My 8 year old dc came down with a bad case of bacterial tonsillitis a month ago , very high temp, vomiting, very lethargic , white pus covering both tonsils. It improved a lot after antibiotics and responded quickly, he then a few days after finishing complained again of a sore throat, again very swollen , white spots so assumed it hadn’t fully cleared and treated it again, however it flared up again , this time while on antibiotics. The dr then made the suggestion that it could now be glandular fever so following the advice made sure he had plenty of rest.
Week three he was back in school and seemed to be much better. Last weekend he was in great form and full of energy. Again this week I get a call from school he’s back to feeling tired, headachy and v pale. He’s so up and down.
I brought him to dr again and he took bloods and will looks into fbc etc but he thinks it’s likely to be the virus lingering and he reassured me by the fact that my son is full of beans one week then back down another week that it’s likely to be viral. I will obviously be pursuing things if this continues.
I’m just anxious as it’s been almost 5 weeks. He’s not very lethargic but his voice does sound full like as if his throat is swollen but he says it doesn’t hurt. His glands aren’t up and the dr said they had gone down in his throat. He doesn’t have any swollen spleen or glands etc anywhere else.
The other thing is that the glandular fever test can give false negatives or positives. Im just worried as today he looks very pale again. Anyone have any experience with this??