How NOT To Get Sick

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How NOT To Get Sick

• Simple things to do, Things not to do, and Where
  to go when you are sick

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Simple Tips

• Wash hands often and well.
• Anti-bacterial soaps are not effective in
  preventing illness they actually make bacteria
  stronger and more resistant to medication.
• Alcohol-based gels are good for when you are on
  the go.
• Dont touch your face bacteria cause illness
  when they enter the membranes of you eyes, nose,
  and mouth.

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Importance of Sleep and Water

• Try to maintain a regular sleep routine getting
  7-8 hours of sleep a night.
• Drink more water!
• 2, 32 oz. Nalgene bottles a day
• 8, 8 oz. cups of water
• 4, 16 oz. water bottles
• Lack of sleep and dehydration both tend to
  suppress your body's natural abilities to fight
  off illness.

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Exercise

• Aerobic exercise speeds up the heart to pump
  larger quantities of blood makes you breathe
  faster to help transfer oxygen from your lungs to
  your blood and makes you sweat once your body
  heats up. These exercises help increase the
  body's natural virus-killing cells.

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Good Things to Eat

• Red Bell Peppers
• They actually have more vitamin C than citrus
  fruits!
• Yogurt
• Some studies have shown that eating a daily cup
  of low-fat yogurt can reduce your susceptibility
  to colds by 25 percent. Researchers think the
  beneficial bacteria in yogurt may stimulate
  production of immune system substances that fight
  disease.

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Relax!

• There's evidence that when you put your
  relaxation skills into action, your interleukins
  -- leaders in the immune system response against
  cold and flu viruses -- increase in the
  bloodstream.

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Things to Avoid

• Smoking
• Statistics show that heavy smokers get more
  severe colds and more frequent ones.
• Smoke dries out your nasal passages and paralyzes
  cilia. These are the delicate hairs that line the
  mucous membranes in your nose and lungs, and with
  their wavy movements, sweep cold and flu viruses
  out of the nasal passages.
• Alcohol
• Alcohol also dehydrates the body -- it actually
  takes more fluids from your system than it puts
  in.

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Where To Go When You Are Sick

• Thornton Hospital ER
• 9350 Campus Point DrLa Jolla, CA 92037
• Student Health Services
• On Library Walk
• shs.ucsd.edu for appointments

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Directions to Thornton Hospital
9350 Campus Point Drive