Immune System (part vent/part question)

AprilH81

I know most of you all are not doctors, and if you are doctors I know you can't diagnose/treat me.  I'm just being whiny because I'm sick.

I normally have a very healthy immune system I might get a cold or two a year and I will get a virus/bug every few years, but most of the time I manage to avoid the cold/flu/stomach bug as it goes around.

We started TTC in October and started taking prenatal vitamins (I don't normally take vitamins/supplements).  Since then I've gotten two colds and one stomach bug from my sisters kids.  This last cold has lasted almost two weeks (just some congestion and runny nose left) and both DH and I are sick this weekend with a stomach virus that has also affecting my parents.

I'm 99% sure this is just a coincidence, but I'm pretty annoyed.

So any ideas other than to suffer through it and hope I get better soon?

lc07

Are you thinking that the vitamins have made you predisposed to contracting an illness?

levioosa

Have you been more stressed lately?  Especially about TTC?  Stress will lower your immune system's ability to fight off infection.  There also just might be some nasty "bugs" going around this year.  If you're spending more time than usual with your sister's kids, you're exposing yourself more to whatever they have. Hope you feel better! 

flutteringinfl

I rarely get sick and I've gotten two colds so far this season in a very short period of time. I can't really offer any advice besides it might be just a rough year? Regardless, you have my sympathies, and I hope you feel better soon!

AprilH81

lc07 said:

Are you thinking that the vitamins have made you predisposed to contracting an illness?

I don't think they caused me to be sick, but I would assume (probably wrongly) that the extra vitamins in my systems would help me fight off whatever I'm exposed to.

AprilH81

levioosa said:

Have you been more stressed lately?  Especially about TTC?  Stress will lower your immune system's ability to fight off infection.  There also just might be some nasty "bugs" going around this year.  If you're spending more time than usual with your sister's kids, you're exposing yourself more to whatever they have. Hope you feel better! 

I don't think that I've been more stressed than normal, I've had bad days, but most people do.  If I was going to get sick from a stress induced weakened immune system it would have been this summer as we were remodeling the kitchen.  lol

Aray82

I will say that when I was doing chemo I was told to avoid certain vitamins and supplements. That may have been because of an effect on an already compromised immune system, but I have no idea. Go drink some tea and rest when you can!

AprilH81

I'm feeling much better now.  A coworker had some saltine crackers and they really settled my stomach this morning.  

Thanks for listening to me whine...  

theartistformerlyknownas

AprilH81 said:

lc07 said:

Are you thinking that the vitamins have made you predisposed to contracting an illness?

I don't think they caused me to be sick, but I would assume (probably wrongly) that the extra vitamins in my systems would help me fight off whatever I'm exposed to.

Eh, the vitamins in prenatals aren't necessarily "keep you from getting sick" vitamins, they're "help prevent miscarriage and neural tube defects and develop your baby's brain properly" vitamins. 

Hope you feel better soon!