College Freshmen Deal With Dorm Germs
College Freshmen Deal With Dorm Germs
Nkoyo Lyamba reports on the adjustments many college freshman face as they start their new student life, including a higher risk of being exposed to some diseases.
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" Even in the cleanest environments like freshman Christine black dorm room to hide and all sorts of places where -- that's a -- I think about it. And then the germ -- She's letting her think you talked to him a lot at about. 789. And just in the afternoon stringent personal hygiene is exactly what probably valley epidemiologist Eileen Smith recommends because. A lot of dead hunting season with an in college -- situation I spread from person to person couldn't leave it like -- nuclear look that for the cue thing that the -- that health experts are mainly concerned with diseases like meningitis. Which can be spread by coughing sneezing sharing drinks and potential. That talented -- concern because at that period. On complications and sometimes we count -- our top experts are also concerned about sexually transmitted disease that. In fact the CDC reports twenty to 25% of US college student I infected with that's TD."
" Any kind of had casual contact condoms should be it to prevent. A lot of serious illness and unfortunately including HIV --"
" And at college students take advantage of that new found freedom he might engage in binge drinking or even depriving themselves of fleet to party or don't get homework done. The University of Utah doctors on cars -- not been as both can lower your body's ability to fight to visas."
" No matter how carefully you are you're immune systems depressed. You're more likely to get sick."
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