{"id":5599,"date":"2010-11-01T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T01:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/?p=5599"},"modified":"2010-11-01T19:43:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T01:43:47","slug":"its-gastronomical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/2010\/11\/01\/its-gastronomical\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Gastronomical!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5600\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5600\" title=\"stomach\" src=\"http:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stomach-480x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stomach-480x497.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stomach-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stomach-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/stomach.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic by John Sherman, Managing Editor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s that time of year again: you\u2019re sitting in class, taking a test, and someone behind you begins to cough. The person next to you sneezes. You begin to pray that you will not contract any illness, since it\u2019s only Monday and your teachers have strict attendance policies.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Student Health Services sent an e-mail to the college community, warning of a gastrointestinal illness that was going around the campus. The message explained that some students had contracted a stomach virus, and that if a student felt very ill and could not keep down fluids for more than an hour, they should call the Health Center. Students with the virus were suffering from nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.<\/p>\n<p>In the e-mail, the health center also reminded students about preventative measures to keep from getting sick, including frequently washing hands, especially after going to the bathroom and before eating.<\/p>\n<p>Students on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer teams and the field hockey team became sick after traveling to Colby for their away games.\u00a0 Those that had contracted the virus were symptomatic for about twenty-four hours; some students went to the ER and were released, having been treated for dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunday afternoon brought the first sign of it,\u201d said field hockey coach Debbie Lavigne. \u201cAfter that, it spread to seven other players. Women\u2019s soccer had about the same number of players get infected, men\u2019s soccer was a little slower. The Connecticut Department of Public Health is looking into it. Because men\u2019s soccer, women\u2019s soccer, and field hockey all got it, so they\u2019re looking into common things we all eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Cate Moffett, Director of Student Health Services, said that the virus is on a decline.\u00a0 Most of the students that had come down with the gastrointestinal illness have already fully recovered. Moffett said that the virus had mostly been concentrated within the soccer and field hockey teams, and luckily hadn\u2019t been spread elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout five years ago, we had another bad stomach virus that spread quickly throughout campus,\u201d Moffett said. \u201cThis time, we were lucky, and the virus didn\u2019t spread as quickly. We were also able to catch it early, which helped us with containing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moffett sent the e-mail this time to attempt to contain the virus, an attempt that at the moment, seems to have been very successful.\u00a0 E-mails were also helpful in preventing the spread of H1N1, or swine flu, last year.<\/p>\n<p>The local health department, Ledge Light Health District, helped to investigate the origin of the gastrointestinal virus, although it was quickly realized that the virus was first contracted at some point during the trip to Colby. The health center also follows the trends of illnesses on campus to help students prevent the spread of sicknesses.<\/p>\n<p>This year, SHS has already encountered many cases of strep throat and mono.\u00a0 These cases mostly involve freshmen, who often cannot escape illness because they have a sick roommate. Lack of sleep and excessive drinking lowers the immune system\u2019s ability to fight off illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Moffett suggests that students should also get their flu vaccination early, so that the campus can be more protected against seasonal flu and H1N1 thanks to \u201cherd immunity.\u201d If most of the students got their immunizations, there would be a much lower chance that anyone on campus would contract the flu.\u00a0 The flu shot this year includes protection against H1N1.<\/p>\n<p>Moffett says that the best protection against illness is to take care of ourselves. \u201cI would say that the highest at risk we have here are students who don\u2019t get enough sleep. Students need to sleep well, eat well and be healthy for when [cold season] gets worse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s that time of year again: you\u2019re sitting in class, taking a test, and someone behind you begins to cough. The person next to you sneezes. You begin to pray that you will not contract any illness, since it\u2019s only Monday and your teachers have strict attendance policies. 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