Do you get sick much more than average?

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I'm of excellent constitutional health

I rely on herbs more than medications

No, and I know plenty of non-Aspies who do. I haven't got a cold in over a year (touch wood) and I haven't vomited in 12 years. Yes, it is true, I have a fear of vomiting so I think I will be able to recall when I last had a strong tummy bug.

No.

No, I maybe get one really bad cold a year, and even when I don't get a flu shot, I never get the flu. If anything, I have some seasonal allergies, but the OTC stuff works well for me. I guess one thing that helps is that I don't go to churches where people bring their sick children because missing church is a worse sin than spreading an illness to the rest of the congregation.

I don't get sick very often and when I do it isn't very bad just a small cough and itchy nose.
I HATE being sick because my Dad treats me like I just dropped seven years of age. I'm 13, not six! And constantly asking me 'how I feel' irritates the heck out of me. Yeah, it's going to be such a different answer if you ask me at 7:35 than it was at 7:30.
And frankly, I don't like being checked on in the middle of the night it violates what little privacy I have sharing a room with three people.
I haven't had the stomach flu in any form since third grade. Correlation: that's when I stopped going to public school.

My immune system is about average, really. I don't get colds often, maybe about once a year. I do seem to get stomach bugs or food poisoning about once a year, as well - which is quite bad.

I have digestive problems (IBS), but that's a chronic illness rather than an immune issue.

I also have mild allergies to dust and tree pollen (which comes out in late April/May when the blossoms come, but is fine at the moment).

I virtually never get sick. As a child I would be less sick than normal and that changed about when I went through puberty. If I even get the flu or some other illness within a year, it is so minor that I likely won't even notice. I think healthy nutrition makes me even less affected by illness.

I don't remember when was the last time I got sick

well...walking in t-shirts when it's -30 Celsius degrees probably has something to do with it

Well, I believe the poster who said that ASD is linked to digestive system somehow. As I am virtually incapable of reading on a moving vehicle of any kind w/o feeling the urge to vomit. That even includes airplanes, boats and trains. Also I find that when I turn my head about 180 and lean back to pick something up, I feel waves of nausea.

I get sick quite less than average, actually. It really would be fascinating to learn the reason behind it, though.

The only problem i have is that i get tonsillitis and they can be quite sore.

Do colds, runny and blocked noses count?...if so, then YES- I usually have to carry tissues in my pocket most days.

Yes!!. Let us see... Crohn's disease & its many, many complications ( including some developmental issues like delayed growth spurt. Hmm???), Osteo Arthritis, numerous allergies, frequent colds, somewhat frequent bouts of bronchitis, & NO resistance to ANY Streptococus germ ever divide into existence.
I do fit the mold here.

Sincerely,
Matthew

I very rarely get sick. I really don't remember when I last had a cold. I seem to have a very strong immune system.

I used to get sick a lot, mostly with colds, ear infections and strep throats...and at the time, my younger half - sisters, whom I saw every other week, were really little and both going to a day care, which I guess explains part of it. My frequent illness seemed to taper off when I was thirteen and underwent surgery to have my gallbladder removed.

I also used to get constipated a lot when I was young, probably from a limited diet and severe anxiety. I also had a case of bronchitis with a sinus infection a couple years ago. I also tend to get one or two really bad colds per year.

I don't think I have any allergies, but I have this annoying sinus drainage that goes with me no matter where I am, what the weather's like, or what climate I'm in. I am, however, allergic to some type of medicine; not sure what exactly (found that out while taking meds for the bronchitis) and dust makes me sneeze sometimes, too, when there's a lot of it.