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'''Freshers' Flu''' is the name commonly given to illnesses contracted as many as 90%<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/hub/A645211 BBC - Freshers' Flu]**</ref> of new students during the first few weeks at a [[university]], in some form, common symptoms include fever, sore throat, severe headache, coughing and general discomfort, | '''Freshers' Flu''' is the name commonly given to illnesses contracted as many as 90%<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/hub/A645211 BBC - Freshers' Flu]**</ref> of new students during the first few weeks at a [[university]], in some form, common symptoms include fever, sore throat, severe headache, coughing and general discomfort, | ||
<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/students/diaries/suzanne_w/1_flu.shtml BBC Student Diary]</ref> although it doesn't necessarily have to be [[flu]], and is often simply a bad [[Common Cold|cold]], but is so named simply due to alliteration. This is mostly a [[British Empire|British]] term, and is rarely heard outside the UK. | <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/students/diaries/suzanne_w/1_flu.shtml BBC Student Diary]</ref> although it doesn't necessarily have to be [[flu]], and is often simply a bad [[Common Cold|cold]], but is so named simply due to alliteration. This is mostly a [[British Empire|British]] term, and is rarely heard outside the UK. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Student culture]] | [[Category:Student culture]] | ||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:39, 7 December 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Freshers' Flu is the name commonly given to illnesses contracted as many as 90%[1] of new students during the first few weeks at a university, in some form, common symptoms include fever, sore throat, severe headache, coughing and general discomfort, [2] although it doesn't necessarily have to be flu, and is often simply a bad cold, but is so named simply due to alliteration. This is mostly a British term, and is rarely heard outside the UK.