Lovesick? Just Plain Sick? Tips to Stay Healthy
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In the famous Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes of the main character: “his examination revealed that he had no fever, no pain anywhere, and that his only concrete feeling was an urgent desire to die. All that was needed was shrewd questioning…to conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those of cholera.”
While we certainly hope you’re not suffering from cholera or a romance that feels like it, combine flu season with Valentine’s Day, and there’s a good chance you’re feeling ill for one reason or another.
While we might not be able to help you out of the deepest throes of an illness, below are tips to keep your sniffling and coughing from infecting the whole household.
1. Don’t just wash, disinfect. If you wash most of your clothes on a cold cycle, they will not be disinfected. If your clothes are too delicate for washing and drying on high heat, add some color safe bleach or even vinegar, which has anti-microbial properties.
2. Wash blankets, comforters, and pillow cases after an illness. Depending on the type of sickness you have, anything you’ve breathed on may infect others.
3. Throw away those tissues right away! Don’t leave dirty tissues sitting around, and wear gloves when picking up other’s tissues.
4. Disinfect common surfaces. Your whole family touches doorknobs, toilet handles, refrigerator handles, and faucets handles. Use a good disinfectant spray to knock the germs right off.
5. Wash your hands. Don’t just rely on alcohol based disinfectant gels. While those can help, nothing can match a good wash with antibacterial soup.
6. Cough into your arm/shoulder. It’s smart to cover your cough—but don’t cover it with your hand and then go touch the doorknob. Either wash your hands immediately after coughing, or try coughing into your shoulder.
7. Wash jackets and outerwear. You may have read in our earlier post that it’s ok not to wash outerwear every day, but after a cold, they could probably use a good cleaning to wipe out germs.
8. Sharing is NOT caring! Even if you just feel a cold coming on, politely refuse when someone asks you to share a bite of your food or a sip of your drink—you could be doing them a big favor.
Those are our tips—now it’s time to hear from you. What does your family do to keep healthy? Let us know in the comments!
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