What are the symptoms of glandular fever?
• It’s possible to become infected with this virus and to develop no symptoms. This is referred to as a subclinical infection. • Before the disease breaks out, one to two weeks may pass with symptoms that are similar to those of flu. • A sore throat, with swollen tonsils that are heavily covered by a white coating. • Fever. • Severe fatigue. • Muscle pains. • In 20 per cent of cases: swelling and puffiness may develop around the eyes, settling after one to two days. • Headache. • Tendency to sweat. • Like the lymph glands, your spleen is part of the immune system and can become swollen. If this occurs, it can sometimes be felt below the ribs on the left-hand side of the abdomen and may occasionally cause mild pain. • Swollen and sore lymph nodes in the neck, armpits and the groin. • The liver may become enlarged and yellow jaundice may develop. • There may be a non-itchy widespread, red rash that quickly disappears.
