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What is festival flu and how to avoid it

What is festival flu? Is it real? Is preventing festival flu possible? Find out everything you need to know about that post-festival discomfort here.

Last updated: 20th Jun 2024

Originally published: 19th Jun 2024

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iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> >Whether you’re a festival veteran or a festival virgin, with festival season now in full swing, chances are you’ve heard about “festival flu”. Or maybe you even feel like you’ve had it yourself.

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iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> >Spoiler alert: festival flu isn’t really a proper illness. But still, some people do feel rough after five days of singing, dancing, moshing, standing, trekking about, barely sleeping, and chowing down on nothing but cheeseburgers. The phrase “no sh*t” might come to mind, which is valid, but if we can prevent that feeling then we might as well give it a go.

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iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> iv class='repsonsive-image'> >What is festival flu?

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