Stress= Zits

So the stress of the last couple weeks has officially shown up on my face.  Acne is something, that according to our notes, is supposed to tapper off after puberty.  Unfortunately for me I am almost 27 and still dealing with acne.  I have very oily skin to begin with so just the slightest change in my hormones causes a major disaster on my face.  Excessive sebum in the sebaceous gland causes it to plug up and form a zit.  I have tried everything and it seems I will have to suffer through the zits.  Thank goodness for make up. 

Week from Hell!

So it was our first exam this week and I don't think more things could have gone wrong in my life.  Not only have I been stressed about school and trying to deal with that I found out last Monday that my boyfriend, with whom I've been in a long distance relationship with for the last few years, spent the entire summer cheating on me.  Prior to finding this out I found out my Grandma in Ohio has been in the hospital with chest pains and has blood clots in her lungs. And just to add insult to injury, my manager at work decided to talk to me about my work performance just after I had shared all my recent problems with her.  So basically if I could just have a do over for last week that would probably be the best thing ever.  Moving on and looking forward to things getting better from here on out :)

It's official, I have a cold :(

So I came back from my Labor Day weekend camping trip with a sore throat. I blamed it on the camp fire smoke and figured it would go away after a few days time. Turns out I was wrong and I was actually feeling the effects from the start of a cold. Come Saturday morning I woke up with body aches and my head full of sinus pressure. I keep dripping snot all over the place, which got me to thinking why and where does all this mucus come from. It’s like a faucet turned on in my nose? I then remembered from lecture the goblet cells in our epithelial tissue and how they produce mucin. After further research it turns out that all this mucus coming out of my nose is a good thing. The extra mucus produced is there to move the foreign particles out of our bodies. Turns out my immune system is just doing its job and I should be thankful for this otherwise annoying side effect!!