Hi Emmy,
Sorry to hear about your situation. Sounds like mono has hit you at a bad time.
What kind of symptoms has mono caused with your eyes / face / ears?
Hi WontonJoe,
My ears hurt constantly , especially when I swallow or am in the cold or walk around for too long. Every morning I wake up with very swollen eyes and cheeks. Sometimes my eyes are hard to open in the morning because of the swelling. In October I was diagnosed with chronic ortitis then with tonsillitis I was give two doses of antibiotics from the Italian doctors here but their medical system here is very different from America and the treatment was not very successful. I was then given 7 other medications and other pain relievers but nothing helped. Then finally they tested me for mono, which I was positive with. I have been resting and missing all my travel opportunities, it has been hard. Since I haven't been getting better I was given the prednisone. My first full day taking it was today. I felt my heart racing all day, had no appetite, and my head has hurt. I have been tired yet I cannot sleep.. I don't know what to do or who to go to because the doctors here have not helped much. I just want energy back again so I can exercise and travel! Do you have mono? Were your symptoms similar to mine? Thanks for the reply.
Hi Emmy,
I did have mono 3 months ago, starting in early Nov last year.
I had the classic symptoms: fever, night sweats, headaches, swollen glands, weight loss (around 4 kg)...had the sore throat/tonsilitis with white patches but that only lasted 5 dayts or so. I also had swollen eyelids like you for about 2 weeks, it looked really scary. It must suck to have have had them for so long.
My bloodwork during acute infection indicated several abnormalities which are typical of mono- elevated lymphocytes, slightly low neutrophils (although still in the normal range), elevated liver transamines. These have all pretty much returned to normal now, as I had tests repeated 2 weeks ago.
However, upto now I have some lingering symptoms; I am not sure if they are the after effects of the mono or something else:
1. Fatigue
2. Dry mouth / white coated tongue
3. Dry flaky skin on face/scalp
Are these all post-viral symptoms after mono, or did I pick up another virus ? Am struggling to make sense of it.