Feeling scik only at work...

[HellFrost666]

Over the last few weeks I have felt physically sick when I am at work. At work I feel like I am coming down with something, or on days like today, I actually feel sick when I am there. But as soon as I leave I feel better.

 

It's not a mental thing... I love my job.

 

At first I thought it was just me, but I've heard other people say the same thing who work there. One guy I work with tough maybe there was something in the water coolers.

 

They keep it really cold in there. I don't know if they think people will be more alert if they have to work in the cold or what. Right now it's getting cooler outside and they still have the air conditioner turned up high. Some of the people who work in my department actually have blankets in their offices that they cover up with while working. People have asked management to turn the air off, but they never turn it off.

 

But also (and this is because of the nature of my job) my office is windowless, and I am required to keep it dark in there (as are all the people in my department.) Could it maybe be lack of sunlight?

 

I am just wondering if anyone else has ever had something like this. It sucks feeling ill all day. It definitely hurts my productivity.

 

Idk... I guess there are a lot of possibilities.

[Seraphim]

definitely sounds like the ventilation system. Can you complain to the company about it?

[Karmageddon]

They probably need to clean the air ducts. There is a lot of garbage, dirt and mites that get circulated around in the air. They need to be cleaned periodically. You are probably sensitive to that. It's pretty common

[jettison]

Do you have diet issues? Heartburn? Sometimes it's as simple as that. Sitting in a chair all day tends to exacerbate the problem.

[15 Storeys High]

The air conditioning system needs looking at if everyone is feeling the same. There are lots of nasty bacteria that float around in air conditioning systems.....legionnaires disease being one of them.

[doyathink]

Do you work in the basement? Could be carbon monoxide leaking from something, or radon.

[jettison]

Do you work in the basement? Could be carbon monoxide leaking from something, or radon.

 

Yeah, it's likely the powdered milk that you guys have been putting in your coffee in the morning.

 

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[HellFrost666]

Do you work in the basement? Could be carbon monoxide leaking from something, or radon.

 

We actually do work underground. I didn't even think about that.

 

And from what I've seen it's only the people who work underground that have this problem. The people upstairs are fne.

[greywolf]

Maybe the air ducts have mold and mildew in it, which I believe many people are allergic to.

[HellFrost666]

Yeah, it's likely the powdered milk that you guys have been putting in your coffee in the morning.

 

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Interesting...

 

No one there that I know of uses pwdered creamer though.

[HellFrost666]

I think I am going to see what management has to say about it. I know my direct supervisor will back me up, because he's just as sick every day as the resty of us are.

[doyathink]

I had to have my basement tested for radon. My daughter lives down there, and I was told radon is found a lot in basements. It leaks up from the ground. Look up what radon poisoning side effects.

[HellFrost666]

^ THe more I think about it I think it must be something to do with working underground. Because the people upstairs are still blasted with the air conditioner just like we are, but those of us who work in "The Cave" are the sick ones.

[doyathink]

The only thing I could find on it says it causes lung cancer. It didn't say anything about side effects other then that.

[greensleeves]

I think you should have HR run any tests that are needed to find out what this is...it doesn't sound healthy at all.

[just M.E.]

There is something called the "Sick Building Syndrome" and it usually is the ventilation/HVAC system and is all the things the other posters have mentioned. I worked in a building that did that.