nd if a student’s immune system is at a slight incline, his health can be jeopardized the second he comes in contact with the bacteria. A college student’s immune system is most likely never up to standard during the school year. Semester exams and late nights are very destructive to a student’s body. When this is combined with an unhealthy diet or poor personal hygiene practices, the results can be devastating. Sickness in a college student’s life can destroy an entire college semester. If one is too ill to write a paper or attend class, their grades drop and can be nearly impossible to bring back up. If one student becomes ill in a residence hall, the entire building is at risk of receiving the illness. Students will push themselves to do everything they need to do and they do not realize that in doing this, they are spreading their germs all over the campus. Pushing oneself can be good and is most often needed in the case of a college student. However, if a person were to push himself too far, it could result in a worsening of the sickness.Almost all colleges and universities have a medical center available to all enrolled students. These centers can help a student with anything from the common cold to the HIV virus. The Health center is located on campus and can usually write out prescriptions and fill them in the same building. There are counselors that can help one with drug and alcohol problems or any type of STD, etc. At Cornell University, the Gannett Health Services Center has a department specifically for people who struggle with drugs and alcohol. These two substances are greatly abused among college students in the U.S. The Gannett Health Center provides general medical services, including screening for alcohol or other drug-related symptoms or illness and referral for treatment form other health-care providers both within Gannett and in the surrounding area. Mononucleosis is a fairly...
