Sick Three Times in Two Months! Do They Ever Get an Immune System??

Up until about 7-8 years old, kids can get sick a lot... about 7-10 times a year.
The reason is, with younger kids, they are less hygienic, they are more touchy/grabby about things and other kids and are not as careful and they dig their noses or touch so many handles/desks/bathroom fixtures, and have mucus and still go to school, etc., and germs spread and make contact with them a lot more. Versus older kids.
And, viruses can survive on surfaces for several days.
This told to me by a medical researcher/epidemiologist.

And, there are so many different virus strains. And if sick then they get sick again, their body was already in a weakened state or a recovering state. Then they get sick with another strain of virus.
Antibiotics don't work with viruses. But if an infection occurs or secondary infection, then antibiotics work. Or if one antibiotic does not work, (you need to tell the Doc), then another family of antibiotics needs to be used.

And well you just came back from a trip. Fatigue can also make some people prone to getting sick.
And airplane air, is so gross.

Ugh. Dollars to donuts the plane might have had something to do with it.
Surfaces in a plane are notoriously disgusting!
And airplane water has been under investigation for YEARS!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40667612/ns/travel-business_t...

I hate when they dole out the 10-day sentence of amoxicillin that NEVER works. :(

Probably an example of when it rains, it pours.....poor kid.
Hope he's feeling better soon!

Did you ped. ever test him for MONO ????

a freind of mine had recurrant strep in her house.. 4 kids .. kept passing it around.. finally they swabbed all family members at the same time.. and found one child was a carrier of strep.. he was totally healthy but he had strep in his trhoat.. they treated him and all was good at their house..

A lot of people don't understand that there are thousands, if not millions of viruses. Many have similar symptoms with some differences so you can catch a virus, get over it, and catch another and another, giving you the impression that you really did not get over the virus at all. I have 3 kiddos in school, although out for the summer now and home with me full time (I'm a full time SAHM) and when they get sick, because they are all in different classes, they will come home with different illnesses, exposing all of us to their germs and it will seem that we are sick constantly...when in fact we are just exposed to different illnesses and combating different aliments. It has nothing to do with getting an immune system. Our immune system is working perfectly if it is able to combat an illness at all. It really annoys me when people say that it's "good" to be sick. Give me a show of hands who agrees with this belief? Because, last time my kiddos were sick, there was nothing good about it for anyone of us. We're a family of 6. Germs are invisible, meaning we can't see them but they are there all around us. We are surrounded by germs and IF your body has never been exposed to the germ, guess what happens? You get sick if it enters your body and IF you already had the illness, you are still a carrier who can infect the unsuspecting person who has not caught it. That is why you can have a classroom of kids who do not all come down with the same thing at once. It's because some already had it....OR they are really careful about not putting their hands in their eyes, nose, or mouth. It's crucial to teach children to wash their hands before they eat. I have taught my children to wash their hands the moment they come into our house, to wash their hands before they eat, and to be mindful of where their hands have been. How many people use a public restroom, wash their hands and use their clean hands to open the bathroom door? I bet a lot of people do this. I've taught my children to use either a paper towel or the sleeve of their shirt to open the door after they have washed their hands. And just think of all the germs he was exposed to on that long flight, breathing in the same air all the other contaminated folks were breathing too.

We have been going through the same thing in our house!! My son(age 9)had strep the last week in February. Two days after he finished his amoxicillin he spiked a fever and had coughing/congestion. He tested positive again for strep. I was surprised he had strep because usually they don't have other respiratory symptoms with strep. The doctor said my son probably had a virus in addition to the strep. My son was given a higher dose of amoxicillin. We were doing everything right - throwing away toothbrushes, putting his school recorder through the dishwasher, etc., but he came down with strep again two days after the second round of meds. My son did not have a fever or any symptoms of illness except the toxic throat during the third bout of strep. The doctor gave my son Omnicef, which seemed to do the trick. Several days after the meds were gone, my son had a "clean" rapid test and lab culture.
Four weeks later, my son woke up with a fever, headache, and stomach ache. He was miserable, until he took a two hour nap that morning and woke up completely normal, asking for pizza. I took him in the next day to check for strep, but his tests were negative. A week later, my son had several episodes of diarrhea one afternoon. The diarrhea continued off and on again for two weeks. The doctor sent some samples out to the lab, but everything was negative again. My husband came down with the same bug, and was much worse than my son. DH lost 7 pounds in less than a week.
During this time my son, who never had allergies,developed very bad ones, which seemed to progress to a mild cold last week.
I was very concerned and called the pediatrician, thinking my son needed some kind of immune system testing - after all, my son had perfect attendance the last two years. I was told that this was an extremely bad year for illness, and that many parents called with the same worries as mine. The dr. said that children who are almost never sick were in his office multiple times this year, and that there are many bugs, including a bad stomach one still going around. My son's teacher also told me that the winter/spring were very rough in her classroom. My son takes a multivitamin with extra c and a probiotic, but they don't seem to be helping. The doctor said he would order some tests if the pattern continues over the summer. We sure are glad that school is finally out this year. Hope your son feels better soon!

The deal with strep is that the antibiotic doses must be given in nearly precise intervals-and you cannot miss a single dose. Do you have a dog? Has everyone in the house been swabbed? Some of it may be exhaustion-take care!