sb4
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Mine, I think started with tonsilitis. Should I put non mono even though it could be? I have steadily gotten worse.
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I used to work as a reasearch assistant doing research design and agree there is sample bias, but one kind of bias or another is unavoidable in the most stringent research. The most we can do is be aware of each studies limitations and take it into consideration when applying the results. These kinds of polls aren't scientific by any means, but I find it interesting to see others responses and compare. I was surprised so few of us, even on just this forum, do not identify as having history of mono. I think the idea of subsets of precursors to CFS or whatever we call it, has merit, but I was expecting to see us a larger percentage.Don't we have the potential for a large selection bias here because anyone who has been ill for long enough and is browsing this forum pretty much by definition will not be one of the lucky ones who recovered enough to return to work (apart from the odd straggler)?
Don't we have the potential for a large selection bias here because anyone who has been ill for long enough and is browsing this forum pretty much by definition will not be one of the lucky ones who recovered enough to return to work (apart from the odd straggler)?
oral temperature or rectal are the most accurate..if you have 37.2 taken orally or rectal that's not a low grade fever at all