Wednesday 18 July 2007

Viral infections 101

Viral infections 101. Downed with a flu. Mental note:
1) NEVER EVER take antibiotics unless ORDERED by a doctor to do so. Reason? You want your white cells to fight the symptoms naturally. Let your immunities grow!

2) Finish up all medicine. Even when you're okay. Reason? Because you don't want to risk the viruses getting drug resistant. And they mutate alot. Fast. Sneaky fellas.

3) Got a fever? Pop a panadol, wipe your body. Never bath. Don't let the air blow directly to you. When you're sweating, you know your fever's breaking.

And last but not least, drink lots of water. Its prime time for flu.

edit: add ons:

When I first contracted sore throat around a week ago, I started to suck lozenges. Strepsils, to be exact. I didn't know how many racks i popped, after all I treated them like sweets. But stay away from Strepsils Chesty Cough. It doesn't work as intended (that is to stop coughing from the accumulation of mucus, so it seems), but others? Its okay.

And no overdose of pills, kids. You don't want to get high for the wrong reasons. And if you do get high, for whatever reasons; get a piece of pen, and paper, and start scribbling. You'll never know when you start to write a masterpiece yourself.

So much for being sick.

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