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Glandular fever

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Ceejay9 · 22/07/2025 21:00

Does anybody know is glandular fever airborne?
Read online it's through saliva, mainly kissing or shared cups etc.
How long would it take for symptoms to show.

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Tiredofwhataboutery · 23/07/2025 10:33

I think it’s airborne in the same way colds are so it takes droplets from a fresh cough or sneeze entering your airways or coming into contact with mucas membranes.

Not sure about incubation. I had glandular fever as a teenager and it was utterly exhausting. I was tested but had a false negative (common at least in 90s) and just felt dreadful for months kept on getting antibiotics which didn’t help.

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