Nursing does hold the potential of being an extremely satisfying occupation. However, with that being said, these are also people who are at high risk of catching illnesses that are viral in nature. This includes things such as the common cold and also the flu.
They are more at risk than the general population because of the simple fact that they are continuously exposed to patients who are infected.
These kinds of infectious diseases have the very real ability to spread very quickly and widely during the months of winter.
This year, however, we all know that there is an added risk: Covid-19 or the Coronavirus. This air borne disease, Covid-19, seems to be able to spread at almost the same ease as the common flu.
Covid-19, however, is unique in its ability to spread from people who appear completely asymptomatic.
We are not going to go deep into the medical science of these illnesses but rather we would recommend you to visit the CDC website for that information.
However, we will provide you some tips that can really help you stay a great deal healthier during these troubling times!
Try Light Therapy
Light therapy is a type of therapy that really has come of age at this point in time and has a wide array of benefits. It is one of the most popular and also one of the safest forms of therapy out there.
The basic function of a light therapy device is to mimic the natural light of the outdoors in an indoor setting. This is also very helpful for getting enough light into your body during the cold and dark months of winter.
Light therapy also has the ability to amp up the immune system of the body and that can really help with warding off viral viruses such as the flu.
All in all, light therapy can be an excellent way to nurture both your mind and your body.
Prioritize Getting Proper Sleep
A lot of people overlook the importance of quality sleep when it comes to the topic of staying healthy. We all have jobs and we all have families; therefore, we all know how limited our free and resting time is.
With that being said, never underestimate the power of a good night’s sleep in your quest for health.
There are a lot of studies out there which have shown that the T-cells get reduced if you stay sleep-deprived. What this in essence does is that it makes it much easier for a cold or flu virus to get a hold of us.
Furthermore, it makes it much harder for your body to fight off these illnesses on the chance that you do happen to get sick.
In fact, not getting proper sleep has also been linked to an increased risk of dying from heart disease in the future. It is recommended to get, on average, a minimum of about 6-7 hours of sleep.
Maintain a Healthy Diet And Eat Properly
The old adage of “you are what you eat,” really does hold some weight behind it.
It should be common knowledge but just to reiterate, eating junk food is not the best thing (by any stretch of the imagination) for the immune system of your body.
It really is not about changing your complete diet but with a better diet, you really can help your immune system do its job a lot better.
There also happens to be some foods that are known to have immune system boosting properties. One example of this is garlic.
So, maybe you do not want to change your entire diet; in that case, incorporating more garlic into your diet really can do wonders for your overall health and by extension, your immune system.
Make Exercise a Priority
The fact of the matter is that we should all really be getting a lot more exercise than we normally do. Let’s face it, it does not rank very highly in terms of priorities for a lot of people but doctors do recommend that we get at least about 30 minutes of proper cardio every day.
This has the very real ability to keep both the heart and also the body healthy. While this may all be common knowledge, you may not be privy to the fact that exercise also has an effect on the immune system of the body.
Exercising really does help to strengthen our immune system, just make sure that you are not overdoing it. Researchers tested out this theory on mice and found that regular exercise had the very real potential to reduce both the effects and also the rate of fatality of the flu in the mice that were infected.
On the other hand, exercising too much actually amplified the undesirable effects of the virus.
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