People who are frequently ill

[SkinnyPete]

For most of my life I have been fortunate enough to avoid any illness other than a common cold, I've never been to hospital and I've never taken time off work.

But for the past couple of years as I approach the end of my 20's I find myself becoming ill more frequently and not just for a few days at a time and I don't know why.

I am passionate about eating healthy, I exercise frequently, I get a good amount of sleep and I try to avoid anything in life that is likely to cause stress.

Despite this though I've been sick quite a lot over the past 2 years, anything from repeatedly getting a common cold, flu, to tonsillitis that lasted 6 weeks and even put me in a wheelchair (twice), to non specific infections. Now just recently and totally out of the blue I have been hit by Bells Palsy and the flu at once.

I know human health is not an exact science, but does anyone else have the same luck despite having a positive, healthy, happy lifestyle?

[PostHeads123]

Moved office or anything ? Since I moved office I'm right under the aircon outlet and I seem to be ill a lot now a lot more than before moving office.

[Hoofy]

Do you get enough sleep?

I know people like to push it with how little sleep we can get especially in our teens and 20s.

[BoRED S2upid]

Dare I google what Bells Palsy is? I've never heard of that.

I also don't know why everyone in the country doesn't have a yearly flu jab £8 well spent if you ask me as the flu is st if I remember correctly.

[pomodori]

BoRED S2upid said:

Dare I google what Bells Palsy is? I've never heard of that.

I also don't know why everyone in the country doesn't have a yearly flu jab £8 well spent if you ask me as the flu is st if I remember correctly.

Bell's Palsy is a facial paralysis ,not downstairs.

[TameRacingDriver]

I've got mates like you OP - lots of exercise, healthy eating. Weigh more or less what they should. Don't smoke or take drugs. Drink in moderation. Constantly ill.

Then there's me. A good 10 years older. OK I do plenty of walking, and weights a few times a week. My diet isn't bad, but it could be better - I basically just eat whatever I fancy. I'm probably a couple of stone over what I should be. Every weekend drinking heavily and dabbling in things the government would probably rather I didn't. I'm hardly ever ill, barely even a cold.

So, I think you need more debauchery in your life

[FlyingMeeces]

What does your GP reckon?

I'm speculating that you might be running on some sort of deficiency, or anaemia, or summat.

(I am not a doctor but a person who had a nasty brush with a pair of vitamin deficiencies, one of which may have contributed to now life long issues.)

[SkinnyPete]

Yes I sit under an air con outlet but always have, and I get about 8 hours sleep each night.

I don't take drugs and I drink in moderation and only socially. I get 30 minutes walking in at lunch time and then 45 minutes in the gym 3 times a week. I eat a variety of fruit and veg and also take a mixed vitamin supplement just in case I miss anything out.

This may sound silly but if I could think of one coincidence it would be every time I get a new partner I become ill soon after.

I will bring it up with my GP the next time I visit.

[RTB]

It might be worth having some blood work doing if there isn't an obvious cause.

I had a couple of years of being constantly ill in my early 30s but that was down to having small children who were alway coming home with all sorts of highly concentrated biological agents from nursery/pre-school. Now they're older I'm back to the average couple of minor sniffles a year that last a couple of days.

As I said, if there's been a substantial change in your ability to fight off infection and there's no obvious reason (children, moving to a new area, new office, new people etc etc) then a trip to the GP might be in order.

I went to the Dr explaining that I had been ill more or less constantly (coughs, colds, fatigue, muscle/joint pain) for 2 months and he sent me for a load of blood tests which all came back normal. He diagnosed me with being a father or two small snotty children.... but at least i new nothing was seriously wrong.

[Scabutz]

I think you should go to the Dr and get full bloods done. It is possible that your immunity is compromised. Diseases like diabetes can impact your immunity so worth having full set of tests done.

For me having kids was a really turning point of getting ill a lot more. I went 30 years never having had flu and have had twice in the last 7 years. Also get a lot more stomach bugs than I used to.

I supplement with Vit D. I had blood tests done a while back and mine was low (as is most peoples in the UK). Since getting my levels up and continuing to supplement and monitor I have noticed that I am getting sick less frequently than before.

[Nezquick]

BoRED S2upid said:

Dare I google what Bells Palsy is? I've never heard of that.

I also don't know why everyone in the country doesn't have a yearly flu jab £8 well spent if you ask me as the flu is st if I remember correctly.

I get a free flu jab offered each year due to having asthma. I had it once and swore I'd never have another one. It made me feel utterly terrible for weeks afterwards.