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Article: Stress brings curse of the vacation cold Extra work, less sleep prior to trip wears on body's immune system
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 7, 1998
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Only three days before the big vacation. And there you sit,
clutching a travel guide in one cold, clammy hand and a jar of Vicks
Vaporub in the other.
You are on the verge of becoming a sneezing, lung-hacking sickbed
specimen. And, you believe you are cursed.
How is it that the body so often ignores the best-laid travel
itineraries and decides to break down on the eve of embarkation?
It all boils down to one simple word: stress.
You may think you are ready for vacation. You've put in overtime
at the office to make up, in advance, for your two-week absence.
All the preparations have been made: crazed power-shopping for