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can you get glandular fever twice

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FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 20:51

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FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:26

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Ledodgy · 27/07/2008 21:27

You can relapse if you do too much. My glands used to come up and I would get very run down easily for about 2 years afterwards.

lucyellensmum · 27/07/2008 21:33

once you have glandular fever, the virus is often present in your body for the rest of your life. So if you become run down, it could, in theory, re-occur.

FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:50

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tortoiseSHELL · 27/07/2008 21:50

I think it does take a while, and can recur at any time - so take it easy!

tortoiseSHELL · 27/07/2008 21:51

PS - have you seen my thread about dd's birthday present - I have ordered her this (big top, baby elephants, clown, and band comes free) and am stupidly excited - I seem to remember you are a playmobil fan too?

FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:52

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FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:53

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tortoiseSHELL · 27/07/2008 21:53

I liked the hospital too, but the circus is new, and dd wants to be a clown

Am thinking our many playmobil pirates can go to watch the show......

FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:57

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FluffyMummy123 · 27/07/2008 21:58

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lucyellensmum · 27/07/2008 22:31

i don't really get the playmobil thing tbh - what is so special about it

Ledodgy · 28/07/2008 09:59

I'm not sure where I got it from too. Given the incubation period I was in Corfu at the time and did kiss a dodgy Italian bloke but then also ate at a dodgy cafe which the airport paid for after our flights were delayed so it could have been dirty knives and forks. Then again it is nicknamed the kissing disease...

VinegarTits · 28/07/2008 10:03

Oh i hope you cant get it twice, ds2 had it when he was 18 mths old and ended up in hospital for a week, would hate it to return when he is just getting his strength back 6 months on

corblimeymadam · 28/07/2008 10:06

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Celery · 28/07/2008 10:34

I had Glandular Fever in February, although it wasn't diagnosed until three months later. After the initial illness ( which I didn't realise I had at the time, just thought it was a fluey thing ) I felt wiped out, run down and had recurring symptoms for a good four months afterwards. Rest, healthy diet and tonnes of vitimin supplements, and I've felt pretty normal for a couple of months now, but if I overdo it, I feel crap again ( fatigue, flu like symptoms, depression, insomnia ), so I am taking it easy, and slow down when I feel I need to. I have been exercising though, just listening to my body. The post-viral side of it can go on for a very long time, and I've read some people never get rid of it, and it becomes chronic fatigue. Evil GF!

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