Glandular Fever

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I'm 55. When I was 14 I was strangely acutely/severely ill with glandular fever. It took many weeks to diagnose. Doctor had never seen such severe case. First symptom blinding headache. Kept getting sicker. Vomiting unable to keep food down. Nose bleeds. Raging temperatures. So weak and sick. In total was bed ridden for 3 months. Weighed 60kg at beginning. Was 38kg by the end. Have never been the same. Was robust and healthy before it all. Years after found alternative practitioner who treated the strange recurring intermittent headaches and vomiting successfully with 2 weeks of intravenous vitamin c and oxygen chamber treatment. That stopped the strange intermittent headaches and vomiting but have been left with intermittent bouts of severe exhaustion and bodily inflammation and constant severe anxiety disorder. Regardless I have stayed very fit but in recent year or 2 have been questioning if the reason I have lived with this, is because of that severe "glandular fever" illness at age 14. Anyone else been affected this way and just "put up" with it all without really thinking perhaps there is a link?

I'm 55. When I was 14 I was strangely acutely/severely ill with glandular fever. It took many weeks to diagnose. Doctor had never seen such severe case. First symptom blinding headache. Kept getting sicker. Vomiting unable to keep food down. Nose bleeds. Raging temperatures. So weak and sick. In total was bed ridden for 3 months. Weighed 60kg at beginning. Was 38kg by the end. Have never been the same. Was robust and healthy before it all. Years after found alternative practitioner who treated the strange recurring intermittent headaches and vomiting successfully with 2 weeks of intravenous vitamin c and oxygen chamber treatment. That stopped the strange intermittent headaches and vomiting but have been left with intermittent bouts of severe exhaustion and bodily inflammation and constant severe anxiety disorder. Regardless I have stayed very fit but in recent year or 2 have been questioning if the reason I have lived with this, is because of that severe "glandular fever" illness at age 14. Anyone else been affected this way and just "put up" with it all without really thinking perhaps there is a link?

I had glandular fever at 17 and lost a lot of weight too. I was terribly ill. It was compounded by my mum kicking me out at the same time... I feel like I still suffer from the effects of it now. The sickness you describe sound horrible though.

I had glandular fever (caught from DD) about 7 years ago. Didn't feel 100% after, I'd say 95% only, more tired since etc.

5 years later I got very weak and tired and then was paralysed in ICU in a coma for 5 weeks with Guillain Barre Syndrome. (It is VERY rare don't worry!)

Obviously, I have done extensive research on what happened to me as it was the most horrific thing you can imagine... Epstein Barr virus is a very real potential trigger for this rare condition I got. (Epstein Barr is glandular fever)

So yes, I have experienced the same doubts as you. If you look online, it has been linked to many horrid things, it's a horrid virus!