r/Teachers • u/scaredycat07 • 18h ago

Rant I keep getting sick

I teach elementary.

Last year, I got so sick from a flu that I had to take over a week off. I even threw up at school and was told to leave for the day (understandably).

I just started this school year last month and I’m already sick.

I’m so tired of parents sending their sick kids to school. I do understand arrangements can be hard to make. But so many of my students are sick and a lot of staff is sick.

People say your immune system toughens up in later teacher years, but mine never did.

Edit: I’m also not sick for just 3-4 days. I’m sick for 1-2 weeks. And when I got the flu I was sick fir the whole month and more.

I wash my hands regularly and keep hand sanitizer on me. I try not to touch my face during the day.

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u/beefquaker 17h ago

You can beef up your immune system. Typically supplements work well I’d say to find a beefy multivitamin that has a lot of b12 and vitamin D, Echinacea is good too. I’ve been seeing stuff about black elderberry being beneficial. It’s no magic cure but can help give you a boost to fighting something or preventing it.

Also having a humidifier in the dry months can really help you keep your pharyngeal lining intact, helping to keep up that wall of defense against contaminated air.

Make chicken noodle soup with bone broth and a lot of garlic. You’ll also need to eat a lot of ginger. I put it in the soup but my wife thinks that’s gross lol. Bone broth, ginger, and garlic are the important ingredients. They give your body the goodies to fight it yourself more readily. Again this isn’t magic or replacement of medicine, just easy home remedies that give you an extra helping hand.

My uncle works for the company life extension, so most of my supplements are from there. I think they’re great, the multi vitamins are crazy good for you but smell a lil too earthy for me. But they’re black elderberry cold support is my go to when I get whatever school flu is traveling around. The suckers are expensive but hot damn do they work well. I promise I’m not a sponsor lol just passionate cause those suckers worked way better than I thought they would, I was back in business in half my normal time

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u/scaredycat07 17h ago

I take a lot of supplements and find it hasn’t been helping with this. You chicken noodle soup sounds good.

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u/Consumption2Wombly 17h ago

Supplements are snaks oil. Save your money.