Why many of those struck by Long Covid may really be suffering from glandular fever
Most people will never know they carry it, as it rarely causes any problems. It’s spread via saliva, and is so contagious that most of us pick it up in early childhood. Sharing cutlery will pass it on, as will children who share each other’s toys. But if we contract it later, as adolescents or young adults, Epstein-Barr can cause an illness: glandular fever. As we age, the immune system develops, and this means it fights harder against the virus when coming into contact with it for the first time, leading to symptoms that can be debilitating. There’s the overwhelming fatigue, a high fev...
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