Sick again!

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I'm sick again for the second time in two months. This time with strep, last time with a sinus infection. I am ALWAYS careful about washing hands, etc, and I do have two kids. I was wondering it's because I have CD and I am more suseptible to get infections??? Or am I getting to be paranoid/hypercondriact(sp)?? Either way, my throat still hurts. : (Sonja

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I was beginning to think the same thing about myself. I had 2 bouts with something: sore throat, coughing, overall yucky feeling. I live with my husband and his parents and our 2 kids. FIL has NO concept of cross contamination so I fugure I'm getting trace amounts. I'm just so tired of having to be so careful.

--loriann aka Victree the Christian clown

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I'm sick again for the second time in two months. This time with strep, last time with a sinus infection. I am ALWAYS careful about washing hands, etc, and I do have two kids. I was wondering it's because I have CD and I am more suseptible to get infections??? Or am I getting to be paranoid/hypercondriact(sp)??

Either way, my throat still hurts. : (Sonja

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My response is going to sound whiny, and possibly facetious. It's

meant to be neither.

If I/we were sick only once/month, I'd feel like I won the lottery.

Let's see if I can enumerate what we've been dealing with since

February:

- flu x 4 people with a trip to the ER & follow-on bronchitis for me

- Then your basic cold that went into ear infection for 1 kid

- Then adenovirus for 3 people

- Then allergy season started

- One child got a 2nd degree burn

- One child got pneumonia

- The child who got the ear infection got an allergy to the

antibiotics and got tremendously ill from that

This is the time of year that the viruses really spread. And so

does strep (bacteria).

If you are IgA deficient with your celiac, then yes, you might be

more prone to sickness because of the IgA deficiency. Your doctor

can check that for you with a blood test.

But I suspect that a sickness in April and a sickness in May isn't

really all that unusual.

At least in our house it wouldn't strike me as unusual.

Worth complaining about? Yes. Unusual? No.

Keep being scrupulous about hand washing. Keep being scrupulous

about never putting your hands above your neck. When I worked

in the hospital I was the healthiest I'd ever been in my life.

I was SCRUPULOUS about not putting my hands above my chin. By

this I mean:

- didn't rub my eyes

- didn't scratch my ears

- didn't even put Kleenex to my nose unless I washed my hands first

- didn't eat with my fingers unless I had JUST washed my hands.

If you're really bound and determined to keep the germies away, you

have to touch any entrance point to your body ONLY with clean hands.

The practical application of this are difficult indeed. Say you

have to go p--. You have to wash your hands upon arrival in the

ladies' necessary room. Then only touch the stall door, seat, etc

with gloved hands or with paper. Then do your business. Then

wash your hands AGAIN. Then open the door with paper or a sleeve

or something other than your bare hand.

It also means keeping your cuticles neat, scratches covered, hands

moisturized, lips not chapped, etc. Stay well hydrated to keep the

hands from getting chapped, the cuticles tamed, the lips not

chapped.

And be careful whom you kiss. HA HA!

Anyway... I take germs as a fact of life. I keep them at bay as

best I can but I figure germs are inevitable.

And I complain. Mumble, grumble, sneeze, bear with it, and move on.

Remember: it only takes a moment of someone ELSE's carelessness

for you or me to get sick. I figured that's how we all got the

flu in February. Someone sneezed on my daughter as we grocery

shopped. Tracing back the timeline of incubation versus exposure,

that's precisely what we figured out. My daughter and I grocery

shopped together right before a BIG storm. Four days later, she

came down with the flu first. Then I came down with it within

hours of her. And then the rest of the family fell with it like

Dominoes. The first one sick is the first one exposed. Tracing

back the incubation timeline revealed it was the trip to the

grocery in anticipation of the big storm was the likely source of

the germ. We did NOTHING to catch the horrid flu that landed me

in the ER and caused me to be sick for weeks upon weeks. All we

did was grocery shop. You can't avoid grocery shopping!!! Even

if you have home delivery of groceries, the UPS man or the PeaPod

girl, or whoever it is who brings the groceries, could sneeze on

you! You can't control the world. You can't control germs. You

can only do the best you can to protect yourself.

Scupulous hand washing and scrupulously avoiding putting your

hands above your shoulders is a good start.

Esther in RI

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> I'm sick again for the second time in two months. This time

> with strep, last time with a sinus infection. I am ALWAYS

> careful about washing hands, etc, and I do have two kids. I

> was wondering it's because I have CD and I am more suseptible

> to get infections???

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Esther, Been ther, done that. Good luck!!! Don't be discouraged. This has been a difficult allergy, bacteria and flue season. Do the best you can and hope for the best. I know extactly how you feel., but roll with the bunches. I totally sympathize. Love, Shirley in San Diegoesther_p210 wrote: My response is going to sound whiny, and possibly facetious. It'smeant to be neither. If I/we were sick only once/month, I'd feel like I won the lottery.Let's see if I can enumerate what we've been dealing with sinceFebruary:- flu x 4 people with a trip to the ER & follow-on bronchitis for me- Then your basic cold that went into ear infection for 1 kid- Then adenovirus for 3 people- Then allergy season started- One child got a 2nd

degree burn- One child got pneumonia- The child who got the ear infection got an allergy to theantibiotics and got tremendously ill from thatThis is the time of year that the viruses really spread. And sodoes strep (bacteria). If you are IgA deficient with your celiac, then yes, you might bemore prone to sickness because of the IgA deficiency. Your doctorcan check that for you with a blood test.But I suspect that a sickness in April and a sickness in May isn'treally all that unusual.At least in our house it wouldn't strike me as unusual.Worth complaining about? Yes. Unusual? No.Keep being scrupulous about hand washing. Keep being scrupulousabout never putting your hands above your neck. When I workedin the hospital I was the healthiest I'd ever been in my life.I was SCRUPULOUS about not putting my hands above my chin. Bythis I mean:- didn't rub my eyes- didn't scratch my

ears- didn't even put Kleenex to my nose unless I washed my hands first- didn't eat with my fingers unless I had JUST washed my hands.If you're really bound and determined to keep the germies away, youhave to touch any entrance point to your body ONLY with clean hands.The practical application of this are difficult indeed. Say youhave to go p--. You have to wash your hands upon arrival in theladies' necessary room. Then only touch the stall door, seat, etcwith gloved hands or with paper. Then do your business. Then wash your hands AGAIN. Then open the door with paper or a sleeveor something other than your bare hand.It also means keeping your cuticles neat, scratches covered, handsmoisturized, lips not chapped, etc. Stay well hydrated to keep thehands from getting chapped, the cuticles tamed, the lips notchapped.And be careful whom you kiss. HA HA!Anyway... I take germs as a fact of life. I

keep them at bay asbest I can but I figure germs are inevitable.And I complain. Mumble, grumble, sneeze, bear with it, and move on.Remember: it only takes a moment of someone ELSE's carelessnessfor you or me to get sick. I figured that's how we all got theflu in February. Someone sneezed on my daughter as we groceryshopped. Tracing back the timeline of incubation versus exposure,that's precisely what we figured out. My daughter and I groceryshopped together right before a BIG storm. Four days later, shecame down with the flu first. Then I came down with it withinhours of her. And then the rest of the family fell with it likeDominoes. The first one sick is the first one exposed. Tracingback the incubation timeline revealed it was the trip to thegrocery in anticipation of the big storm was the likely source ofthe germ. We did NOTHING to catch the horrid flu that landed mein the ER and caused me to be sick

for weeks upon weeks. All wedid was grocery shop. You can't avoid grocery shopping!!! Evenif you have home delivery of groceries, the UPS man or the PeaPodgirl, or whoever it is who brings the groceries, could sneeze onyou! You can't control the world. You can't control germs. You can only do the best you can to protect yourself.Scupulous hand washing and scrupulously avoiding putting yourhands above your shoulders is a good start.Esther in RI>> I'm sick again for the second time in two months. This time > with strep, last time with a sinus infection. I am ALWAYS > careful about washing hands, etc, and I do have two kids. I > was wondering it's because I have CD and I am more suseptible > to get infections???