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IN YOUR HEALTH - LOWERING YOUR
RISK OF COMING DOWN WITH A
SEASONAL ILLNESS LIKE A COLD
OR THE FLU. THAT CAN BE
CHALLENGING -- ESPECIALLY WITH
KIDS BACK AT SCHOOL AND MORE
OF US SPENDING TIME INDOORS.
NEWS 8 MEDICAL REPORTER
JOCELYN MAMINTA WITH WHAT YOU
CAN DO TO STAY HEALTHY THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
A MISERABLE COLD -- AN ILLNESS
LIKE HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH WITH
FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS -- WE ARE
ALL SUSCEPTABLE TO CATCHING
VIRAL INFECTIONS. HOW DO WE
PROTECT OURSELVES AND OTHERS
FROM VIRUSES? START WITH EIGHT
GOOD HEALTH HABITS --THE C-D-C
RECOMMENDS TO AVOID CLOSE
CONTACT WHEN YOU CAN. "IT
CAN SPREAD FROM CONTACT. IT
CAN SPREAD FROM ONE PERSON TO
THE NEXT FROM JUST TOUCHING,
THEN FROM SHARING DRINKS."
"ANYWHERE THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A CLOSE
ENVIRONMENT IS VERY CONDUCIVE
OF SPREAD FOR VIRUSES." GET
THE APPROPRIATE VACCINE --
LIKE GETTING THE FLU SHOT.
STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK -
SO CO-WORKERS OR OTHER
STUDENTS DON'T CATCH WHAT YOU
HAVE. COVER YOUR MOUTH AND
NOSE WHEN COUGHING OR
SNEEZING. AVOID TOUCHING YOUR
EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH. WASH
YOUR HANDS -- SUCH AN EASY
THING TO DO. CLEAN AND
DISINFECT SURFACES WHEN
SOMEONE AROUND YOU IS SICK.
OTHER HEALTH EXPERTS SAY --
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR OR
PHARMACIST ABOUT USE OF 'OVER
THE COUNTER' MEDICATIONS. AND
DON'T ASK FOR ANTIBIOTICS --
THEY DO NOT WORK FOR VIRAL
ILLNESSES LIKE THE COLD OR THE
FLU. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR SYMPTOMS -- DO CALL YOUR
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AND GET
THE TREATMENT YOU NEED.
JOCELYN MAMINTA - NEWS 8.