Forbin
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
I'm not, because I never seem to get viruses.
Yes. I'm not sure if there is such a thread here, but on PR there is an old thread called "sick but never sick" in which some people talk about how they haven't had the flu/cold since the onset of ME. This could be due to the isolation from others, but some talk about never getting the flu even when others in the house have it.
I wrote on that thread:
I didn't get any kind of flu/cold for almost a decade after I got ME, but, by that time, I had experienced improvement in some symptoms. As other have said, I think getting the flu is actually a sign of improvement.
On the flip side, there are patients who report that they are constantly getting colds, flu, etc..
It could all be reporting bias, but I remember telling people at the time how odd it was to be going year after year after year without catching anything.
[I'm not sure if it's considered OK to link to PR. If not, I'll remove the link and just leave the thread name.]
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