Everytime I get my period, I feel so horribly run down and I get sick with a cold or the flu, any link w them?
I have always gotten bad cramps while I was on my period, but the last 9 months or so my cramps have been bearable but I seem to get sick. It's only while I'm on my period. The last three months I have gotten a sinus infection or the flu during that time of the month. My Dr. said there is no link between them but I dont believe it. My immune system seems to lower around this time? Does anyone know about this?
Posted by Vanessa Y
If you get the flu-I dunno, but got sick w/mine too, sick feeling.
Posted by cassey
You will have to wait until summertime to see (when it is not flu season) maybe your mind is making it up, and your sick before your period, but dont really notice
Posted by nyghte
any thing that puts stress on the body can stress your system and lower your immune system. even emotional stress can lower the immune system. you were probably borderline to catch them anyway, and the stress of your period put you over the edge. medical science wouldn't see this as a direct connection, just coincidental.
Posted by angel-baby
Its the same with me as well. I get flu like symptoms... and a toothache... I have no idea y. but after first few days it goes back to normal. I think its a hormonal imbalance or something, that's what I was told when I visited the doc. and it has nothing to do with seasonal change. and its also a possibility that it could all just be in our heads
Posted by Ashley
I came here hoping someone else would be in the same shoes as me, and I have found at least 3 people here who are.
I get a pretty bad sinus infection, along with flu-like chills, fever and body aching (that actually could be more because of my period) like clockwork, around the time my cycle re-starts. It has gotten to the point that I know when I am PMSing because my throat is starting to get sore.
I want to go to a doctor but I do not want to waste the money if they are just going to tell me to "drink more water and get more sleep".
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