Still get swollen spleen years after mono

I had mono 2 1/2 years ago and every now and again I feel my spleen and not in a good way. I have been to the doctor about it three different times, but they try to tell me I have pulled a muscle. Lol! I have started to think that docters do not have a clue about what happens after mono. Anyways, it is frustrating because I workout and am very active. Hopefully, one day it will go away for good!

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I had a moderate case of mono that was misdiagnosed for over a month when I was 26. I got pretty run down then, and had liver/spleen inflammation. This year (I'm 29) it cropped up again - liver pain and pale stools (???) with occasional nausea and fatigue. I think this was due to stress and lack of sleep. I don't drink alcohol at all anymore. Doctors don't seem to have any advice for me!

Same with me.. I am 52 and was diagnosed with mono 4 months ago. I have returned to work after being off for 9 weeks, but I am still experiencing swollen lymph glands in my neck, low grade fever and an enlarged spleen. The fatigue comes and goes, but when I am stressed all my symptoms intensifies.. I hate this!! I am a very active person and want to get back to my life as it was before the mono. When I start to feel better, here it comes again. At this point, I don't know when or if I will ever feel the same.

I've also experience problems with my eyes.... sensitivity to light and a low wbc. My dr is still monitoring me with monthly blood test. He said I am the 1 in 5 who have "chronic mono". Anyone else heard of "Chronic mono"?. Chronic Fatigue syndrome has also been brought up by my doctor as well. I guess time will tell.

All really interesting. I am five years on from Mono, glandular fever as its known in the UK and still suffer from intermittant splene pain. This tends to be when tired, or like so many others, when I have any alcohol whatsoever.

I had it really bad with 12 months off work and 3 years of recovery. I am trying to get fit now and if I push it too hard, I get similar symtoms to those I had when I first contracted it. BUT it is getting less severe and I am able to train maybe 3 times a week.

My advice is listen to your body. If you are aching, or you are tired, take a break and try and recover more quickly. If you keep pushing it, you'll prolong the symptoms as well as make them worse. On one occasion, pushing it too hard (a mixture of ear infection, antibiotics and a christmas drink) led me to take 5 months to recover!! I have learned my lesson.

Eat well, drink no alcohol and keep any imperfections in terms of food etc. to a minimum and it seems to be controllable...

Good luck :)

I had mono when I was 36. I am 39 now and constantly struggle with pain in my spleen. I workout a lot and anytime I try to push it I feel my spleen. No way around it, it sucks!!! It also zaps my energy while causing pain. I hardly do core exercises because of my spleen. Whenever I try to work my core or do push ups it often tweaks my spleen causing pain and zapping my energy.  Hard to stay healthy when my spleen always hurts from exercising...

I haven't really had any issues too bad, the biggest thing when I had mono a few months back was the spleen, it made it hard to breathe on various occasions. I know I never get plenty of sleep working 2 jobs at 20 and staying out late. I don't drink often but when I do it doesn't bother me. The only thing I'm worried about is I absolutely cannot sleep on my left side, I guess it's just the pressure on my spleen but I'm a side-sleeper - at least I'm hoping. Nothing else bothers me but confirmation would put me at ease. Could being a smoker have anything to do with it? Every once in awhile I'll get a sudden shortage of breath coming from my spleen but it is very brief so I don't think much of it. I just want to be sure that the uncomfort of laying on my left side is only present because the mono has made my spleen sensitive.

I had mono months ago, 27 years old. I still feel my spleen from time to time. Not painful, but light pressure from time to time. Glad to know others experience the same thing and it subsides!

Hi I believe I have the same problem im 25 now I got mono at 17 and I have this discomfort under my ribs and some times pretty painful I read that mono among other things can cause the spleen to enlarge like rheumatoid arthritis witch I also have so I don't know if I have it and in need a solution to this problem .

Although I am sorry to hear other people are suffering with this, I am relieved to hear I am not alone.  I got mono for the first time a year ago at age 50.  It took six to seven months before the symptoms of spleen tenderness (not sure that's a good word or not) began to subside.  Now it is flaring up again.  Alcohol, fatty foods, getting run down, exercising too vigorously (which sometimes means any exercise), or the onset of anything else seems to set it off and with that comes the extreme fatigue.  I am back to sleeping in the afternoon and in bed early at night.  Eighteen months ago I was active and exercised regularly.  Now I don't seem to be able to live the same way.  It is frustrating and not only am I tired, but I'm tired of it.  

My spleen is also swollen after mono :( I had mono months ago and it went away and so did the enlarged spleen. But now it keeps coming back. I went to the doctor twice since this feeling of an enlarged spleen came back. And they said that nothing was wrong. I wish my spleen would go back to normal. If anyone has any answers or any tips on how they got their spleen completely back to normal let me know

Thank you for posting this. I was worried I had cancer or something. I am 38 and I had mono 6 months ago. I keep trying to get back in shape but every time I try push ups or any chest or abdominal exercises I can't sleep the next several nights because of the spleen pain. I rarely drink, but I get spleen pain, a sore throat, and a fever if I have even one glass of wine with a meal. The only thing that seems to work is sleeping 9 hours per night while avoiding exercise, alcohol and stress. Before mono I was regularly involved in distance running, weight lifting, and playing recreational soccer. I would like to do those things again some day.

I had mono when I read 13. I am know 40 and still have pain ever so often. I also missed 3 months of school. My pain seems to come when i am getting sick , have been sick, or really over tired and run down.

Oh man me too. I had mono twice in college the last time being about 4 years ago. Just recently I had been really stressed out, working out almost every day, eating very little, and not sleeping well. I noticed my spleen was enlarged and it hurt and I was completely exhausted for 2 months. I stopped exercising during that time and went to the doctor. They did some blood tests and stuff but everything came back negative. They told me "Oh you must have had a virus or something". Thanks doc, never woulda thought that I was sick or something. But after that it went away and I started exercising every day again and a couple months later it was getting enlarged again. I eased up on my exercise routine only going every other day instead and it's been slowly getting better. I guess if you've had mono you need to take it easy and make sure you get rest and don't work too hard. It's great to hear that this is a common thing and I'm not the only one though. I had been getting pretty worried. Just thought I'd tell you guys about my experience. Thanks!