Health… again (I will get off this bugging topic soon!)
Note to self: Buy some hair conditioner. I’ve just ran out, good thing I’m going shopping in a few hours time, I guess!
I haven’t left the house since Tuesday and it’s Saturday now. I have had such a bad cold it seemed the only way it was going to go was if I quarantined myself and made myself stay inside the house. I called in sick on Wednesday, and then on Thursday my senior & manager said I should take the rest of the week off to make sure I am recovered. Well, I am feeling a lot better in myself today, I think the main thing that is causing me discomfort is my ribs… am pretty sure I have bruised them through coughing too much. 
It hurts to cough, it hurts to sneeze (both, I am doing very little of now), it hurts to bend, it hurts to laugh, it hurts to twist and they are sensitive to touch on one side. Ow. But!! I can deal with it. 
I think I’m lucky, and I HAVEN’T caught this bug. Maybe I have just had the flu or something because I haven’t had the two er… lovely symptoms. I have had the sickness, but only through coughing too much. I haven’t had the ‘D’ word. Thank goodness!! My cold/flu has also lasted more than 3 days…
A sickness bug sweeping the country is claiming 200,000 victims a week.
Already, more than 100 hospital wards have been closed, operations cancelled and visitors banned in a desperate attempt to halt the march of the norovirus.
Experts warned last night that next week’s return to work provides perfect conditions for the bug, which is 100,000 times more infectious than salmonella, to spread like “wildfire”.
The Royal College of GPs has warned workers to remain at home for 48 hours after symptoms have subsided to avoid spreading the bug and to stay away from doctors’ surgeries and hospitals.
…AND THERE’S NO TREATMENT
Symptoms generally appear between 12 and 48 hours after infection and last up to three days.
Patients are infectious for 48 hours after their symptoms have cleared.
There is no treatment, other than staying warm indoors and drinking liquids. Victims must allow the virus to run its course, meaning many are off sick from work for days.
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