Glandular Fever? Or just freshers flu...

I've been at uni for 5 weeks now and just before i got here i developed a cough and cold and assumed it would go away. During freshers week it got worse and i was sick every day, had a croaky voice n blocked nose so i went to the uni doctor and they gave me antibiotics and said i just had a cold. I went home the week after and saw the doctor there and he said that the uni doctor shouldn't have given me antibiotics as they have made me worse and that i have the flu and just need to rest and it will go away. That was 3 weeks ago and now i can hardly move because my body aches so much, totally lost my voice and am constantly coughing, have a blocked nose and can't breathe when i wake up in the mornings, find it hard to sleep, have no energy, can't face food etc. Feel like total crap and my friend said i might have glandular fever, what do you think? i'm worried and it's so frustrating because i go out every night with my friends here and want to have a good time but feel really ill and have no energy :frown:

Reply 1

Aspect

2

Have you got swollen glands? That's the most prominent sign of Glandular Fever.

If not, perhaps just a build up of everything that's gone on lately. I know it's hard to say not going out, especially in your first term at uni, but you need to just take a week off everything and recover.

Reply 2

sweetfloss

15

You are bound to feel tired and cranky if you have flu and still go out every night. Try a couple of early nights in, and make sure you wrap up warm when you go outside. If you feel no improvement then go back to your Dr.

Reply 3

ssk2

10

I had Fresher's Flu until Xmas....its not fun! (I am being sympathetic, don't take that the wrong way!)

Reply 4

Yellowmarshmellow

OP

Aspect

Have you got swollen glands? That's the most prominent sign of Glandular Fever.

If not, perhaps just a build up of everything that's gone on lately. I know it's hard to say not going out, especially in your first term at uni, but you need to just take a week off everything and recover.

Very swollen. I'm staying in watching movies n relaxing etc tonight and 2mro so hopefully that will help me recover a bit. Really sucks though, i don't think freshers flu would go on this long!

Reply 5

Little Girl Red

1

I think you need to go to the doctor! I had glandular fever before and it sounds a lot like what you're describing. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do to make it go away quicker, because there are no antibiotics or anything for glandular fever. It sucks.

Reply 6

Helenia

20

It might be GF, it might not - you can't diagnose it on symptoms alone over the internet. But definitely you need to lay off the partying and try and give your body a rest as much as you can for a few days. If you're tired your immune system won't work as well.

Go to the doctor again if you want, though even if they confirm it is glandular fever it won't change what you have to do about it at all. Though it will mean avoiding alcohol for a while.

Reply 7

Hev456

11

well to be honest there is no real diagnosis for 'freshers flu' because, despite myself and my mates all having something, we've all had something different. I ended up with tonsilitus, not exactly what you'd call freshers flu.

Reply 8

Powersymphonia

20

You should get yourself checked out. When I was in sixth form someone in the year below me died of glandular fever related illness. From what you've said though, I think it's just flu. You'd be half dead if you had freshers flu.

Reply 9

monkeyboy129

When you say swollen glands, they would normally be BIG for GF - in the neck, armpits and groin are possibiliies. To be sure of GF you need blood tests done.
Proper Flu (as opposed to a bad man cold or 'man flu') is something else and you would feel Reeealllly bad. Most people say they have a touch of flu when they have a bad cold.
GF doesnt give you then blocked nose so you may be unlucky and have both!
Either way you should stay in, drink lots and see the quack again if you have swollen glands. GF can last a while and if you dont look after yourself while you have it there can be consequences.

Reply 10

happydinosaur

15

monkeyboy129

When you say swollen glands, they would normally be BIG for GF - in the neck, armpits and groin are possibiliies. To be sure of GF you need blood tests done.
Proper Flu (as opposed to a bad man cold or 'man flu') is something else and you would feel Reeealllly bad. Most people say they have a touch of flu when they have a bad cold.
GF doesnt give you then blocked nose so you may be unlucky and have both!
Either way you should stay in, drink lots and see the quack again if you have swollen glands. GF can last a while and if you dont look after yourself while you have it there can be consequences.

Not always. I had GF in the summer and only my neck was swollen and even then only a little but the rest of my GF symptoms were bad (throat, tired etc) They only realised it could be GF because of the rash I got from the antibiotics I was given. I managed to get a blocked nose/sinus infection with GF too probably because I was so run down. OP whatever you have you need to stop going out and drinking for a while because you won't get better overnight.

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