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Original poster

To think this GP is talking bollocks?

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:32

I took dd to the GP with the following symptoms;
Sore throat - this was very bad but is now a bit better
Extreme tiredness
Very swollen glands including ones on the back of her head
Very sore swollen puffy eyes
Slightly nauseous

He said he wouldn't recommend a blood test because she didn't have any of the symptoms of glandular fever

Surely it's feckkng textbook glandular fever?

She's 17

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goose1964 · 11/05/2018 17:40

Sounds like it but it's a virus so all you can do is manage the symptoms. The only thing you need to beware of is if she has problems breathing or swallowing, in that case she'd need medical attention.

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:40

If she has gf we both need to know as she has a levels in a month

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Sirzy · 11/05/2018 17:41

How long as she had the symptoms?

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:42

Two weeks

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Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 17:43

My DS (18) has currently got GF identified via a blood test.

He has been tired and lethargic for about a month. The onset of the really ill bit (which was scary) started with puffy eyes followed by what seemed like the worst case of tonsilitis ever.

Sirzy · 11/05/2018 17:45

I wouldn’t expect a blood test after two weeks then as that could just be a virus that is being stubborn.

I had it when I was 16 and I am sure it was a month before blood tests where started

leghoul · 11/05/2018 17:46

A blood test is not important unless it changes management. Which it typically won't.

Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 17:48

DS saw GP on the Monday and got antibiotics for Tonsilitis, when it got no better (possibly worse) by last Thursday I took him back and they did the bloods Friday and we got the results the next day.

He is having to get letters from the GP for Uni as he's not able to sit the end of year exams. It comes under 'acute illness'. It's a real PITA. Sad

Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 17:49

The blood test and diagnosis is important when it comes to exam season. Sadly.

Original poster
Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:52

OK then I'll wait a week then take her back.

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:54

I think what's annoyed me was that he said she had nothing that would make him think she had glandular fever

I can't imagine what else you need to suffer from for it to be at least considered!

If he'd said hmm wait a week then we'll run a test of no improvement - fine. But to blithely dismiss it has pissed me off

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leghoul · 11/05/2018 17:56

Fair enough OP
I admit that would piss me off as well

Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 17:57

That is odd. We thought DS had tonsilitis and never expected the GF at all. Apparently the puffy eyes were a real indicator too.

Apparently Tonsilitis appears as white spots in the throat but when it's GF the white coats the whole throat. He couldn't swallow at all and (TMI) had to keep spitting all the white stuff out.

MissCharleyP · 11/05/2018 17:57

When I had it the second time (yes, it’s possible both were diagnosed by my GP) I was so exhausted that it took me half an hour to sit up in bed and then a further hour to get dressed (with help). I was in such terrible pain that I couldn’t move my eyes without a shooting pain in my head, all of the glands on my right hand side were infected and I couldn’t be touched without wincing or yelling, all of my joints were swollen (to the point I couldn’t wear jewellery or a watch). I had blood tests both times, my GP gave me the diagnosis anyway as he said it didn’t always show on blood tests.

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 17:59

She can't put foundation on because it hurts too much to blend it over her jawline. She keeps hawking up gunk.

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Highhorse1981 · 11/05/2018 18:03

She didn’t have a fever

And the sore throat has improved

It doesn’t sound like GF to me

Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 18:03

I thought that once you had GF then it stays in your system even when all the symptoms have gone. So presumably you would always test positive for it from then on?

I have read so much about it the last week but there is quite a lot of conflicting info out there.

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 18:04

Sorry - she does have a fever. It keeps spiking. Not seriously but enough to need to take paracetamol. She didn't have a fever in the docs but she'd taken two paracetamol a couple of hours before.

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Sparklingbrook · 11/05/2018 18:07

I started a thread. Don't know whether reading it would be helpful at this stage but there are some awful experiences and a few not so awful ones.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/teenagers/3239593-Glandular-Fever-Is-it-all-doom-and-gloom?pg=1

TatianaLarina · 11/05/2018 18:12

The blood test is important with A levels in a month - you need to know what you’re dealing with ASAP.

It’s worth having tests while she’s symptomatic in case it’s something else.

Do you have any private GPS near you? They’re not generally too expensive.

TatianaLarina · 11/05/2018 18:12

The blood test and diagnosis is important when it comes to exam season. Sadly.

Sorry I missed this - exactly.

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 18:13

tatiana that's what I was wondering. Can you have blood tests done privately?

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Isthiscool · 11/05/2018 18:15

Thank you sparklingbrook how is your ds?

Dd is worried that she has GF which is why it would be good to know one way or another. She gets very anxious but isn't a hypochondriac and is rarely ill.

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Fishcakey · 11/05/2018 18:17

As a teenager I was ill for weeks. They only gave me a blood test in the end because they gave me antibiotics and I had a bad reaction.

Yogagirl123 · 11/05/2018 18:17

Private blood tests are very expensive in my experience..