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January 12, 2009, 5:50 pm
Flag as Inappropriate mikey  

I went to visit some family in another state that I was at this time last year with no issues. Now I am sick and its just a pain to deal with, can my body really forget a place I visit at least once a year?

Yes it can. You leave, and the bugs and little nasties mutate and move on without you. If you are there whilst it is happening you are constantly being exposed to bugs that are alike what you have previously met.

That way they are recognised and so don't make you sick. You leave for a year, they change a whole lot, and you come back. Suddenly these viruses are new to you, and make you sick.

You know, if you made the same trip last year without any issues, you being sick now may have nothing to do with traveling. It could simply be a coincidence that you picked up a bug. You can't really tell that you didn't pick it up before you left or anywhere on the travels.