Why do I get sick all the time? Anyone in med school? Or even a doctor?

[Anonymous]

I'm 20 years old, pretty active (zumba and pilates several times a week), I have a relatively healthy diet. It could do better in some places I guess (a little too much caffeine, 2 coffees a day and tea, I have too much sugar sometimes, like nutella at breakfast sometimes, sometimes I skip lunch and snack on cookies and coffee instead, and normally I have a small dessert after dinner, like I share a rice pudding or I have some chocolate) , but I eat loads of veggies, fruit, fish once a week, meat once or twice a week, cheese, pasta, veg. stews, rice. I'm 5"7 and around 120 pounds, so a healthy weight. I'm hygienic when it comes to hand washing and tooth brushing lol... But in the last 6 months, I've had a bad cold, flu TWICE, a UTI infection, and some form of food poisoning. I get ill like every one or 2 months, and it can take me over a week sometimes to get over it. I don't know why it could be. I've recently moved countries, so maybe it could be my body getting used to a new environment/new air... I've looked into other reasons, it could be my keyboard which apparently is most likely dirtier then a toilet seat (I suggest you clean yours, I just did). I could have an immune deficiency disease... I recently had a blood test done as I was getting married, and I felt absolutely fine when I got it done, but the results showed I had a high white blood cell count, which they told me could be a sign I was fighting an infection. I haven't been able to go to a doctor about it yet, as my husband is at work all day and I don't speak the language very well here at all. but I hope to go eventually... but if anyone can give me some advice beforehand would be much appreciated! and if anyone knows of a site where I can ask a doctor online free that would also help!

[Aizou]

are there a lot of people around you at work?

that could make the air flow bad, so if one

person have some kind of disease, it'll be carried

around much easier, putting everyone at risk.

and as you said yourself, I might well be your body

adjusting to the new environment.

different countries, different germs ^-^

but I'm no doctor, so I don't know <3

[Asker]

i don't work, I'm sitll finding a job so I'm at home most of the time... it couldn't be something to do with that. I hope it is something just to do with the environment and nothing too serious :-.

[Anonymous]

It could be a sign that your immune system is too busy fighting (and failing) against a systemic infection.

Get to a doctor.

No excuses about language. Hubby can take an afternoon off or something. Find a way.

If it's something serious (and it could be) the sooner you find out the better.

[Asker]

but I mean if I have no obvious signs of any serious illness... how would a doctor even be able to find out what it is? I mean I guess your right the sooner I find out the better, but if I went to a doctor all I could tell them was I had a high white blood cell count and I get ill with different things all the time. which might completely confuse the doctor, especially if I turn up with nothing obviously wrong with me... :S

[Opinion Owner]

You don't need a serious illness. That's the point. There are *lots* of potential causes for leukocytosis. (High white blood cell count). And if you're not fighting an infection, there goes the most common one.

Which leaves the nasty uncommon types. Like cancer.

So get to the Doctor, and get it checked.

[Sweetheart12]

I moved 9 months ago I've just been getting sick all the time too. Smalls things like a cold, sore throat, headaches, etc...It's so annoying

[martyfellow]

Changing countries is a real challenge to your immune system. It will take months to deal with new types of viruses around, and colds will take longer to resolve. You'll have to be more careful about staying warm and resting when you get sick, buecause you are much more likely to develop complications even from an ordinary 'cold.'

There's not 'cure' for this except time, so just accept it!

[kheserthorpe]

I wish I got sick that little. As soon as my kids hit school, its like rotating colds/flu for 6 months a year.

I'd guess its primarily moving countries. Different viruses etc. You don't sound like you're being unusually sick to me.