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Glandular Fever

Blanco Ballo

1

Anyone had this thing cus its horrible. How long does it last?

Reply 1

fabbo

Blanco Ballo

Anyone had this thing cus its horrible. How long does it last?

No but i had the blood test for it but didn't have it. I can sympathise cos some of my friends have had it. I think it varies how long it lasts depends on how much rest you have and how your body reacts to it .....

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CharleeB

1

i've had it. was ill for a couple of months, but it took me ages after that to get over it.

Reply 3

Lush Law

15

I think I might have glandular fever :frown:

For the past week I've been having awful sore throats, and today my glands are swollen. Going for a blood test tomorrow.

Reply 4

Flicker

13

I had it - it knocked me out for a couple of months. It started with tonsillitis and i had a couple of days off school, then it was half term and i just slept for the week, and then i went straight back...i wasn't diagnosed until the tonsillitis had gone and therefore i thought i was better, and in a way i think that helped - if i'd known i'd have been all "oh no i'm ill!" and it would have been more psychosomatic.

Within 3 months i felt fine again, but in that time i was sleeping for a couple of hours every afternoon, and going to bed early. but doing all normal things! However, when it came to revising for exams a couple of months later, i realised i had been a lot more out of it than i realised at the time - i had the notes but no recollection of the lessons from the period when i was really ill!

My advice is just sleep when you want and take it easy, but try and keep going and not get disheartened. The worst bit is some days you feel better and do more, but then the next day you feel even worse again...so sleep more that day and keep you chin up.

I do sympathise, it's horrible. hope you feel better soon!

Reply 5

john !!

14

yeah some people I know have had it, not very nice.

Reply 6

Sami C

1

I had it when I was baby, not good at the time, but a blessing really as I can't remember it and won't get it again.

Reply 7

Rooftopcowboy

12

I have had an awful sore throat all week, but it seems to be more of a virus thing (mucus and blocked nose) rather than glandular fever.

Unless anyone with good medical knowlege can enlighten me!

I'm going to the doctors tommorow anyway though

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Little Girl Red

1

I had a mutant version of glandular fever (oh yay) - it affected me for about three weeks but i was lucky because the mutant meant that it was less severe. my throat however was incredibly painful and it started with tonsilitis then became worse and worse with all my glands popping up, and i had no energy to do anything at all. the throat lasted for three weeks - the tiredness for about a month and a half.

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freshestkid

1

I had it for abt 6 weeks, then have had recurrences if i've been really run down ever since. Eat loads of fruit (if you can) and get loads of sleep, seems to sort me out if i ever get relapses

Reply 10

joyabbott

Glandular fever affects people in different ways. Some people are only mildly affected and hardly notice it at all, whereas in others it can be extremely serious.

There is no treatment, so it's just down to taking it easy, sleeping lots and drinking fluids. Take paracetamol and aspirin to help ease your sore throat. I found diclofenac helped.

You probably won't feel up to it, but it's really important you don't do any contact sports/strenuous activities as there is a risk of splenic rupture if it is enlarged.

I had GF quite badly last December, and was a questionnable hospital admission due to my jaundice, spleen and fact my tonsils were so severely enlarged. Even now I have 'bad days' and get tired easily, which never happened prior to the illness.

Hope you feel better relatively soon, though I dare say you feel terrible!

Joy

Reply 11

fairycakes

12

aww u poor thing!
my friend had it, she was sick for aages, like a couple of months and it kept coming back for a couple years after, but she's fine now
i hope u feel better kinda soon!
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Reply 12

Golden_Touch

1

I thought I had it a few months ago - I had swollen glands (very painful) and I was extremely tired - but the doctor tested for it and the test came back negative. According the doctor "we don't know what you have; there are millions of viruses in the world and it could really be any of those." Ever helpful.

I'm fine now, although I still get tired quite easily and when I'm run down my glands tend to swell slightly.

Reply 13

Daragh

15

Ive had it, it keeps coming back, and although it tried to knock me out I tried to do four successful performances of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Reply 14

SamTheMan

17

Blanco Ballo

Anyone had this thing cus its horrible. How long does it last?

As far as I know everyone gets mononucleosis sooner or later. By a certain age, I can't remember, almost everyone (like 95%) has developed the antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus which is responsible for mononucleosis/glandular fever. I got it when I was 16 but then had a test last year as I was feeling crap and it still turned out positive. My doctor who is a bit of a hippy said I probably caught it again (which I find hard to believe).

Reply 15

SamTheMan

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deej2

Ive had it, it keeps coming back, and although it tried to knock me out I tried to do four successful performances of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Can it really come back? This intrigues me... what's strange is that although I got it, I never had the symptoms that are usually related to mono. I was just very tired but not that tired. I still did sports and sometimes felt a bit drowsy in class (but that was after only sleeping a couple of hours and going out the night before :rolleyes:

)

Reply 16

Daragh

15

SamTheMan

Can it really come back? This intrigues me... what's strange is that although I got it, I never had the symptoms that are usually related to mono. I was just very tired but not that tired. I still did sports and sometimes felt a bit drowsy in class (but that was after only sleeping a couple of hours and going out the night before :rolleyes:

)

My doctor didnt think it could either, it weakens the immune system though, so i suppose it can

Reply 17

SamTheMan

17

deej2

My doctor didnt think it could either, it weakens the immune system though, so i suppose it can

I'm not a medical expert (maybe Jamie or Helenia or someone else could confirm this) but a mononucleosis test doesn't actually show whether you have the virus, only that you have the antibodies to fight it. Apparently a lot of viruses can make a mono test positive (someone mentioned a mutant version of mononucleosis. I might have had one of those. There's one called Megalocytosis or something and that will make the test positive). The only way to make sure you actually have the virus it to do an Epstein-Barr virus test but few doctors bother doing it.

Reply 18

joyabbott

Cytomegalovirus

Reply 19

Helenia

20

deej2

My doctor didnt think it could either, it weakens the immune system though, so i suppose it can

I do know of several people who've had glandular fever and subsequently had ongoing problems with their health, getting recurring tonsellitis or just general colds all the time. It can also lead to CFS but this is rarer.

Sam's right about the test, though they also check the level of monocytes in the blood, which is massively raised if you have active GF. The antibody test just shows whether you've had the virus at some point (most people have had it asymptomatically before they're about 5).

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