Are you one of those people who always tries to “tough it out” when you’re feeling sick? Do you “forget” symptoms of illness, thinking that they’re not a big deal or that they’ll go away? While your resilience is admirable, ignoring or trying to “beat” symptoms of sickness is a bad idea.
In this article, we’re going to discuss five of the top signs that you’re getting sick. We’ll also explain why it’s not a good idea to ignore illness. Finally, we’ll provide some pointers about what to do to help prevent getting sick!
Why you should call in sick
While you’re undoubtedly important, it’s not all about you when you’re sick. By ignoring signs of illness, you’re not doing yourself, your colleagues, or your community any favors by venturing out of your house.
The biggest issue it seems that people have when sick is missing work. Though you may feel guilty about calling in, there are plenty of good reasons to stay home. Most employers offer sick days to avoid unwell employees causing problems – such as these:
– Making your colleagues sick:
While soldiering on and getting into work may seem like the right thing to do, it isn’t. Anyone who comes into close contact with you – say, one meter (3 feet) – risks getting what you have. Numerous studies show that the risk of infection in the workplace is much higher than average. This fact is no doubt attributable to people who refuse to call in sick.
– Prolonged absence:
Heading out of the house is not conducive to recovery from illness. There’s a good reason why bed rest is “prescribed” by doctors to patients who are sick – it’s absolutely crucial. Staying home when your body is battling an illness drastically increases the chances of full recovery while decreasing the chances of spreading your sickness to others.
– Spread of illness:
While resistant bacterial strains are partially to blame for bad cold and flu seasons, people who expose the illness to others – willingly or unwillingly – are the main contributing factor to outbreak. When you’re sick and head outside anyway, you risk passing what you’ve got to everyone with whom you come into contact.
Be a responsible employee and person. Even if you don’t like your job, you are essentially wasting your employer’s time and money by sticking around when sick.
A year-long study of 29,000 adults estimates the cost of presenteeism – workers who attend work while sick – at around $150 billion. Additional studies confirm that presenteeism is costlier than illness-related absenteeism (staying home when sick) or disability costs!
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