Autumn is the cold in the office

Autumn is the cold in the office: so you stay healthy.

06/10/2014

Cold and flu: Autumn is the season in which office workers are particularly affected by infectious diseases such as colds or flu, because the pathogens in the office are best placed to spread.

Office workers can protect themselves against contagion: „If you do not want to get infected, you should ventilate regularly“, advises Hans-Michael Mühlenfeld, family doctor from Bremen opposite the „dpa“. This makes it more difficult for the pathogens to spread. It is important to have a regular disinfection of everyday objects that are used by several employees, whether keyboards or door handles.

Also, regular washing of the hands is important. This is especially true when employees travel to work by public transport, such as buses or trains, and come in contact with handrails, grab handles or hand straps. Here are the pathogens in high numbers.

If all precautions have failed, you can still do something about the infection. On the one hand against infection of other persons, by using the sneezing or coughing not the hand, but the elbow bend.

On the other hand, a healthy lifestyle (no alcohol, no nicotine, healthy nutrition and a lot of sleep) helps especially in recovery, if the person does not want to take the same strong medication. If the recovery does not progress so fast enough, it can also accelerate the healing process with natural medicines such as Echinacea purpurea, propolis and probiotics. A naturopath or doctor helps in choosing right preparations. However: „Anyone who is ill should stay home“, so Dr. Mill field from Bremen to „dpa“. (JP)

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