Wirel
10-01-18, 18:54
With this Aussie flu H3N2 virus going around I've been in a alert mindset with whatever is happening around me. However I don't think I'll be able to keep my guard up for long as I'm going to go out eventually.
I have psoriasis which means my immune system attacks itself. But I have no idea what that means for me and the flu, an aggressive immune system points to it being strong but other sources on the internet point to psoriasis meaning you're weak to the flu.
So being the logical driven person I am I start to take Bassetts multivitamins and Actimel to prepare my immune system for the flu. I don't have a serious outbreak of psoriasis, just tiny patches here and there.
However as much clueless I am about my immune system I am very worried about flu complications with pneumonia being the worst. On top of that I recently learned about another illness called Sepsis which has made me scared of getting the flu more as it basically has the same symptoms of flu which could hide it or I can get it as a complication, what made this a lot scarier for me is that I thought if my immune system is actually aggressive, what's stopping it from going overdrive for a simple flu virus.
Then I was googling all the connections with psoriasis and sepsis trying to find some reassuring statistics or info which got me into a full blown anxiety attack. I'm the worst when in comes to anxiety, I tend to catastrophize everything
I have psoriasis which means my immune system attacks itself. But I have no idea what that means for me and the flu, an aggressive immune system points to it being strong but other sources on the internet point to psoriasis meaning you're weak to the flu.
So being the logical driven person I am I start to take Bassetts multivitamins and Actimel to prepare my immune system for the flu. I don't have a serious outbreak of psoriasis, just tiny patches here and there.
However as much clueless I am about my immune system I am very worried about flu complications with pneumonia being the worst. On top of that I recently learned about another illness called Sepsis which has made me scared of getting the flu more as it basically has the same symptoms of flu which could hide it or I can get it as a complication, what made this a lot scarier for me is that I thought if my immune system is actually aggressive, what's stopping it from going overdrive for a simple flu virus.
Then I was googling all the connections with psoriasis and sepsis trying to find some reassuring statistics or info which got me into a full blown anxiety attack. I'm the worst when in comes to anxiety, I tend to catastrophize everything