Need to stay healthy in this cold season

Recent weather changes across the country have left many wondering on what to do in order to avoid catching cold and other related diseases.

According to research done earlier, colds result from infection with a virus which mainly affect nose and throat.

Cold symptoms begin with throat discomfort or sore throat. The symptoms are followed by clear watery nasal discharge, sneezing, fatigue and at times slight fever. It is understood that post nasal drip from your nose and sinuses can cause a cough.

The first days of a cold nose can be filled with watery nasal secretions. The secretion may become thicker and darker. Dark mucus does not necessarily mean you have developed bacterial infection.

It is wise to call a doctor once you experience fever, increased weakness, pain when swallowing and coughing up greater amounts of yellow and green coloured mucus.

Research shows good hygiene can decrease viral infections such as colds and prevent the spread of cold viruses by making sure you and your family members wash your hands regularly with detergents even after coughing.

Digging into a comrades' pocket

At times I get irritated with the perception the society out their have on campus student. Am not being biased but the truth must be weighed in order to determine who is digging into comrades' pocket.

Last week while traveling from home to school, I met this man at stage entrance and offered to lift my luggage into the bus stage. The guy on arrival demanded sh50 for his services. To me it sounded so awkward only that I did not want to be rude to him, I told him I had sh 20. The guy kept on insisting to be given sh 50 but at last settled on sh 20.

This incident reminded me of Mary my hairdresser a month ago when I visited her salon for my hair dressing. She had narrated to me on how campus life used to be luxurious some years back when students had money to change hair styles on weekly basis and dispose their belongings such as basins, mattresses, shoes and electronic gadgets at the end of every semester only to buy new ones on reopening.

According to Mary, the business used to be lucrative due to student money and led a comfortable life, "During that time, I could plait several students with the amount of money I demand without the negotiation but nowadays things have changed, they bargain up to the last coin sticking unto their amount," Mary reiterated.

Mary said the business has gone down recently as students prefer styling their hair after every month or two due to economic hurdles they are undergoing due to reduced HELB loan deposited into their accounts unlike in the past when they used to receive huge amounts enough to buy a car in two years. Gone are the days when student leaders could drive vehicles outdoing their lecturers.

The big challenge that students face is the way outsiders view them as income earners to a point of raising the living standards in the surrounding environment. What disgusts most is the fact that residential rooms in stage goes at sh 3,500 to 8,000 per month. This is mining from a comrades pocket as they do not have choice as the university can not accommodate all the students within university premises.

When you touch the heart of expired person you get poisoned

I never new the meaning of the phrase an expired person is poisonous can be practical in the real world until I met a person who made me feel upset and demoralized. I had to blame myself for being blind to an extent of not realizing whom I was dealing with.