Glandular fever

[3teens2cats]

I am going to try and get ds, age 17, a gp appointment tomorrow, but I wondered if anyone had a teenager who has had glandular fever recently? Ds had a sore throat which started on New years Day. Ever since he's just not been right. Swollen glands, cough, sweats and chills, headaches, and really tired. The thing is, his symptoms come and go. He might feel OK for a couple of days then have a bad day or two then feel better again. He has had the odd day off college but I have been encouraging him to try and carry on as normal as much as possible. He's woken up this morning with another flare up (very sore throat, headache and sweating). I will be calling gp when they open tomorrow, but does this sound like glandular fever? It's been 4 weeks now.

My ds was like this last year. He was unwell at the end of August/ start of September. He went to the GP and had antibiotics. He perked up, became unwell again, perked up became unwell etc. He's been ok since the end of October. I, too, thought maybe it was glandular fever. My plan was to take him to the GP to request a blood test, but luckily, he's been fine since then, so we never ended up going. I had glandular fever when I was about 20, and I was the same. In fact, for the next few years, I always felt I was always getting swollen glands/sore throats.

Sounds very similar. I know there is nothing to treat glandular fever and ds is doing a great job at soldiering on mostly, even when he feels terrible. He's doing a sports course which is quite full on and they are really hot on attendance. If it was glandular fever then I think college might be a bit more understanding. Maybe no practical sessions for a bit or a reduced timetable while he recovers.

Update....after a stressful week of trying to get an appointment, blood tests etc, it turns out he does have glandular fever. Dr mentioned, the symptoms are very similar, but thankfully, blood tests don't support that. Extreme fatigue is the most debilitating symptom at the moment and he is gutted he can't play sport for 6 weeks due to swollen spleen but after thinking it might have been cancer we are counting our blessings right now.

That should say that the Dr mentioned lymphoma but blood tests don't support that

My DS had glandular fever last year. Absolutely crucial he can rest as much as possible - he must learn not to push it.
it was really hard for my DS, who was very fit and active, to accept. But he did, he had 3-4 months on a severely reduced timetable and no other activities. Then did nothing over the summer hols and this year has gradually built back up to full time school. He's 10 months on from diagnosis and is now back to normal.
my dh had it as a teen and didn't rest as much, had to keep attending school full time, and suffered effects for years. I firmly believe the more they can just stop, the quicker they get over it.