at all inadvertently make you fall sick without knowing that your on the way to catching the famous bug – influenza – that’s been going around.
Employees calling sick into work, opting to work from home, students taking a few days off to regain strength and health and patients lining up outside clinics across the city to get a quick fix is a common sight these days.
Whimsical temperatures that leave you with aching joints and a viral fever come hand in hand with other ailments that follow the monsoons around like dogs on leashes. Jaundice, malaria, dengue or gastroenteritis, commonly called stomach flu, are a few things to be wary of. Now, I could go into the whole ball and chain of statistics, but even doctors say that prevention is better than cure. (A first, I know!) So here are a few quick and simple ways to prevent being caught by the bug:
Hygiene
Wash your hands often, with liquid soap (Dettol, Lifebuoy) and make sure you get all the gunk out from under your fingernails. If you’re using a soap cake, push your nails into the cake so that it cleanses the one place a majority of the germs reside. Keep your nails short, trimmed and clean – always!
If you can, get yourself a carry on a small bottle of Sterillium and douse your hands in them when you can. Remember to rub your hands with it for 30 seconds at least. Stay away from every other commercial brand that promises to have the same effect.
If you wear rings, keep them clean and remove them every time you wash your hands.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth as much as you can.
Diet
Include ‘immune – enhancing’ foods in your daily diet. These can be organically raised poultry, dairy, fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and veggies should be high on your list. Try to avoid added sugar and highly refined starches, like rice, potatoes, pasta and bread. This will ensure you have optimal blood sugar which will inturn make sure to reduce infection with most pathogens, if not all.
Increase your intake of Vitamin C: Oranges, Tomatoes and Brocolli.
Don’t eat cut fruits from vendors and fast food from hawkers. Avoid road-side food and eating out as much as possible.
Carry your own water, drink bottled water when you’re away from home and boil tap water before drinking it at home. Drink a lot of water, atleast the recommended 8 glasses.
Opt for herbal teas over the usual over-boiled milk chai.
Sleep
You need to sleep! Adequate sleep is very important to a healthy immune system. More important than anything, even the amount of hours you sleep, is the quality of sleep you get. Sleep balances out the number of hormones released in your system, an adequate level of hormones aid healthy functioning of an immune system.
Reducing Stress
Did you know that the leading cause of death is stress? It comes in the form of heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents and suicide. Constant stress increases the risks associated with the heart and allergy related diseases. While stress is not altogether unavoidable, you can focus on the lighter side of life and de-stress! Take a walk, breathe in some fresh air or do some yoga or pilates.
If you keep to the basics, you will avoid the flu and in the long run feel healthier all year long.
-Apphia K.
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