Getting sick in Oz
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Getting sick in Oz
I don't know about you but I've noticed that everyone in the UK seems to be sick at the moment. All 3 of us are not well, coughing, colds, ear infections etc. A lot of people at work & here in Woldingham are not well. I grew up in South Africa & know that getting colds & flu does not only occur in cold countries (I think that Air con causes a lot of it in hot places) & that we have a 2 year old germ incubator (I mean son). Does/is the same thing happen in Australia?, do you find people getting sick at the same rate as the UK?.
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by Amazulu
I don't know about you but I've noticed that everyone in the UK seems to be sick at the moment. All 3 of us are not well, coughing, colds, ear infections etc. A lot of people at work & here in Woldingham are not well. I grew up in South Africa & know that getting colds & flu does not only occur in cold countries (I think that Air con causes a lot of it in hot places) & that we have a 2 year old germ incubator (I mean son). Does/is the same thing happen in Australia?, do you find people getting sick at the same rate as the UK?.
I haven't really noticed people getting sick in droves and I work in a retirement village :scared:
In Oz I think that we don't get as many visitors from Overseas and perhaps that MAY help decrease the amount of cases of the flu?
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Hiya Amazulu,
you could alway's live in the bush & never see a soal during the winter!
Failing that opel mining?
Only kidding.
Bye
Mark
you could alway's live in the bush & never see a soal during the winter!
Failing that opel mining?
Only kidding.
Bye
Mark
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Colds, 'flu and respiratory tract infections are worldwide.
Australia will be no different.
There was a thread on here not long ago about the same thing.
The consensus was that you are more likely to get ill when you move as you will encounter strains of germs you are unused to.
Colds are more common in cold weather as the membrane in your nose and throat etc. are more susceptible to picking up germs in the first place.
Remember most 'Flu strains start off in warm climates such as Asia.
No differnce I'm afraid.
G
Australia will be no different.
There was a thread on here not long ago about the same thing.
The consensus was that you are more likely to get ill when you move as you will encounter strains of germs you are unused to.
Colds are more common in cold weather as the membrane in your nose and throat etc. are more susceptible to picking up germs in the first place.
Remember most 'Flu strains start off in warm climates such as Asia.
No differnce I'm afraid.
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
I get sick here a little but it could be from swimming after raining etc...
Amazulu funny you should mention the little village my parents live in and where I used to live!
Amazulu funny you should mention the little village my parents live in and where I used to live!
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I have noticed my kids are hardly sick here at all. In actual fact they had no days off school last year due to sickness. They have both been poorly, but have bounced back very quickly, not the usual doses of amoxycillin throughout winter! This may have something to do with them being a little older, but i also think it might be to do with having no central heating in the winter
I have had 2 stinking cols in nearly a year and 1/2, but again, no antibiotics for the usual dose of tonsilitus?? Strange. I hadn't really though about this till now..........
I have had 2 stinking cols in nearly a year and 1/2, but again, no antibiotics for the usual dose of tonsilitus?? Strange. I hadn't really though about this till now..........
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by hevs
I have noticed my kids are hardly sick here at all. In actual fact they had no days off school last year due to sickness. They have both been poorly, but have bounced back very quickly, not the usual doses of amoxycillin throughout winter! This may have something to do with them being a little older, but i also think it might be to do with having no central heating in the winter
I have had 2 stinking cols in nearly a year and 1/2, but again, no antibiotics for the usual dose of tonsilitus?? Strange. I hadn't really though about this till now..........
I have had 2 stinking cols in nearly a year and 1/2, but again, no antibiotics for the usual dose of tonsilitus?? Strange. I hadn't really though about this till now..........
I don't know if we get sick less often than in the UK but I still get my full qouta of "sickies" in. I mean being sick of work is still being sick
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by Amazulu
I don't know about you but I've noticed that everyone in the UK seems to be sick at the moment. All 3 of us are not well, coughing, colds, ear infections etc. A lot of people at work & here in Woldingham are not well. I grew up in South Africa & know that getting colds & flu does not only occur in cold countries (I think that Air con causes a lot of it in hot places) & that we have a 2 year old germ incubator (I mean son). Does/is the same thing happen in Australia?, do you find people getting sick at the same rate as the UK?.
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No different I think, I have suffered badly back in the UK as getting used to a new climate and set of bugs.
We had the rounds of bugs in every office I worked in, like in the UK. People off with flue & colds.
M
We had the rounds of bugs in every office I worked in, like in the UK. People off with flue & colds.
M
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by Pollyana
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
I get many fewer colds & flus in the bush - but not none - some strains seem more infectious and need little proximity to people to spread.
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by Grayling
That's the one I was thinking of Polly
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Originally Posted by Coogee Rocks
Amazulu funny you should mention the little village my parents live in and where I used to live!
Small world.
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Re: Getting sick in Oz
Originally Posted by Amazulu
It's a nice place, probably the best place i've lived in the UK. What street do your parents live in?. We live just off Slines Oak Road.
Small world.
Small world.
I didnt like it when I was a young teenager but soon grew to apricate the countryside and a train ride to London when I got a little older.
Fairly big world at times though!