Reading information about fibro and a proposed link to Epstein Barr virus, which happens to be the virus that causes glandular fever ( I read that on a UK NHS website) I wondered if anyone who's had GF and since been diagnosed with FM had ever been advised of this by their doctors
I had GF when I was in my teens but was never told it may cause other issues. I remember being sent for a medical by my boss when I was around 24 as he thought I always appeared tired. It also make sense to me now,… read more
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Members strongly connected over the question of whether glandular fever (mononucleosis) may be linked to fibromyalgia, with nearly everyone... Read more
I had glandular fever at 17..ive just been diagnosed with fibro but believe ive had it for uears
I had mono (GF) when I was 14. Was not diagnosed with fibro till my fifties.
It is a recognised link and probably under- estimated... ...
I have, in my teens.
I had glandular fever the year before developing 'chronic atypical migraine' and slowly descending in to fibro hell. There is definitely a correlation.