Veryone dreads the change of season, because it means that everyone is susceptible to the seasonal flu. According to Dr Mohsin Wali, general physician and cardiologist, and Dr Vinayak Abbot, Ayurvedic practitioner, apart from the change in the weather and
1 BREATHING IN RECIRCULATED AIR
While driving or travelling by car, most of us keep our windows rolled up, and keep the air-conditioner on. Some people do this even in pleasant weather, just to avoid the traffic noise. This leads to inhalation of recirculated, stale air... or worse. If someone is sick, and is travelling with you, then you’re breathing the germ-laden air they’ve exhaled. Keep the windows
2 SUDDEN CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE
Travelling from a hot zone to a cold zone or vice versa also causes flu. In fact, sudden change of temperature is one of the major reasons for flu. And once one person gets it, it spreads like wildfire. During season change, when it gets warm in the day and cold at night, don’t dress light. Take precautions by giving your body time to adjust before stepping in or out of a building, or when moving between any two environments with drastically different temperatures.
3 DRY HAIR
When the air is dry, either because of the weather or because of constantly sitting in an air-conditioned environment, our hair tends to dry up as well. And dry hair helps the flu virus live longer. Therefore, it’s better to use a humidifier for your hair to prevent flu.
4 FUNGAL INFECTION
The most common assumption is that flu is a viral infection. Well, that’s not always the case. At times, it could be a fungal infection as well. However, predictably, it’s hard to detect because the symptoms are the same. So, if you have flu and it’s refusing to go away then, probably, you ought to get it checked for a fungal infection.
5 LACK OF SLEEP
If you don’t get a good night’s sleep, then your immunity level goes down. And the chances of you getting seasonal flu goes up. However, that doesn’t mean you oversleep. Just give your eyes some rest.
6 EXPOSURE TO EARLY MORNING DEW
When the weather is still cool, early morning dew is a common sight on vehicles, According to Ayurveda, suppression of natural urges such as the urge to urinate, sneeze etc can also cause flu, as it adversely affects your immunity.
Now, if knowledge is power, let’s hope you can beat the flu.