1.  Vitamin C 

Well this is a given, and has been constantly drilled into our minds by our mothers, however as much as we don’t want to admit it, she's right. A vitamin C or two a day will definitely help keep the common cold away. 

 2. Wash your hands 

Not just after you go to the bathroom, I mean when you leave the library, store, classrooms, or pretty much anywhere public where you can bring in foreign bacteria into your home. 

 3. Keep stress levels down

Impossible right? No stress during finals week? Well think about it this way, if you get sick it's going to be ten times more stressful so try to keep the stress down by relaxing during study breaks, going to exercise in between errands and getting enough rest. 

4. Eat right

 It’s always a given that to be healthy you have to eat right, well in this case when it comes to lack of sleep from finals, stress, and lack of time, students have a tendency to grab fast food or stock up on caffeine which hinder their hunger and keeps them from getting the nutrients they need to keep your immune system on it’s A-game during finals week.

 5. Catch some Z’s 

Sleep is so important in keeping your immune system at its best during this stressful week. No matter how much time you plan on spending on late night study hours, be sure to get a good amount of sleep so that you and your immune system can be at its best.

 6.  Get it first thing 

If you’re starting to feel a scratchy throat or stuffy nose, don’t wait until it’s too late to fight it off. Load up on Emergen-C and start taking Dayquil or Nyquil right away to beat the symptoms as they come.

 7.  Quarantine

It seems that everyone gets the plague during finals week or any week that is extremely important and it spreads like wildfire, so try your best to stay away from the germs. Take hand sanitizer with you everywhere, stay and study in your room and only come out when its safe.  

With just a few precautions and changes in routine, you can avoid getting the plague. Good luck to everyone and their immune systems during this hectic week coming up.