Posted by CareBear04 on February 4, 2005, at 17:16:24
In reply to Mononucleosis questions, posted by Questionmark on January 31, 2005, at 3:43:16
dear questionmark,
i'm so sorry about your health. i had mono the summer when i was 12, and it was so awful to be inside feeling so yucky all the time without a cure or a pill to make it better. luckily, i haven't had any flare ups of it again. it is true that the virus remains in you forever. the same is true of malaria; that's the first that comes to mind. i'm not sure about flare ups later in life, though. if anything, they should be milder because your body has antibodies to protect you and fight off the virus. like someone said, a serious complication is a ruptured sleen. have you seen a dr about this? it could be something else, you never know. and it would be nice to have some of these questions answered authoritatively.
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