CURE AND PRECAUTIONS : 1) Wash your hands: Most flu
viruses are spread by direct contact.Someone
who has flu sneezes into his hands and then touches the telephone or the keyboard.The germs can live for hours-in some cases weeks-only to be picked up by the next person who touches the same object.So wash your hands often.
2) Don''t cover your nose or mouth with your hands while sneezing and coughing: This is because germs and
viruses cling to your bare hands.When you feel a sneeze or cough is coming,use a tissue,then throw it away immediately.If you don''t have a tissue,turn your head away from people near you and cough into the air.
3) Don''t touch your face: Cold anf flu viruses enter your body through the eyes,nose and mouth.Touching the face is a major way children catch cold.
4) Drink plenty of fluids: Water flushes your system,washing out the poisons as it rehydrates you.A typical healthy adult needs eight to ten glasses of fluids each day.How can you tell if you''re getting enough liquid? If the colour of your urine runs close to clear,you''re getting enough.If it''s deep yellow,you need more fluids.
5) Get fresh air: A regular dose of fresh air is important,especailly in cold weather when central heating dries you out and makes your body more vulnerable to flu viruses.Also,during cold weather more people stay indoors,which means more germs are circulating in dry rooms.
6) Do aerobic exercise regularly:Aerobic exercise speeds up the heart to pump larger quantities of blood;makes you breathe faster to help transfer oxygen from your lungs to your blood;and makes you sweat once your body heats up.These exercises help increase the body''s natural virus-killing cells.