With all those germs floating around uni, you're going to get ill at some point. Fact. All you're going to want to do is leg it home to your mum. Buuuuut, uni's all about coping in the big wide world on your lonesome. So, here's my guide to what to do when you get a bit poorly.
If you've got a cold, there's nothing quite like a Lemsip. I'm not looking for free cold and flu medication by promoting them by the way, it really is some good stuff. At first (back in the day), it came in standard swallow-with-water tablets or sachets that you could put in boiling water. Now they have invented one mega-tablet. You can either swallow them as you would a normal tablet or dissolve them in hot water. ALL IN THE SAME TABLET! It blew my mind. Crack out the lemsip, chuck on a DVD and feel sorry for yourself for a bit.
On the offchance that you actually feel like death, get yourself to a doctor. I don't want to sound like your mum, but the longer you leave an actual problem, you face it getting worse. A lot of universities have medical centres either on campus or affiliated with them, so they'll be used to students and all their moans and groans.
Feeling a little bit under the weather, but can't justify medication? Get yourself to bed! Uni can exhaust even the most hardcore of party animals and there is nothing like a cheeky sleep to sort yourself out. You'll wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world!
Oh, and sexual health checks people. Be safe, not sorry....and all that.
