anyone know what this is?

[tammy8833]

i had dreams last night where it felt like i had been working all night, im so exhuasted and im having cold sweats and feel clammy, not only me but my husband and 2 year old. any suggestions? i calld into work i hope i dont get into trouble because i will be calling in again when my female goes in to labor (work knows about that) i feel like i call in all the time since i had my son, he gets sick and everytime he does i do..i hope work undestands.

[FlDebra]

If you are getting sick a lot, maybe you are run down -- would be normal for the mom of a two year old. Take good care of yourself. Lots of good nutrition, exercise, fresh air, 8 glasses of water a day, and REST can build up your immune system to where you don't catch every bug that comes around. Really look at your diet -- are you getting enough fresh fruit and vegetables? Do you take a good multi-vitamin? How about daily exercise --other than chasing your toddler

If you are feeling sluggish, have your thyroid levels checked. Post pregnancy is a big time that those levels go askew. That can also leave you more susceptible to other illness. I was always sick when my thyroid was low. Sometimes an immune system can work in overdrive on the wrong thing -- as in Hashimoto's where it attacks the thyroid and then seems to let the defenses down against common germs.

How about iron levels? Feel anemic? That too can leave a person more open to other bacterial and viral sickness. These "germs" are around us all the time but a good healthy immune response can keep us from feeling the down sides of them. Women need more iron, especially during child-bearing years. Beef up your meals with lots of dark green veggies and red meat, beans, eggs, etc.

Have you changed your furnace air filters regularly? I know that sounds silly, but we find if ours get dirty, they do not do as good a job at filtering all the crud out of the air that seems to trigger allergy type symptoms -- which in turn set a perfect environment for germs to set up house and cause us to get sick. So, clean air and a clean house is important too.

Speaking of clean air -- any smoking in the house? Smoking weakens the immune system. Smokers wind up taking a lot more sick days than non-smokers. 2nd hand smoke is a problem too. My youngest had constant ear infections until I quit smoking and banned smoking from the house. Instant cure for him!

I would suggest hormone imbalance as a potential cause of the night sweats but if baby and hubby both had the same thing, then it is probably viral. Lots of those going around -- especially in the winter when houses are closed up. Not a lot to do except try to keep a healthy body and immune system which will fight off the most of them. Become a compulsive had washer too.

I may not have hit on any problems that pertain to you, but thought I would throw them all out for consideration. I spent a few sick years treating one illness after another -- finally I think I am a much healthier person. Not through any medicine or doctoring but just taking better care of myself to start with.

[tammy8833]

thanks for the info..im feeling a little better i really appreciated your help..

i love yt

[tammy8833]

i went to the doctors and found out i have tonsilitis, this is not fun eating popsicles in bed at 5 am because my throat hurts, and im freezing..lol