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Glandula fever ?What is it ???

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rowe · 31/03/2008 19:06

Glandula fever what is it ive bin all over the tinter web and cant find eny thing of use? the first thing i found was a lady saying how she was told her daughter had it one day and was dead the next am really scared!!

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LIZS · 31/03/2008 19:08

It is a viral infection causing swollen neck glands, flu-like symptoms and chronic fatigue, not life threatening afaik. btw it is Glandular fever if you are googling.

CountessDracula · 31/03/2008 19:09

aka mononucleosis

It is vile but not fatal
Do you have it?

sallystrawberry · 31/03/2008 19:10

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gagarin · 31/03/2008 19:13

Used to be called the "kissing disease" as it was so common in teenagers.

Usually takes a while to recover but not always terribly serious.

Can really cause parents to panic when their children get it at GCSE and A level exam time.

Symptoms - sleeping all the time (how do you tell with teenagers?); massively tired. Pale & big glands.

Diagnosed through a blood test for the virus concerned - though sometime hard to find in the blood.

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rowe · 31/03/2008 19:16

thanks for the replys .yes i have it was told it was tonsiltus {im a crudy speller at the best of time sorry} and more depression wow just what i need aggghh why me were does it come from havent been neer to ne one with it ! Thank god its not fatal!!

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rowe · 31/03/2008 19:20

I work in a Primary school am i still ok to work,

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gagarin · 31/03/2008 19:26

Not something we can tell you really - sorry but you'll have to ask your GP!

LIZS · 31/03/2008 19:49

It isn't contagious as such

nickytwotimes · 31/03/2008 19:51

I had it in my early 20s. no idea where I got it as I hadn't been doing any kissing!

bodiddly · 31/03/2008 19:58

I am not sure they would welcome you to work in a primary school with it ... and you need to take it easy or it will take you a long time to get over it ... you could also get relapses if you don't rest as much as possible! I had it when I was 16 and was wiped out for months with it ... some people are fine and just feel a bit tired and get a sore throat and others (like my brother) end up in hospital as they need help to swallow!

avenanap · 31/03/2008 20:03

It's a very, very nasty illness that I caught a year and a bit ago (not through kissing though). I had a positive blood test just before christmas, I went back to working as a student childrens nurse after christmas. I needed so much time off I have now left. I caught all bugs going, headaches, dodgy belly, oral thrush. I have never felt ok since catching this, I now have ME (hence the name) and have digestive problems. I had post viral fatigue syndrome after which was not helped by going back to work. I felt ok though, which is why I went back. After a couple of weeks the illnesses started, one after another then another. You might fel ok, but time tells.

nickytwotimes · 31/03/2008 20:06

avenanap's right. The year after I had glandular fever i got loads of viral illnesses and muscle ache type things. I rushed back into things as well. It's better to gewt the rest if you can.

becaroo · 31/03/2008 20:09

Glandular fever is very contagious....but can only be passed through saliva afaik (hence the name kissing disease)

I had it when I was 18 and was very ill for months...there can be complications but these are very rare.

Lots of clear fulids and pain killers and REST...

becaroo · 31/03/2008 20:10

Erm, that should read fluids obivously!

bran · 31/03/2008 20:24

This is what NHS Direct have to say about Glandular Fever. It seems that it's very mild if caught in early childhood, and they don't recommend exclusion from school if children have it. So you may be ok to work, see what your GP and the school have to say.

becaroo · 01/04/2008 21:01

mild???

I beg to bloody differ!!

bran · 01/04/2008 21:10

But you didn't have it in early childhood becaroo.

Anyone I know who's had it has been quite ill with it, but they have all been teens or adults. I'm always surprised in US medical dramas that they often seem to dismiss it as "just mono" as though it was a cold or something.

Mum2b2BabyRoo · 01/04/2008 21:25

I've had it as a child and an adult and it wiped me out both times. I had to stay off school as all I could do was sleep and as an adult I was super tired the whole time and generally felt awful. I did still go into work everyday which I regret as it took me ages to get over it and then I seemed to catch every virus out there afterwards. My sympathies to anyone who gets this!

becaroo · 02/04/2008 20:13

Bran...sadly I know of several young children who got this and it really affected them badly, going onto develop ME/CFS.

Its a horrid illness and GPs just dont know enough about it IMO. 2 years after I got it I was chatting to a locum GP who asked me if I "had gotten over the depression yet?" It seems depression after GF is very common.....never heard that before and it made sense. It took 2 years for me to feel remotely "normal" again.

Best advice??? REST REST REST!!! I know its boring and sometimes difficult but its the only way to get bettter. Looking back I was so stupid...aerobics classes etc I think I thought I could will myself better. (Needless to say it didnt work!)

yorkiemom · 03/04/2008 08:00

I had this at age 12, off school for two months !!
After good rest though, I think I was ok - sorry sooooo long ago !!!

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