Why do I keep getting sick, with what seems to be the same illness?

Christyn

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I'm 17, and I've always had a really good immune system. I generally don't get sick more than maybe once or twice a year, and when I do get sick, it's only for about a week, then I'm fine. I got a UTI, which the doctor said was turning into a kidney infection, at the end of November. I took multiple antibiotics for it, because I kept having severe side efftects with each one. Once that finally went away, I got the "11 day virus." About a week after that, I got some other virus. It's been a week and a half since I started feeling better from that, and I'm sick AGAIN. This has all been over the course of about 6 weeks. I'm starting to get comcerned, because it feels like my immune system literally just shut down. I usually get sick this much in 2-4 YEARS, not a month and a half. What in the world could be wrong with me?!

Also, I generally eat healthy, I've been taking Emergen-C about once a day, and like I said, this didn't start happening until the UTI. I'm a senior in high school as well, so I can't just stay home for a month to get better. That's not an option. I have no idea what to do.
 
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