Here's why:
* Illness is a state, not a degree: Illness is a condition, not something that can be more or less of. You're either ill or you're not.
* We use other words for degrees of illness: To express different levels of illness, we use other words like:
* Slightly unwell
* Moderately ill
* Seriously ill
* Critically ill
Instead of trying to find comparative and superlative forms of "ill," focus on using more specific language to describe the severity of someone's illness.