health How often do you get sick?

[Member Berry 1,217]

I get colds far too often >.> It's my first week of college and I've already caught a cold. I've started using hand sanitizer a lot more (I must look germophobic to people in college) so I'm hoping I'll get sick less.

[Aurora Wolf 2,354]

I don't get sick very often, but these allergies are really letting me have it ever since Sunday.

 

I usually don't get sick with a cold until a few weeks from now.

[simba86 1,541]

I don't usually get sick and when I do it winds up being milder than what other people get and I am over it pretty fast

[Varrack 1,080]

Once or twice a year. I got really sick at the beginning of this year but that was because I pulled an all-nighter and it messed up my immune system pretty bad. Yesterday I woke up with a cold but it's super mild and already seems to be going away.

[Zachary 5,517]

Not that Often but Those Allergies are bad.

[Luigi 7,868]

About two or three times a year.

 

With Allergy season coming up, I've already had strep throat this January, so that probably puts me at twice this year. Allergies haven't hit me yet, but they do every year.

[Guest]

Not much, to be honest. Half of the time, things that make me feel sick are because I eat too much greasy food or too much food in general.

[Gestum 2,493]

Whenever I feel like not going to school.

[HereComesTom 2,232]

Sometimes I find myself getting sick every other month...some years are worse than others.  Mostly it's sinus-related stuff.

 

As for college, well, any place where there are a lot of people you can come into contact with, there's going to be germs floating around.  Strangely, I never once got sick when I was going to college, and when I was in high school and middle school, I got sick all the time.  I wonder if it was stress and/or the lack thereof in college...?

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

Last time I got sick was almost a year ago... so once a year, roughly? Maybe a little less than that, because the past few years I haven't been sick much at all. But I've also had other years where I've been sick 5-6 times in the span of only a few months.

[gamecubeguy214 2,511]

I get pretty sick sometimes during the softball season, but that's about it.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,237]

Veeeery rarely. About twice a year, maybe 3 times if it is a bad year. So I don't get sick often, but when I do, it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. I have had a summer cold recently that has been dreadful.

[That Guy with the CMB 5,869]

Very rarely. Now watch me develop a cough after posting this.

[Invincible 2,090]

I used to get sick fairly often, about once every three months or so, but for some reason it seems my immunity started working overtime this last year and i haven't had anything at all since December.

[zerox 1,050]

Quite often if I'm near people who are sick. I have a poor immune system so I catch stuff pretty often.

[The Diver 760]

I usually only get really sick once a year, but I get minor ear infections every few months because of work. My sister is the one that gets sick all the time unfortunately.

[PoisonClaw 8,153]

I get sick... maybe once a year, if even. I think the last time I was truly sick and not just mildly nauseous was several years ago. 

[SquipyCheetah 448]

Rarely. And when I do, it's bad.

[Chuckles4lyfe 441]

I probably get sick around 2 times a year max. Usually it's just a case of the the common cold (fever, runny nose, nothing too serious). The best way to prevent getting sick is to take care of your body as much as possible. I like to do the following on a daily basis:

• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables with my meals.
• Stay hydrated at all times.
• Get plenty of exercise.
• Most importantly, SLEEP! Force yourself to get a good nights rest. Trust me, your body will thank you later  :-P. 

[Dreambiscuit 8,022]

Usually not too often. Maybe once or twice a year. I'm having a cold right now and I expect the next one to hit around Christmas, after all, that's kind of a holiday tradition with me. 

[ChoroChii 284]

Basically never. I've been sick once or twice in the past 3 years and that's it.

Unless you count stomach sickness, then often. But when I hear "sick", I usually think colds/fevers.

[VengefulStrudel 1,486]

Not often - except in wintertime. From what I noticed, I'm most prone to getting sick in late January/early February, so usually I'm sick on my birthday. I've been a lot more careful in recent years though, so I haven't been gotting colds as often as I used to.

[Member Berry 1,217]

I'm finally getting over that cold. I've been coughing loads >___<

[cmarston1 5,951]

Not very often.

I can't really remember the last time that I was actually sick.

Which is something that I consider to be a good thing.

[Eggy0 101]

Rarely. When I do get sick though, it's usually just a cold and/or a sore throat that lasts a few days or so, but otherwise I'm pretty much never sick.