Glandular Fever is otherwise known as…?
Glandular fever mostly affects teenagers and young adults. It gets better without treatment, but it can make you feel very ill and last for weeks.
Glandular fever is very infectious. It's spread through spit. You're infectious for up to 7 weeks before you get symptoms. You can go back to school or work as soon as you start to feel better. To prevent glandular fever spreading don't kiss others (glandular fever is known as the kissing disease) and share cups, cutlery or towels.
Sometimes glandular fever may lead to other illnesses, such as lower level of blood cells, such as anemia; an infection, such as pneumonia; a neurological illness, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome or Bell's palsy.
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William Laughlin
It is most commonly known as Infectious mononucleosis, the kissing disease, not glandular fever.
Jacqueline Tattam
williamrlaughlin, in Britain and Australia it is most commonly known as glandular fever, not mononucleosis.
rosemarymee
It can cause infertility in young men.
Nikki Proctor
never hear of it being called kissing disease and snogging is also kissing in the UK.
Chrissie
Had it when I was 18; it was truly miserable. Membrane formed over my throat, couldn't swallow; dropped from 10 stone to 6 1/2 stone; unable to eat a full meal for 10 months. Don't think I've ever been fully fit again since.
Coral Harvey
Infectious mononucleosis. I had it in 1973 as a student nurse of seventeen. I had to.be hospitalised as it turned into tonsillitis and then quinsy . I was in hospital several weeks. It was discovered I had aneamia too.
I didn't go back to work for ten weeks and dropped a stone in weight. I couldn't eat and drinking was very difficult too. Even the paracetamol the nurses gave me had to be crushed into jam.
Later on in life two of my three sons had it one at twenty one month's and one at four years also with tonsillitis and aneamia.
A very nasty disease.
Susan Lake-Harris
It's commonly known as glandular fever in Australia.
Irene Townsend
Jacqueline Tattam, Known as Glandular Fever in New Zealand as well
Anthony Sansom
Snogging IS Kissing. Snogging is a term commonly used in England and refers to two people kissing.
Kat
I never heard it called glandular fever. From the 60's on, I only knew it as mononucleosis, or the "kissing disease" - which meant I could get the answer correctly.
bettye
Paul de Serres, it's often spread through sharing drinking vessels.
bettye
Wendy Outram, my grandson had it when he played high school football, and he was very seriously ill, lost a lot of weight, had a long recovery period.
Wendy Outram
I had Glandular Fever in 1961. I was 4 & extremely ill. They make it sound like it’s nothing. I suppose that’s the difference between the 1960’s & now.
Jill Morison
My sister had it in the seventies was called glandular fever commonly then .
Marianne Frederick Halterman
Infectious mononucleosis!!!... I don't think I ever heard it termed, "Glandular Fever" not in 50 years!
dsneed
It was the most logical response. Yay me.
earlepg
Never heard of "glandular disorder."