~~YES! Colds & Flu - how does metabolism/hashi's relate?

[Guest guest]

I am the same way. Have been most of my life..and I have 5

kids...and when they are sick, I just don't get sick..interesting

thoughts you had..I wonder if there isn't some KIND of connection,

I'll be interested in the discussion around this.

~Amy~

-- In Thyroiditis , " " wrote:

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I've always thought it strange that I hardly EVER get a cold. I'm 37

> years old...and, no lie, I got my first cold when I was 33 years old.

> And now I only get one every other year...and it barely phases me.

> Even my mom admits that she can NEVER remember me being sick as a

> kid...I just didn't get colds like other kids.

>

> I have had bouts with strep (bacterial) all my life but seem to have an

> uncanny resistance to colds/flu (viruses).

>

> Anyway, I have wondered lately if maybe the effect that hashi's has on

> metabolism might be related somehow. I mean, does a virus NEED a good

> metabolism to take hold? Maybe the rate at which cells

> reproduce/divide or something like that? I wonder if a SLOW metabolism

> might make it harder for these viruses to thrive? And would that mean

> that people with hashi's (or any kind of hypothyrodism) are more

> resistant to colds?

>

> I'm just curious...wonder if anyone here has discussed this kind of

> thing before...or if any of you notice the same thing (a high

> resistance to colds).

>

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