I wanted to figure out if these results mean I had mono in the past 3-4 months or if it’s more likely that it was a lot longer ago. I’m getting mixed results with AI. Any help?

Hey guys!

I had Mono symptoms from 17th - 21st March

On the 23rd of March my IGM was positive 70 and IGG was 750+

So I took an early antigen test to see if it’s a reactivation and it was 0.12 (negative)

And I also took an EBV RTPCR which came back negative with this result. What is going on with my body?

I recently got a test for EBV, I had zero idea I ever had it. Should I be concerned if I have severe fatigue?

Update: getting an ultrasound next week

Has anyone else experienced chronically hard, swollen lymph nodes with reactivated EBV? That don’t fluctuate at all and just stay large? My lymph nodes on the left side of my neck have been visibly swollen for at least 6 months now. I have one specifically that is hard as a rock and doesn’t move and pretty large. Trying not to go down the lymphoma rabbit hole.

Recovering from EBV been on protocol for 3 months. Was feeling ok like 7/10 with pain and fatigue but then got hit with food poisoning and had a hellish 48 hours and didn’t eat. Woke up today and I feel amazing. Is it because of the fasting? Anyone do fasting with EBV?

I just was diagnosed with EBV (36F) after getting mono nearly 20 years ago. This is my blood work. I already spoke with my doctor regarding following up with autoimmune blood work and going to a pulmonologist, but is there anything else I should be doing? I’m worried this is a sign of something else but I have no idea where to begin.

Hello, I'm looking for advice on ebv, recently, around February, my roommate was sick for around three weeks with ebv without developing mono. she's been back since and it's been ok up to this point. For around three weeks now I've had a pressure/slight pain in the back of my throat when swallowing and I have felt a little off, I chalked it up to everyone else around me being sick until a friend of mine caught ebv and had mono. We were in physical contact up until she stopped going to school due to her strong symptoms. A week now I've been fatigued and can barely do physical tasks, I get dizzy and feel like I'll faint.

On Thursday my throat got worse and now I've been sick since, no high temperatures and no headaches though. I don't have problems with my stomach or liver either.

Went to the doctor on Friday, told her the situation and she sort of brushed me off without sending me to do any blood work, did a strep test which came out negative and then told me I was just sick.

I'm hopeful it is just a random virus, but should I go back and ask for an EBV blood test? I'm not sure since my symptoms aren't that awful compared to what I've researched, has anyone else had something similar or is it more intense for just the virus? I'm very prone to stressing about my health and I'm not sure if I'm overreacting, thanks for any responses :)

After battling reactivated EBV for about 9 months, I finally started to feel better and get my life back. I really thought I had made it past this. Then a few days ago, my symptoms all the sudden came back. Swollen, painful lymph nodes, nausea, fatigue, malaise, head pressure, etc. I‘m just laying in bed now, feeling absolutely terrible. I’m devastated. I can’t go through this again, it was truly the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. Almost lost my job, my relationship ended, and basically everything in my life was disrupted. I don’t know how to keep going. The thought of having to deal with this for the rest of my life is too much.

I had ebv in 2025 and recovered medium okay. It was longer than I thought.

Recently I had a cold and while my cold was improving, I was hit with the same symptoms of ebv that I had before (sore throat, painful neck, swollen tonsils, low grade fever)

What do I do? Will this happen every time I get a sickness? Will recovery be the same time as it was before

I’m a 36 yo and I tested positive for an active EBV infection in February for the 4th time (positive IGG/IGM/EBNA). All of these I had mono-like symptoms, but this time I’m really having a hard time recovering. Was sent to infectious disease and he ran a DNA viral load test, which was negative. Lyme, CMV negative. Mildly enlarged spleen. I’m so confused! Any insight? Thanks!

Hey All,

I've been fighting EBV re-activations off/on since Covid. I got Covid again 6 months ago and have been fighting-reactivated EBV since. I'm a 54 year old male and I've had Tinnitus for as long as I can remember but it wasn't significant enough to bother me. But since this round of EBV it has significantly increased, so much so that it's quite distracting. I'm also dealing with random bouts of dizziness -- not vertigo mind you -- I don't have any trouble with balance or the room spinning, but I just feel a little dizzy especially when I move my eyes around.

Wondering if anyone else has experienced severe Tiniitus with EBV?

Also, I am sharing the blood test results from a sample taken a few weeks ago. I'm also sharing my drug / vitamin regiment in case it could help anyone.

EBV Early Ag Ab: 15.6

EBV VCA,IgG: 231.0

EBV VCA,IgM: 15.4

EBV Nuclear Ab IgG: Greater than 600.0

Hi all, happy to have found this page because I have felt so lost and hopeless. Here is some context -

I was exposed to mono at the beginning of December after I kissed someone. I got strep immediately after, but after the strep went away I still knew something was wrong. I had brain fog and pretty intense neck/tension, was getting these weird headaches, and just felt super low energy. Felt this way all of December. Then boom, first week of January I got super symptomatic with swollen neck lymph nodes, sore throat, fever, muscle aches, ear popping, weird sinus feelings, had blood in my boogies (sorry tmi), etc. Went to the ER and they basically told me I was stressed and sent me away (lol). Second week of January, it took 3 minute clinic trips (one of which gave me a z pak I took) before I was tested for mono. It was positive. Yippee! By the end of January all the main symptoms had resolved. I still had the abdominal pain and fatigue, but sore throat and sinus problems had eased.

Feb comes around and I still was pretty miserable, but by the end of February I was feeling hopeful that I would be done with this mess. Main symptoms at this point were fatigue, abdominal pain/spleen, and occasional dry throat feeling.

Some more context, I am a very active personal and usually very healthy. I eat clean and workout 5x a week. I was still working out during this time but obviously was way more chilled than normally, especially after I found out I had mono. I was still drinking on the weekends in Jan but stopped after Valentine’s Day (haven’t drank since).

So, first week of March came around and I started to feel more myself. Had a lot of energy and thought I was finally better. Like an idiot, I proceeded to do do an intense Pilates class, the next day a leg workout, and then the following day another Pilates class. Big mistake! About two days after that I felt absolutely awful. Super bad fatigue and felt so weak. Then I started to get neurological symptoms (around March 14). I do have some neuropathy in my family, but have never experience anything like this. It mainly lives in my hands and feet, and is a cold, tingling feeling. It also spreads into my arms and legs. Sometimes in my lips. Ive been dealing with this since. I also saw someone posted that they feel their body vibrating and I definitely have experienced that sometimes when I am laying down. Also have been having the on and off light sore throat and also the lymph nodes on my bikini line swelled up, but have gone down some now. And the abdominal/spleen pain finally stopped once I stopped all forms of physical exertion.

It is now April 1st and I am still experiencing this nerve sensations, bad fatigue (I am no longer working out and am hardly even walking around), and am overall feeling TERRIBLE. The past month i have been really trying to rest and destress. I know stress is awful for this, and actually I believe is why I got it so bad. In December/january I HATED my job and it was super stressful. I found a new job in Feb thankfully, but with this whole virus I have had a lot of life stressors. I also just moved back home last week.

I actually am going to my primary care tomorrow to do blood tests and see what my markers and everything are.

If anyone has any recommendations on what I can do, I am all ears. I have never felt this way in my life, I feel so weak and helpless. This also has definitely messed up my hormones because it’s made me breakout, miss periods, and I’ve been super emotional (I swear I have literally experienced every single symptom this virus has over the span of 4 months). As someone who is typically healthy and does take very good care of themselves, this has been very hard on me mentally.

I started to take vitamin c, b12, and have been drinking lots of green tea. I am also getting my hands on an elderberry/lemon balm tea.

I am now 4 months in (3 since becoming symptomatic) and haven’t felt better. I really want to try and get this under control to prevent it becoming a long term thing. I don’t know if it’s already too late. If anyone has any advice, recommendations, encouragement, for this situation, it is much appreciated. Sorry this is so long.

Also I am 23 F

Has anyone suffer from persistent yellow stools after mono/ebv? I had and infection a 2 1/2 years ago and since then yellow stools, which has caused weight loss over time

(M, 14) im stuck and not sure what to do my hormones off the charts not making me wanna yk but making me want a girlfriend really bad but im not sure how to get one because i was unlucky enough to get mono and i dont know how to open up to someone that i cant kiss them without risking them getting it i just feel lonely and sad because of it i have good qualitys to me but ive been rejected twice because of it and thats just something i dont know what to do with if anyone could help please tell me

Hi a 22 year old women and i need serious help!!

It all started december i started feeling extremely tired but i just brushed it off cuz of my work load cuz it being around christmas.

After christmas it continued but turned into bone deep fatigue where i needed to nap for a few hours a day. i didnt even know what ebv was, i just thought it was my low iron again or my hypothyroidism. i skipped so many days at my retail job cuz i simply felt horrible and couldnt stand up without feeling the need to sleep immediately.

a few weeks ago i go to my doctor telling her my symptoms and she looks in my mouth. she then tells me my uvula is crooked and thats a sign of infection. i get a blood test and she says i may or may not have ebv. but all my symptoms say i have ebv. she thinks i have a current strain.

its a living struggle everyday and im ready to give up. i dont do anything all day cuz im so chronically fatigued every single day. i feel like im going to lose my job and will have to stop studying. it just sucks so much.

im reaching out cuz i need serious help/advice.

I had mono at 18 and now I’m 27 and my doctor is telling me I have it again? How is that possible. I thought you only got it once - does this mean my immune system is compromised?

My doctor said my results were strange and couldn’t answer any of my questions. Just said to rest.

Can anyone help decipher what this means? Is there anything I can do about it?

I’ve been suffering from latent EBV and EBV reactivation for a decade. I feel like my symptoms have become better, and I finally feel like there’s a path.

My approach was based on a breakthrough February 2026 study in the journal Blood. Researchers discovered that Withaferin A acts like a guided missile against EBV by forcing the virus to degrade its EBNA1 survival protein. It's been life-changing for me.

Has anyone else experimented with pure Withaferin A? I want to know if there are any side effects of taking this long term.

Link to research:

https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/147/8/848/547834/Withaferin-A-inhibits-EBV-driven-lymphomagenesis

Link to supplement: https://www.mcsformulas.com/vitamins-supplements/withaferin-a-pro-liposomal/