Tips on Cutting the Risk of getting the Cold / Flu bug


Posted on December 11th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Hack, Health, Web Service.

The Flu BugI felt this was an important thing to remind people that yes it is now cold and flu season and there are definite was to cut down on  getting sick. Find me a cure has a list of 23 different ways to reduce the risk of getting a cold / flu. Since I work with different people and their keyboards I always carry around with me a little bottle of Purex Hand Sanitizer plus when I am done working at their desks I try to wash my hands with soap and water before leaving if at all possible.

Some of the other suggestions is to use a paper towel to turn off the water spigot when washing your hands and then use another one to open the door as there are a large percentage of people that don't wash their hands afterwards. (Well that is just sick pun intended)

Another tip is to wash twice to remove even more germs then a single wash.

And Yet Another tip is to use your knuckle to rub your eyes as the eyes are a perfect entry point for germs and the knuckle tends to have less germs then the finger tips.

Another is to cough / sneeze into your arm not your hand as you don't use your elbow to shake hand or touch objects etc… and less likely to spread them around. (Well this helps others not catch what you got and helps not get your cold back again.)

Another tips is to blot/rub your nose gently don't blow hard as that just puts the germs back into the sinus cavity.

Their list had plenty of common sense tips as well as a few that seemed over the top. But if you don't want to get sick being extreme might help.

Merlin – Keep Healthy

PS – What are you ways to prevent getting sick and what do you do when you do get sick?

TAGS: cold flu prevention sick health hack


3 comments.

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hana solomon

Comment on December 11th, 2006.

best way to prevent cold bugs is to wash the nose, the body’s filter. this nasla washing removes the germs before they have a chance to casue illness. i make a nasopure nasal wash that works great!

Merlin

Comment on December 12th, 2006.

I have to agree with you on that – I currently use a Neti Pot to do a nasal rinse and would love to try something like what you recommend. I have seen a few like sinusclense. Saw the neti pots on cnn and got one over a year ago and love the feeling and how much better I breath now.

judyofthewoods

Comment on December 12th, 2006.

I try to avoid crowds, if I can. If a door handle is a long bar, I touch it where others are less likely to touch it. Sometimes you can see the wear marks. If I travel, I always take echinacea herbal tincture as a profilactic, and take it until a few days after.
If I do get the first signs of a cold, I also take echinacea, which always does the trick, but if I leave it too late, and the cold has taken hold, I also take some extra vitamin C, drink plenty, and sweat it out. A raisede temperature aids the body to burn out the bugs. I have not had a bad cold for years, though many first niggles, each time the echinacea stopped it in its tracks.

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