How to Stay Healthy This Flu Season with OhioHealth

This blog post is written in collaboration with The Beard and The Baker, Eat Play Cbus and OhioHealth to help create the healthiest holiday season for you and your family!

The holidays are upon us and I think it’s safe to say that we ALL want to stay healthy this year! After a few years of sickness, we are all ready to truly have a real year of holiday traditions.

Together, we have rounded up a list of ways to stay healthy during the holiday season with OhioHealth.

Use OhioHealth as a Medical Resource

If you do happen to fall ill during the holiday season, take advantage of the many resources that OhioHealth offers across our community including their brand new OhioHealth New Albany Medical Campus. This new patient experience is now open and has some incredible offerings. Below are some of the details.

• OhioHealth’s new medical campus is located at 5150 Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany in the Hamilton Quarter.
• OhioHealth’s New Albany Medical Campus has innovative features like Drive Up and Virtual Urgent Care for certain conditions.
• The OhioHealth New Albany Medical Campus is changing the care experience including the follow additions:
  • Skip the front desk and lines with e-check in stations
  • Virtual and drive-up urgent care options
  • Full service retail pharmacy with curbside pickup
  • OhioHealth’s first Athletic Performance Clinic
  • Enhanced exam room technology
  • Patient ambassadors during every visit

You can learn more about the OhioHealth New Albany Medical campus here on their website.

Take Advantage of Preventative Care

Something that our mother instilled in the both of us, is the benefit of preventative care. It also happens that she works in healthcare so that makes sense. But, it’s extremely valuable! Here are a few ways you can make sure you’re taking care of yourself all year round and helping to prevent any major sickness coming your way.

• Get your flu shot and your Covid booster.
• Schedule your annual physical with your family doctor. Need a new one? Here’s a tool to find one through OhioHealth!
• For the ladies, make an appointment for your annual gyno appointment and if you are over 40, schedule a mammogram.

Annual well-visits and physicals are also covered by your insurance provider, so take advantage of it! Preventative medicine can catch high blood pressure to make a plan on how to really enjoy all those holiday treats or it can give you a clean bill of health so you can feel confident about visiting your loved ones this year.

Remember Those Healthy Tips from Childhood

How many times have we heard that washing your hands is the best way to stay healthy? It’s true! We really witnessed the impact that minor healthful tips can have on a community during Covid. Here are some tips we all learned as kiddos that still stand true today when wanting to stay healthy.

• Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds in warm water with soap. Sing a little rendition of Jingle Bells for a festive twist.
• Wear a mask if you do start to exhibit any ill symptoms like a cough, fever, etc.
• Keep tissues on hand for when you need to blow your nose.
• If you feel a cough or sneeze coming on, walk away from others (if possible), and cough/sneeze into your elbow to contain the germs. Wash your hands immediately, if possible.
• Keep hand sanitizer in your bag and even sanitizing wipes for when you are in public places without access to hand washing.

OhioHealth has additional resources on their website here to make sure everyone is staying in optimal health during the holiday season and year round.