Cold and flu season coming……..
In order to “catch a cold”, a virus must enter the body, usually through the eyes, nose, or mouth. This occurs most often when someone who has a cold, sneezes or wipes/blows their nose. The cold virus gets out of their body in this way, often onto their hands. Assuming they don’t wash their hands or wipe them off onto their clothing, towel, etc,. they then touch door knobs, hand rails on stairs, and other objects that may be common for other people to touch within a few minutes to a few hours later. If –you– then come along and touch one of those objects, the cold virus then gets onto you, often onto your hands. All that is necessary at this point is for you to use your hands to rub your eyes―nose–mouth without….first….having wiped them off on your clothes, towel, etc, and/or without having washed your hands.
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Once the virus makes its way into your body, it often finds its way into the mucus area of your nose, and/or upper portion of your throat. In these places, though it will come under attack by your immune system, it will make a major effort to replicate and proliferate. If it does so successfully, you will…..“catch a cold”.
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At your work place, at school, at the mall, at the airport, somebody with the cold or flu sneezes into their hand, wipes their nose, coughs into their hand, etc, etc. At your home, your work place, school, shopping mall, airport, those people place their hands on door handles, stair railings, water fountain buttons, escalator hand rails, etc, etc. The cold and flu viruses await you on…..door handles, stair railings, water fountain buttons, escalator hand rails, etc, etc.
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Keep in mind that cold and flu viruses usually don’t get into your body unless –you– put them there.
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3 steps to prevent yourself from putting the cold and flu into your body…….
step 1 = program into your brain a deeply ingrained habit to wipe your hands off on your clothes before you use them to rub or touch your eyes―nose–mouth.
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step 2 = program into your brain a deeply ingrained habit to wipe your hands off on your clothes before you use them to rub or touch your eyes―nose–mouth.
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step 3 = program into your brain a deeply ingrained habit to wipe your hands off on your clothes before you use them to rub or touch your eyes―nose–mouth.
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