Uni and flu

It seems that about 80% of people are getting the flu at uni, I've had it since I got here. In lectures you can basically hear continuous coughing, sniffing, sneezing. Its so annoying, why are Universities such unhealthy places? Anyone else having this experience?

Reply 1

sophierw

1

Uh yeah, its called Fresher's Flu. Every uni gets it. It just because so many people from all over the place are thrown together in such close proximity that illness spreads so fast. Seriously EVERY uni has it!!! Except Portsmouth so i hear, which is just bizarre!! They must be super healthy

Reply 2

Sithius

16

Nah man, it's a virus. You're all gonna die!

Reply 3

maag101

1

I have it

But only since yesterday. I managed to get away with it for the first three weeks.

*sniff*

It's because so many people from different parts of the country are put together. So the cold virus' in Bath, I will be immune from. The cold virus from Norfolk (which my next door neighbour has got) I am not immune to. It sucks.

Reply 4

Vampyrcorn

14

is it really 'flu'?

i have a really bad cold, like most people, and everyone keeps on saying, "Oh you've got Fresher's flu". Just because i cough and lost my voice and go through many tissues.

But seriously, isn't it just a cold? Aren't people overreacting? Very few people have more than a bad case of the sniffles, i'm sure of it.

Reply 5

maag101

1

No it's not flu. Tis just a cold (or a cough). But Fresher's Flu sounds better than Fresher's cold. I think its the alliteration :P

Reply 6

kam

10

Fresher's Flu...happens each year.
You'll probably catch something from someone, given there are a thousand people around you.
With colder weather coming in, there might be a rise in flus/colds.
My flat/course mate has the cold now I think...he better not give it to me.

Reply 7

SNAZZ42

1

[QUOTEI have it But only since yesterday. I managed to get away with it for the first three weeks. ]

Me too, I thought i would have got away with it, but no, started last night, seen as though all my roomies already had it......I guess it was me next! Feel so bad........not managed to do anything useful like 2 lab reports!!!

Reply 8

M j R

10

kam

Fresher's Flu...happens each year.
You'll probably catch something from someone, given there are a thousand people around you.
With colder weather coming in, there might be a rise in flus/colds.
My flat/course mate has the cold now I think...he better not give it to me.

It's not a cold, it's much worse than a cold I'm not sneezing, it's my troat that is the mine problem...I think it's a random virus, not just a cold, it's not the flu. And talking of the flu...the flu keeps you bed bowned meaning you can't get out of bed. Most people say they have the flu when in fact they just have a cold, a violent one yes but still a cold not the flu. I know this as I've spoken to too many nurses and doctors every time I get my flu jab...which everyone should have every year, I do and I hate needles. :biggrin:

Edit: just noticed people saying the same thing, and they are right to question if it is the flu or just a cold...it is bound to be just a cold if you can still walk and move without feeling too tired to!

Reply 9

sophierw

1

Dude, its not an actual flu, its just the name

Reply 10

Jess123

3

i think ive had it for about 2 weeks. it won't go away. i think its just caused by too much goin out and drinking!
every uni has it! quite funny really. :biggrin:

Reply 11

Peders

Yeah i have had it every year so far. Got it a bit at the moment. Plenty of lemsip!!

Reply 12

edu

2

Freshers flu, i love the ickle freshers with there red noses.

Reply 13

MikeyB!

5

Alot of people I knew had tonsillitis...

Basically its a cold/sore throat/cough/etc etc etc which is passed through everyone!

Reply 14

maag101

1

edu

Freshers flu, i love the ickle freshers with there red noses.

Grr *cough, choke* Don't be mean *sneezes*

Reply 15

e_clark

13

lots of alcohol lowers ur immune system also, so combined with lots of ppl being thrown together from all over the country its hihgly likely youll get ill

also youll probs find once you get better, cos ppl r ill at diff times, youll catch something else v soon after when ur all vulnerable grrrrr

Reply 16

MissHero

1

I have a horrible cough and a wheezy chest. Grr.

Reply 17

History_is...

6

i thought i had it, and i just saw the nurse after weeks of it, and she said she thinks i have glandular fever which is far more sucky!

Reply 18

gbduo

15

Also its lots of alcohol, going down the union, dancing getting really hot, walking outside into some pretty fresh/cold weather so you go from being super hot to super cold very quickly.

Combined with this you get everyone bringing their own strain of the cold virus that all combine together to create one killer cold virus, the worst cold you ever had!

I have had freshers flu for about 5 weeks now, since i got back...i think i have flu now actually as getting out of bed is a challenge and i am exhausted after writing this! I think i am just going to have to resort to watching more Father Ted!!

Graham

Reply 19

nmt_oli

1

sophierw

Seriously EVERY uni has it!!! Except Portsmouth so i hear, which is just bizarre!! They must be super healthy

We got it here too, just not as bad as some other Uni's. Must be the sea air!

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