Glandular Fever

betterlatethannever · 14 October 2007 at 10:28PM

Hello,
my daughter had glandular fever three years ago, but since then she's had, sort of, mild doses of it. Same symptons, just milder. She's been feeling unwell for about 2 weeks now, and tonight we found her glands were very swollen.
Can you get Glandular fever more than once? or has the first case made her glands more susseptable(sp) to becoming infected?

Ophie · 14 October 2007 at 10:46PM

yes you can get Glandular Fever more than once, I have had it 3 times. Its so debilitating and I hope that your daughter can rest as much as possible. I would take her to the dr's again just to make sure, not that anything can be done!

betterlatethannever · 14 October 2007 at 11:00PM

Thanks for that Ophie. I will get her to the docs tomorrow.
I did google it but couldn't find out if you can get it more than once.
Poor you, getting it so often.

Ophie · 14 October 2007 at 11:13PM

its a bit of a drag. But she will come the other end of it and of course glandular fever makes you more suseptable to other illnesses. It's a joy!!

Good luck to you both and anyone else in the family - its not an easy to understand illness as like bad backs there is no outward symptoms, maybe a swollen neck.

Terrylw1 · 14 October 2007 at 11:22PM

http://uk.ask.com/web?qsrc=178&o=312&l=dir&dm=all&q=can%20you%20get%20glandular%20fever%20more%20than%20once

Hi, take a look at that link as it seems to be quite a popular search in Ask.com

Worth a look because various ones seem to state that when you first develop it your immune system creates anti bodies to stop you having it again making reoccurance rare. However, they also seem to state that the symptoms can relate to other things. I'm with Ophie on that as like a lot of things with viruses, they still don't know enough.

I've never had it so I won't attempt to comment as I had a mate who did. I can remember having to help carry him home from the pub as he just collapsed.

I've had a low count of platelets in my blood after a hospital bowt of pneumonia which they thought was glandular fever at first. So, I can imagine how horrible it must be. I could barely get up the stairs to bed the first day.

I had lots of swollen gland problems when I was a child. I hope its just something like that for her. Is there anything going round at all at school?

Definately worth a trip to the docs though no matter what. Maybe there's something they can advise to help when the symptoms start.

betterlatethannever · 15 October 2007 at 12:24AM

Thanks Terry,
She's beyond the 'school years' now (18)
The comment about anti bodies stopping you having it again is what i thought. I've never heard of anyone getting it more than once..except Ophie...
I'll get her to the docs tomorrow. The symptons seem to be so like the ones she had when she first had GF, but maybe its just a nasty virus. She is a little run-down at the moment and has been over working. Prehaps she just needs to rest a little.
Thnaks for the replies.

tracyk · 15 October 2007 at 5:48PM

I had Glandular Fever as a teenager - I seemed to lose about 3 weeks of my life & can barely remember it....

But I can remember the Dr. saying you can get recurring bouts of it, with each bout thereafter being less debilitating than the previous one....

Hope your daughter is feeling much better very soon....

Savvy_Sue · 16 October 2007 at 12:23AM

it can also be the start of post-viral fatigue, so I think the best advice is not to push herself. If she feels weary, she should take things easy!

I had it more years ago than I care to remember and I'd say I lacked stamina for a very long time, perhaps even now ...

Ted_Hutchinson · 11 November 2007 at 8:21PM

Although it's been thought for some time that Epstein-Barr (the virus that causes Glandular Fever) was the trigger for MS this is the first research I've seen that presents actual proof.

Dysregulated Epstein-Barr (EBV) virus infection in the multiple sclerosis brain. Epstein-Barr Virus persistence and reactivation in the Central Nervous System play an important role in Multiple Sclerosis(MS) immunopathology.

They have found EBV in the lesions attacking the nerve-insulating substance the myelin.

It looks very like vitamin D modulates the immune response to EBV, and that detrimental activation of autoreactive T cells leading to MS is more likely if the vitamin D status is suboptimal.

Only a small percentage of people infected with Epstein-Barr go on to develop MS but maintaining a high vitamin d status is probably a good way to ensure you are not one of them. As the increased risk of MS continues for 30yrs after the initial infection this has got to be a long term strategy.

beefcarrot · 11 November 2007 at 8:51PM

I've had something akin to GF twice - the tests have always been negative for the actual illness. This time last year, I was unable to walk up the stairs without having a lie down afterwards, so your daughter has my complete sympathy.

LadyMorticia · 25 September 2009 at 1:30AM

I know this is an old thread so sorry in advance for resurrecting it. =o

I was diagnosed with Glandular Fever in February this year. 7 months on and I still feel like I did when I was in the height of it - minus the sore throat and swollen glands.

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow but is it normal for it to carry on this long?
I want to do all the things a normal 22 year old does but I can't because I feel so exhausted all the time.

x

Glandular Fever

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