PLEASE HELP ME

[em7592]

To start off, in the winter 2007 i was diagnosed with mono. I was sick for about a month and finally got better. almost a year to the day in the winter of 2008 i began to show similar symptoms of mono except for the soar throat. I had severe pain in my neck and back of my head which moved to my lower back. I was also very fatigued and had a low grade fever of about 99.5. I went to my doctor numerous times in two weeks and got blood tests done every time. I was tested for apparently everything possible. Finally my doctor did an in depth EBV test and called to say i had a strange reaccurance of the mono i had a year ago. A few weeks passed and i was back to normal. 3 months later, in the spring 2009 (about a month ago) i bagan to feel tired again with lots of body pain and a low grade fever. So i went back to the doctor a few times and got more blood tests done for anemia, lupus. low hormone levels, inflamation, etc And everything came back negative and said i was fine. I got a copy of my lab results and went to a new doctor. She looked over my lab results and wasn't very sure it was a reaccurance of monothat i had in winter 2008. I'm not as tired as i was a month ago but i still have this weird body pain. it's in my wrists, hands, forearms, lowerback, legs, and feet (mainly in my joints) that feels like tingly like the begining of a charlie horse. I also get severe headaches from time to time. PLEASE! can someone help me? i've been to the doctor and they can't give me and answer. i just want to feel normal again.

[J T Junig, MD PhD]

There is something known as 'chronic EBV'-- a chronic infection with the virus that causes mono, that can cause fatigue and body aches and pains.  Please check out a forum for infectious diseases;  there are nuances to the testing that are beyond my experience.  Another thing to consider, if you haven't already, is lyme disease.

[neicy2]

SEE  ABOUT HAVEING YOUR THYROID  CHECKED ... I ALSO HAD MONO ,, MANY YEARS AGO... I KNOW WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH... ... BUT THE  THYROID CAN AFFECT YOUR HORMONES,,IT IS A HORMONE ,, MAKE YOU FEEL UP OR DOWN ,,. I HAVE HYPOTHYROID.. WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL TIRED ALOT ,,, ETC ETC ...BODY PAIN-  MOODY,,,SO GOOD LUCK ,,, ASK FOR A THYROID BLOOD CHECK .. IHAVE IT DONE   EVERY 3 MONTHS .. AND I TAKE SYNTHROID... ... GOD LOVES YOU  WE DO TOO