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Suggest Treatment For Glandular Fever
Hi, My little brother who is 16 has been diagnosed with glandular fever. This was about 6 weeks ago, he’s tired all the time and has a low white blood cell count. Over the past 2 weeks he has been getting worse and even fainting. This morning while taking him to school he fainted while driving, it was very scary. He is now fainting about twice a day and we live in a rural town and cannot get into see a doctor again until Friday. He also had a large lump on his neck, the appeared last week but went away after a couple of days. He is a very fit and healthy kid, he was born with his heart on the wrong side but fit as a fiddle apart from that.
Is there a chance he may have been missed diagnosed? Is the fainting anything to worry about, he is well rested and eating and drinking right just like the doctor said but is not getting any better.
Is there a chance he may have been missed diagnosed? Is the fainting anything to worry about, he is well rested and eating and drinking right just like the doctor said but is not getting any better.
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
Hello there,
Glandular fever has symptoms just like the flu but a more aggravated. Fatigue, fever loss of interest in doing anything. Normally the symptoms last for about 2 weeks and it takes another week to make a full recovery. Let your little brother have plenty of fluids as the dehydration is due to a loss of fluids and a dip in blood glucose. You can give him light foods like bananas, coconut water, porridge, juices preferably fresh or even lemonade with some rock salt added to it. Even Tang mixed in water is good.
If he still has bouts of fever you can give him crocin 250 mg twice a day. Make sure he has something to eat or drink every 3 hours and that will help to rectify his tiredness.
I appreciate your concern for your brother but glandular fever is something which looks much worse than it actually is.
Hope this helps,
Please feel free to address any further queries to me,
Glandular fever has symptoms just like the flu but a more aggravated. Fatigue, fever loss of interest in doing anything. Normally the symptoms last for about 2 weeks and it takes another week to make a full recovery. Let your little brother have plenty of fluids as the dehydration is due to a loss of fluids and a dip in blood glucose. You can give him light foods like bananas, coconut water, porridge, juices preferably fresh or even lemonade with some rock salt added to it. Even Tang mixed in water is good.
If he still has bouts of fever you can give him crocin 250 mg twice a day. Make sure he has something to eat or drink every 3 hours and that will help to rectify his tiredness.
I appreciate your concern for your brother but glandular fever is something which looks much worse than it actually is.
Hope this helps,
Please feel free to address any further queries to me,
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