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AGGIELIFE
Monday, January 29,2001
THE BATTALION
An apple a day...
Doctors, nurses offer students
advice to avoid illness in winter
By Rupert Garcia
The Battalion
Students are faced with many challenges throughout
their years at Texas A&M. Even though some would like
to think of themselves as invincible, getting sick is in
evitable. Luckily, there are many ways to combat this
problem, some which rest upon students taking the ini
tiative to seek medical attention and become edu
cated about how to take care of themselves
“Students are more prone to getting sick
at this time of the year, because of the dif
ferent viruses transmitted while at home
during winter break,” said Sharon Davi
la, a registered nurse in the Department
of Preventive Medicine at the A.P. Beu-
tel Health Center. “Any time a person is
in a crowded situation or around small
children, which is usually the case during
winter break, it is easier to catch a virus.”
Dr. Ann Reed, associate director
for Clinical Services at Beutel, said
viruses, which cause flus, colds and
other upper-body respiratory infec
tions, are in abundance.
“There are 200 different types of upper
body respiratory infections caused by virus
es,” Reed said. “Cold symptoms, which may
include fever, sore throat and sneezing, among
others, should not last more than seven to 10 days,
and, if they do, a physician’s care is probably the
best thing.”
Davila said the best way to avoid transmit
ting a virus is for people to wash their hands after
using the restroom. Washing should last at least 30 sec
onds and soap and water should be used.
“People would be surprised to know how many oth
ers go to the bathroom and do not wash their hands,”
she said.
Davila said the most obvious way to avoid getting sick
is to simply stay away from sick people. However, she
said this can be hard because many students still attend
classes while they are sick.
“The student is carrying the virus, therefore putting
the people in class at higher risk of catching the same
virus,” Davila said.
Although they should not go to class, a doctor’s care
is not always necessary.
a
People would be surprised to
know how many others go to the
bathroom and do not wash
their hands. ”
—^Sharon Davila, R. N.
A.P. Beutel Health Center
“It is up to the student to do the best thing, which is
to get some rest and give the body’s immune system time
to fight off the vims,” Reed said. “If it feels serious, like
not being able to swallow or having a fever above 101
degrees, then it is best to contact a physician.”
Reed said a cold needs to be treated either by resting
or taking antibiotics, or both because in most cases, a cold
will not get better when ignored.
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“Undergraduate college students show poor recogni
tion of typical presentations of the common cold and have
misconceptions about effective treatment,” according to
a January article in the Journal of Family Practice.
“I once had a cold that would not go away, and it was
not until I went to the doctor who told me to get someresi
and prescribed me some antibiotics, that I got better."said
Nicholas Chacon, a freshman kinesiology major.
Even though patients should take medicine a doctorpre-
scribes. Davila said antibiotics may not always wort/or
cold symptoms and may be detrimental in some cases.
“The more antibiotics are used, the more viruses be
come resistant, therefore becoming obsolete in a case
where antibiotics are really needed,” she said.
Davila said the flu season begins in January and runs
through the first weeks of March. Flu shots are usually
administered beginning in October until December. Shots J
usually take one to two weeks before they are effective |
Reed said symptoms of different diseases vary from
person to person, and some diseases which may not seem
serious may be serious, while non-serious diseases may
seem the opposite.
“Some symptoms are so random that I have treated pa
tients complaining about indigestion when in fact the;
have just suffered a heart attack,” Reed said. “Serious div
eases usually are easy to spot because in such instance',
people usually get very ill very fast.”
Davila said if students want more information on
avoiding getting sick, they should visit Beutel, whicht
open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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