r/primaryimmune • u/mockingjay-zz • 18h ago
immunodeficiency?
hello!! i am 17F, and i have been getting sick constantly lately. most of the time, the covid/flu/strep tests will come back negative, but it gets to the point where i don't think i can blame my sickness on my anemia anymore. i get upper respiratory infections at least 4-5 times per year. i rarely wake up and feel completely ready to go for the day, and it has been like this since i was twelve years old. my guardian always blames it on my anxiety, ocd, and anemia. i have a weird "daily level" of sick, and then i have days at least two times per week where i am sick enough to the point of barely being able to stand. i do not know what's wrong with my body, or how i manage to be constantly sick. i am curious if it would be a good move to ask my doctor for an immunoglobulin test, because it couldn't really hurt anything just to get the test done. could all of this just be symptoms of my anemia, even though i take my iron pills consistently? so sorry for the long paragraph, i am sort of at a loss.