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  1. RyeRyeBread

    Reactivating EBV v.s. ME Symptoms?

    I'm seeing a new doctor on Wednesday, and I'm trying to prepare for anything he can throw at me (lmao). My [suspected and most likely] ME started with mono, probably EBV, and I'm curious: What are the differences between recurrent/reactivated/chronic epstein-barr and ME? Specifcally the...