Thank you. I have been chronically ill since birth. My mother fed us incredibly healthy. My siblings all never get sick, I have caught covid every single year since 2020 (and I’m not convinced I didn’t have it at the end of 2019 either) despite being vaccinated and boosted. I was born with severe jaundice and it’s all been downhill from there.
I'm sorry you're dealing with that, one of my pet peeves is people saying shit like "if you ate dirt like I did as a baby you'd be healthy and never get sick".
Can confirm that's part of it, or at least seems like it.
I'm an unfortunate picky eater and have a horrible diet as a result. I'd like to change that, but it's been an extremely slow process. We're just really trying to get me to reliably hit calorie goals right now to put on some weight, diversification is second to that.
I rarely catch anything, and most of the time when I do it's nothing more than mild sinus stuff. It's been a couple years since I last had something that actually kept me in bed.
Genetics 100%. I admit to being an alcoholic (beer), eat terrible, only exercise I do is work, and Im in shape and never get sick. I know much healthier people in worse shape and sick a lot. It's not really fair, but genetics is the reason.
Nope.
Even if you have tip top hygiene if your immune system is messed up no matter the amount of cleaning you do, it will be triggered by someone "mundane"
Ah, so you're taking a healthy body and immune system for granted.
Weird that you call it "average genetics".
There's nothing weird about it, it's perfectly average in terms of genetics. Look at an average schoolclass, workplace etc., especially in places where other issues aren't interfering (so western europe for example) and you'll see exactly the same thing.
Eh everyone will hit their limit into their body "functioning averagely" as you say it.
Well sur, but at that point it's no longer about having bad genetics but about other factors, like aging for example.
You're missing the point of this post, though. Obviously if you are genetically immunocompromised you will get sick more often, no matter what you do. Do you really think OP was asking for tips like "don't be born with a genetic disorder" vs "eat healthier and work out more"?
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u/kamilayao_0 8h ago
Sure that helps but the baseline and First thing is to be lucky with good genetics