Why is my DH always ill?

Has he had the Covid jab and boosters?

My teen was like this and was eventually diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME, which is believed to be a postviral syndrome and is similar to many people's experience of Long Covid.

Your DH might want to have a quick read of CFS symptoms and make a mental note to explore that further if he has any of those symptoms or if he later goes on to develop them. Many CFS symptoms are nonspecific, but a few are fairly distinctive.

I wouldn't introduce anything new in his diet , eg vitamins, until blood tests have been done. You don't want to muddy the waters for the medics.

Has anything changed at work? Desk sharing for example. Is he catching bugs from a co worker? Is he washing his hands frequently with soap? Is shared equipment at worked cleaned regularly?

No answer to OP's question, but the comments and suggestions on here are very useful . I've also had a patch of being ill with far more items than usual and wish I had a solution!

I could be from your children depending on their age. Before having my daughter I was sick about 4 times a year. The year she started child care I had 22 separate illnesses! This year has been much better with 12 so far. I did go see my gp and have some blood tests but no specific cause was found, apart from a deviated septum and bone spur. Which may make me more prone to sinus congestion.

This has always been me since I had glandular fever as a student. I have secondary school age kids and post Covid the germs seem worse as well so I'm still picking them up.

I've had all the blood tests several times and the only thing that showed up was vitamin d so I do supplement.

I find stress is the biggest issue tbh. And there is a bit of a pressure if you are always sick to battle on through. You don't take time off work or you feel judged (I still remember a particularly catty woman at work commenting on me being pathetic). You feel like you are letting people down or not pulling your weight. So you are on edge, you don't sleep well as you are coughing or sick. Maybe feeling like you are always trying to catch up etc. it becomes self fulfilling a bit I think.

Ideally I suspect that the answer would be some kind of 3 week German spa/rest cure. In the absence of that, blood tests, vitamin d and early nights.

That's me. I was recently told by 2 different doctors that having many illnesses, especially inflammatory ones, mean viruse are, depletes the amount of a substance called NAD in our bodies. The less of it we have the harder it is to fight new infection, its also difficult to make and takes a long time so once you're low in it you get stuck and every illness gives you a further hit. It's even worse if you have underlying conditions of take daily meds which can interfere with its production. I had a drip of a high dose ( which was somewhat un pleasant) to give me a boost and I do think it's helped.
It's still a developing thing but there does seem to be evidence that this is the case. I am fastidious about hand washing/ cleaning etc and try to keep away from obviously Ill people but if youre susceptible its hard. Id definitely look into NAD+ Improving foods, wear a mask in crowded places like trains and keep washing/gelling those hands to help until he's better. It's really miserable when you always have something, makes you feel doubly rubbish so I sympathise with him.

Lyme disease.

Ask for a full blood count. Could be something lurking.

if it is not usual for him and nothing else has changed, I would see the GP. some blood tests to cover some bases and rule some stuff out.

Oh blimey Bleedin Obvious - whilst death is inevitable for a myriad of reasons, did you mean to be so rude?

I mean, it's a possibility, and indeed it's true that not only have I been vaxxed x4 and DS refused all vax for his own, scientifically-orientated reasons, ds has not been later often ill like I have and I have also said to him that it's a possibility that he could have been correct to refuse, but;

it's also quite likely that as I am old and he is young that I'm ill a lot for other reasons.

Either could be true, though not equally so.

Definitely worth going to the GP for blood tests in case it might be a deficiency which can be addressed easily.

Sure. but that's your experience. I've had fewer vaccines - I keep getting bloody covid around the time I'm due a vaccine! And I've just gone through 2 months of being sick off and on.

Believe it or not, there is lots and lots and lots of research on all kinds of reasons why people get sick. It's one of the reasons generalised blood tests to check all sorts of things is pretty common.

My personal experience is also that I think people are weaker currently because post Covid, and in the midst of a COL crisis, we're all a bit more stressed, a bit more unhappy and a bit more unhealthy. The people I know who keep getting sick are also often the ones who are most impacted by the way things have changed over the last few years and who are struggling with that. I include myself in that category. My wealthy friends are vaccinated up the wazoo, don't ever seem to get covid and are living fabulous healthy lives.

Whilst most of the 'treatments' and 'explanations' here are all valid, it isn't actually that normal for a reasonably fit/healthy 27 year old; possibly for an old hagatha like myself, but even then, no.

The 'elimination' method is the best way - not anything freaky, just eliminating what it isn't whilst possibly finding what it is.

Gotta start with the GP, as it's confidential it's possible he might impart some info to the GP that you don't know about OP (preferably not, but understandable) or some blood tests should be recommended if nothing else.

I have to admit that it was hard to admit to myself that I needed to contact my GP about this, and when I did, she did seem surprised that I'd made it to 61 without having more than my cholestrol tested since any serious medical issues decades ago.

My DH is like this at times. It's stress because he works so hard, lack of resilience because he doesn't make enough time to exercise and keep healthy, and a weak chest which makes him vulnerable. I've started him on vitamin supplements to try and boost his immune system (he'd obvs never think to get them for himself 🙄) and they do seem to help.

It does sound like classic long covid

But if he’s pretty sure he’s never had covid, that rather scuppers that theory (though of course it is possible to get the long form after even the mildest of cases and that might have gone unrecognised)

Probably worth a trip to the GP to see if tests are needed to rule out any other immune conditions

Good nutrition helps everything, so paying attention to diet always pays off

Otherwise, it’s a case of avoiding infection until he’s had a chance to fully get over the infections he’s recently had. Firstly by resting, and secondly by avoiding catching anything else - so look at wearing a mask when in indoors spaces with strangers, improving ventilation wherever possible, avoiding close indoors contact with others especially if they have symptoms of anything,

I’m normally the person who catches everything. I’ve started taking multi-vitamins and going to the gym twice a week and honestly I’m probably the most well I’ve ever been, I’ve managed to evade all the bugs going round work up to now (touch wood), though I’m currently stuck indoors with a germy teenager so there is time yet!

One thing I will say is when I’m stressed I get really rundown and present with headaches and cold symptoms. The effects of stress on the body can be quite profound and immune suppressing. Could he be stressed about something?

Also. as I said, this has been a problem for me since 2020. I was jabbed in mid-2021.

Engaging with weird covid conspiracy theorists and anti vaccine-related posts is pointless.

I'm jabbed but my friend who has been off work all year isn't.

I am the same as your DH for the past few months - currently it's been 3 weeks with the latest bout. This is not normal for me at all.

I've finally spoken to a GP and will be having blood tests in a week. Meanwhile, I'm doing the barest minimum, although I still have to care for DS, try and work a bit (self-employed) and to an extent still have to 'soldier on' although I'd rather not. I'm 61.