Third cold in a month
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Ok, so I have got a germinator in my house this year who recently started nursery two days a week and is running us ragged the other five days but we have now had in the space of a month a cold that turned into a sinus infection and two colds all going down my chest.
Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
Me too, my little one is in nursery so this is par for the course, but I do have a theory about how Covid has affected all of our immune systems, I think (completely unfounded) that the immune system is like a muscle and you have to use it regularly for it to be at it's most efficient. With CV going on, we're all living in our own bubbles and not being exposed to the other 'nasties' that we usually would and hence any little bug we come across goes to town on us.
I'm normally never ill, no colds or anything, but the last few months I seem to have some sniffles, blocked sinus, headache etc every other week.
I'm normally never ill, no colds or anything, but the last few months I seem to have some sniffles, blocked sinus, headache etc every other week.
Its just what happens when your kids start nursery. They are walking Petri dishes for every bug around.
My daughter is 17 now but I still well recall wihen she went to nursery ages about 7 months. We all spent 3 months with perpetual colds, stomach upsets and conjunctivitis.
Then their (and your) immune systems get used to it and it all goes back to normal.
Being inside for lockdown may have exacerbated it, but this has been a thing since long before Covid.
So it's a bit grim but hang on in there, it won't last forever.
My daughter is 17 now but I still well recall wihen she went to nursery ages about 7 months. We all spent 3 months with perpetual colds, stomach upsets and conjunctivitis.
Then their (and your) immune systems get used to it and it all goes back to normal.
Being inside for lockdown may have exacerbated it, but this has been a thing since long before Covid.
So it's a bit grim but hang on in there, it won't last forever.
Vitamin D 5000iu/day (unless you're very lean....take less, or obese....take more). Eat well, plenty of fresh fruit and veg with minimal processed crap in your diet. I had a minor cold the other day (lasted 4 days and now fine) and that was the first time being ill in around 5 years.
Consider liposomal setria glutathione for 1-2 months as a bit of a boost. Zinc acetate lozenges for when you're actually ill, or consider a minor supplement in general (high dose for more than a few days is not a good thing, but when you are ill it is OK for about 3 days).
Consider liposomal setria glutathione for 1-2 months as a bit of a boost. Zinc acetate lozenges for when you're actually ill, or consider a minor supplement in general (high dose for more than a few days is not a good thing, but when you are ill it is OK for about 3 days).
I suffered like this for around two years. I'd catch something and before I'd shaken it, I'd catch something else. It makes life pretty miserable after a while. Eat healthy so you get plenty of vitamins and minerals. Get plenty of exercise, but not too much as it will only make things worse. Most importantly get plenty of good quality sleep. Lastly, when you are sick make sure you get plenty of rest. Knocking your balls out at work will do you no good when you are already unwell.
TheThing said:
I suffered like this for around two years. I'd catch something and before I'd shaken it, I'd catch something else. It makes life pretty miserable after a while. Eat healthy so you get plenty of vitamins and minerals. Get plenty of exercise, but not too much as it will only make things worse. Most importantly get plenty of good quality sleep. Lastly, when you are sick make sure you get plenty of rest. Knocking your balls out at work will do you no good when you are already unwell.
I've got a 1 year old....sleep is non existent. Before the baby arrived I'd get a cold from the office about now and that would be it for the winter, im pretty fit and not overweight, diet could maybe do with a bit more fruit tbh.
I'm going to get us some multi vitamins tonight I think.
Thanks for the help all
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
dontlookdown said:
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Ive just checked VitD level on these vitamins and its 250% per pill lol....that on top of multivitamin that says it's 100% I think I'll just remain on the MV's.It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
fourstardan said:
dontlookdown said:
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Ive just checked VitD level on these vitamins and its 250% per pill lol....that on top of multivitamin that says it's 100% I think I'll just remain on the MV's.It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Thr NHS reference range is also WAY too low. They will say you're normal at 50nmol/L, yet a large study found those averaging 87 (still actually fairly modest compared to those living in sunny climates) absorb 65% more calcium than those at 51nmol/L.
I advise most of my patients to take 4000-5000iu/day unless obese (take more), or very lean (take less).
There are numerous reasons why it's better to be higher, but 1000iu (250% RDA) is still a fairly modest dose, certainly in winter.
fourstardan said:
Ok, so I have got a germinator in my house this year who recently started nursery two days a week and is running us ragged the other five days but we have now had in the space of a month a cold that turned into a sinus infection and two colds all going down my chest.
Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
Entirely normal. Happens too when they get older and come back to school after holidays.Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
Lots of new virus for the immune system to learn how to fight off. It’s a good thing for the child and for you. Grim when they are little and have permanent mucus covered faces, but good in the long term lol.
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
fourstardan said:
dontlookdown said:
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Ive just checked VitD level on these vitamins and its 250% per pill lol....that on top of multivitamin that says it's 100% I think I'll just remain on the MV's.It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Thr NHS reference range is also WAY too low. They will say you're normal at 50nmol/L, yet a large study found those averaging 87 (still actually fairly modest compared to those living in sunny climates) absorb 65% more calcium than those at 51nmol/L.
I advise most of my patients to take 4000-5000iu/day unless obese (take more), or very lean (take less).
There are numerous reasons why it's better to be higher, but 1000iu (250% RDA) is still a fairly modest dose, certainly in winter.
Many of the vit D tablets you can buy are pitiful doses. Have to work quite hard to find even 25mcg per tablet.
dontlookdown said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
fourstardan said:
dontlookdown said:
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Ive just checked VitD level on these vitamins and its 250% per pill lol....that on top of multivitamin that says it's 100% I think I'll just remain on the MV's.It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Thr NHS reference range is also WAY too low. They will say you're normal at 50nmol/L, yet a large study found those averaging 87 (still actually fairly modest compared to those living in sunny climates) absorb 65% more calcium than those at 51nmol/L.
I advise most of my patients to take 4000-5000iu/day unless obese (take more), or very lean (take less).
There are numerous reasons why it's better to be higher, but 1000iu (250% RDA) is still a fairly modest dose, certainly in winter.
Many of the vit D tablets you can buy are pitiful doses. Have to work quite hard to find even 25mcg per tablet.
If patients are older I tend to get them to have vitamin K2 (preferably MK4, but also MK7, but all the good research is MK4) because whilst vitamin D helps with calcium absorption, K2 helps direct it to the bone, which is great for elderly patients with diminishing bone density.
100mcg capsules for vitamin D are available on Amazon for not much. I get my levels checked 1-2x year and they're nice and high on ones from Amazon, but I wouldn't go for the dirt cheap ones. Some supplements you absolutely get what you pay for, but, broadly speaking, vit D is vit D.
Yes, I'd recommend most adults to take more than 1000iu/day, certainly over winter!
fourstardan said:
Ok, so I have got a germinator in my house this year who recently started nursery two days a week and is running us ragged the other five days but we have now had in the space of a month a cold that turned into a sinus infection and two colds all going down my chest.
Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
Ditto. Exact same. Last weekend we'd recovered then our boy has got another outbreak cold and Hand Foot Mouth.
This cold doesn't feel as bad on my body but I can feel it going down my chest this morning.
I'd love to know what he germs are winning! Im hardly the unfittest in the world.
We are seriously considering switching to a child minder who has just three kids.
Not so much for the kids, but for us! Maybe it’s not the best time to make such decision, when ill.
I’m in the exact same boat as you, kid been in nursery 6months now and things are starting to ease now. I’m usually a one cold a year type person, but have been running sniffles probably once a month, usually ending very snotty/ sinus type blocks.
But thankfully over the last month/ 6wks things have definitely been feeling better. thankfully my daughter never really seems up or down when she has some bug, just gets snotty/ coughs and gets on with life.
I’ve also started taking vitamins and they might be doing something but might just be a placebo in my head, but either way I’m finding they help.
But thankfully over the last month/ 6wks things have definitely been feeling better. thankfully my daughter never really seems up or down when she has some bug, just gets snotty/ coughs and gets on with life.
I’ve also started taking vitamins and they might be doing something but might just be a placebo in my head, but either way I’m finding they help.
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
dontlookdown said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
fourstardan said:
dontlookdown said:
Vitamin D is good advice anyway, as most Brit adults are deficient. As is sleep, but you may struggle with that until junior gets a bit older.
It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Ive just checked VitD level on these vitamins and its 250% per pill lol....that on top of multivitamin that says it's 100% I think I'll just remain on the MV's.It's one of those things in life you just have to work through. When they are grown up you can annoy them by adding it to the list of noble sacrifices you made for their benefit;)
Thr NHS reference range is also WAY too low. They will say you're normal at 50nmol/L, yet a large study found those averaging 87 (still actually fairly modest compared to those living in sunny climates) absorb 65% more calcium than those at 51nmol/L.
I advise most of my patients to take 4000-5000iu/day unless obese (take more), or very lean (take less).
There are numerous reasons why it's better to be higher, but 1000iu (250% RDA) is still a fairly modest dose, certainly in winter.
Many of the vit D tablets you can buy are pitiful doses. Have to work quite hard to find even 25mcg per tablet.
If patients are older I tend to get them to have vitamin K2 (preferably MK4, but also MK7, but all the good research is MK4) because whilst vitamin D helps with calcium absorption, K2 helps direct it to the bone, which is great for elderly patients with diminishing bone density.
100mcg capsules for vitamin D are available on Amazon for not much. I get my levels checked 1-2x year and they're nice and high on ones from Amazon, but I wouldn't go for the dirt cheap ones. Some supplements you absolutely get what you pay for, but, broadly speaking, vit D is vit D.
Yes, I'd recommend most adults to take more than 1000iu/day, certainly over winter!
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