This thread is timely for me.
My sister, who has had a very severe IBS-like illness for many years, has just come down with mononucleosis (known as 'glandular fever' in the UK).
I've always thought there was a connection between her illness, my illness, and my mum's Alzheimer's, partly because the onset of these chronic conditions for all of us happened around about the same time, and we lived in the same house shortly before that onset, and partly because of the other tentative connections that have been made between these ideopathic conditions. Right now I strongly suspect that XMRV (or similar pathogen) underlies all of our illness, and so with my sister now developing glandular fever on top of everything else she's had to cope with, I'm naturally worried about how she will cope with this in the coming weeks and months. Whether she can be said to have ME/CFS is questionable, but I think she has the same sort of challenges and risks that the rest of us do, anyway.
So to add to soulfeast's question, under the heading of EBV 101, I'd also like to ask what advice people out there have as to how to cope with EBV infection, and ask for any ideas as to how to minimise the long-term impact of it. Especially anything that's available over-the-counter that might help her out, since I'm unlikely to persuade anyone in my family that she should try any esoteric tests or treatments beyond what's recommended by her GP.
Thanks,
Mark