One of my black belts told me he'd been sick and was having muscle and joint problems. After a few doctor's appointments they figured out it was a parvovirus infection and that you get it from children.
Being that he's working with kids at his studio, you can see how the possibility is fairly good that you'd catch something. Kids are germ factories and we always kept some of that antbacterial gel on the mat for use at any time, particularly after class. One of the guys called it "kid shield".
Take a look at this link to the Mayo Clinic about it. I had never heard of it before and thought some of you who teach children might want to know. Click thru to the symptoms and so on, too.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/parvovirus-infection/DS00437
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