Is it my imagination?

[kopfhorer1]

Or are more people getting sick this winter?

I've gotten a nasty virus (not the flu, but a reasonable facsimile thereof) twice, once last month (it nuked my holiday plans) and this week (it nuked all my plans for this week). My doctor's office is swamped, and they tell me it's because of winter illnesses similar to mine.

It never used to be like this that I can recall.

Excuse me, gotta take more Tylenol and eat more chicken soup.

 

[TickleTheater]

I believe that stress increases your risk for getting sick, and more people lately are getting stressed. Get well soon!

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

There's alotta people where I work getting sick. Not too surprising, considering the frequent and tumultuous weather-changes during this winter season.

I am in Florida, along the northernmost panhandle reaches. Believe me: I know how good we've got it, after hearing about some of the freezing hell that most states directly above us have been facing this year. I'll take our hurricanes over what people in Kentucky and Tennessee are dealing with currently. Yeesh.

We got nothing like they are facing, but we have seen some rapid weather fluctuations here that I believe have led to more people susceptible to colds and flu viruses this year. Especially when you figure-in what TickleTheater said about people being stressed by the times...

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[kopfhorer1]

Oh yes, how could I forget, the depre-- I mean recession!

 

[MistressValerie1]

I've noticed more people getting sick this winter (tourist season here) than in years past. I had lingering bronchitis for a month and had to miss a lot of work because of it.

 

[melanie2]

aw sorry you are sick..and get this..this week like yesterday it's been super cold and snowy..our daytime temperature tomorrow will be near sixty..too much change in too short a time wears down people's immune systems..could be why there are more illnesses also..but yes stress will definitely lower your immune system also..

Get well soon...