Mononucleosis Support Group

Infectious mononucleosis (also known in North America as mono, the kissing disease or Pfeiffer's disease, and more commonly known as glandular fever in other English-speaking countries) is a disease seen most commonly in adolescents and young adults, characterized by fever, sore throat and fatigue. It is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or the cytomegalovirus (CMV)....

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Does anyone else get these symptoms?

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I have had mono for quite a while now and I hate it. Every time I do anything strenuous my glands in my neck swell up. I want to go back to work in 4 weeks but I don't know how I am going to do that. The glands in the back of my neck/head are always sore and swollen. I have also had severe stomach pains and had to go to hospital cos I couldn't handle it... they said it was gastritis or something and some of the drs say it could be related, others have said it isn't. Also I have constant headaches. Anyone else experiencing similar to me? Just wondering...
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I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I HAVE EPSTEIN VIRUS,JUST BECAME A MEMBER OF THIS SITE TODAY AS WELL.HAVE TERRIBLE HEADACHES/NECK PAIN AND GET VERY ILL,FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.HOPE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS ILLNESS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE.ARE YOU ON ANY MEDS.?PF SO WHAT KIND?THANK YOU IN ADVANCE,VJI
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Please consider talking to a doctor as soon as possible. My father was diagnosed with Epstein Barre 6 years ago. He almost died in the process, because none of his doctors knew what was wrong with him. He usually had the flu-like symptoms you're describing along with the swollen glands (they were massively swollen, actually). I'm not sure about the headaches, but he did have extremely high fevers.. He also dry-heaved a lot and went from being shivering cold to burning hot every hour or so.
Then again, your symptoms could be the cause of nearly anything. Epstein Barre is extremely rare, and the doctors would have picked up on the Mono virus really quickly if you had it. My advice... get to a doctor and continue to alert them if your symptoms are not responding to treatment. There are a lot of dangerous illnesses out there that go undetected by doctors because of their generalized symptoms. The key is to be consistent with your doctor.


Good luck to you.
deleted_user
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Yep, I have all the same symptoms plus loads of others. It's a weird illness. Very sorry to hear you have it too. Did you find some meds that help you? I take some for my pain and many different meds in the triptan family for my headaches - like imitrex, relpax, frova, etc etc.. hmm let me think what else. Actually I take a lot of meds.
I hope you're finding your way through this and getting better every day.

-Elizabeth
ShatteredMirror
ShatteredMirror
I have had Reactivated chronic mono for 2.5years. My doctor put me on Acyclovir 800mg 3 times a day. It's an anti-viral. It helps some. If I don't take it I feel SO much worse.
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