glandular fever

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At the start of her GCSEs she developed glandular fever and "didn't really recover".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

His absence from the music video was officially explained as glandular fever but, in reality, he had suffered a mental breakdown.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

Acute infection with the virus can cause glandular fever -- also known as "kissing disease" -- and can put infected individuals out of action for several months.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

At the start of 1988, while suffering with glandular fever, Whitbread was advised to write her first autobiography to tell her side of the tale.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

I shove the half-lemon in, shove Grandma out, tell myself the English bloke has glandular fever, cold sores, and tooth decay, the trifecta of unkissability, like every other hot male in Lost Cove.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson